An audit tells you what is missing. Someone still has to fix it: segment the network, turn on multi-factor authentication, change an application, clean up old data. KW Consulting is that team, from advisory to delivery.
Why it applies to most businesses
- Most organizations end an assessment with a list of findings and no capacity to close them.
- Deadlines from acquirers, clients and regulators do not wait for internal IT queues.
- Fixing the root cause lowers the cost of every future audit.
Who will ask you for it
- Your assessorNeeds evidence that findings are closed.
- Your acquirer or clientSets a deadline for remediation.
- Your managementWants a budget and a timeline.
- 01
Plan
Turn findings into a costed, prioritized project plan.
- 02
Build
Our advisors, project managers, developers and engineers deliver the changes.
- 03
Prove
Evidence is documented the way the assessor expects.
- 04
Hand over
Your team gets documentation and training to keep it running.
What you can hand to them
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- Remediation plan with budget and dates
- Closed findings with evidence
- Updated network diagrams and documentation
- Handover and training notes
Frameworks
Delivered by
- UbitrakPCI QSA company since 2011.
- Accel PCIPCI compliance portal for merchants and service providers.
- KW ConsultingAdvisory, IT projects and remediation.
- Accel GRCGovernance, risk and compliance portal: Law 25, PCI DSS, SOC 2, ISO 27001, PIPEDA, GDPR.
Industries
Commonly bundled with
- Card payment certificationPCI DSS assessment and certification.
- Client security reviewsISO 27001, SOC 2 and questionnaires.
- Security testingPenetration tests and scans.
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