Payment scope and data flow
Map terminals, e-commerce, call-center, mobile, processor, gateway, tokenization, storage, transmission, and administrative access paths.
PCI DSS assessment and readiness cost estimate
PCI DSS Readiness Pricing
Estimate the cost to clarify cardholder-data scope, payment channels, network segmentation, service-provider dependencies, vulnerability evidence, policies, and remediation priorities.
- Card-data scope and flows
- Payment-system and network controls
- Evidence and remediation readiness
Illustrative market-value comparison$7,500+
Focused OC Security Audit starting price
$2,495one-time starting estimate
The crossed-out figure is an illustrative planning comparison, not a third-party market survey. Final scope and fees are confirmed in writing.
Ali Hassani, CISO, brings 25+ years of IT, cybersecurity, compliance, network, Microsoft, and infrastructure experience to each engagement.
Instant service pricing estimate
Estimate your PCI DSS readiness assessment cost.
Choose the closest answer for ten simple scope questions. The estimate updates in your browser and does not collect or transmit your selections.
Professional audit deliverables
Clarify PCI scope, control gaps, evidence, and next actions.
The engagement turns technical and documentation review into clear priorities for leadership, IT, vendors, and follow-up validation.
Deliverables included with your assessment
- PCI DSS readiness summary for owners, finance, IT, and compliance stakeholders.
- Cardholder-data environment scope observations and payment-flow diagram notes.
- Control-gap findings tied to systems, people, service providers, and evidence.
- Prioritized remediation roadmap based on scope and practical business risk.
- Evidence checklist for the likely self-assessment or assessor-led validation path.
- Optional follow-up review of corrected controls and newly assembled evidence.
What the service reviews
Review the systems and data flows that shape PCI DSS scope.
Security controls and segmentation
Review network boundaries, access control, MFA, logging, vulnerability management, secure configuration, endpoint protections, and service-provider responsibility.
Validation evidence
Organize policies, inventories, diagrams, scan results, change records, test evidence, provider attestations, and remediation tracking for the applicable path.
For scope context, review OC Security Audit’s PCI DSS Readiness service and the authoritative PCI Security Standards Council PCI DSS resources. A related free readiness tool can help identify questions before a professional engagement.
Experienced, independent guidance
Reviewed by Ali Hassani, CISO.
Ali helps businesses reduce uncertainty about PCI scope, technical boundaries, evidence, and remediation without confusing readiness consulting with formal assessor validation.
Ali Hassani is a CISO, cybersecurity and IT consultant, and infrastructure leader with 25+ years of experience. Certifications include CISSP, CCISO, CCNP, CCNA, MCSE, MCSA Security, MCITP, MCP, and MCTS. Learn more about Ali Hassani.
Pricing questions
What clients usually ask before scheduling.
What affects PCI DSS readiness pricing?
Locations, payment channels, terminals, e-commerce integrations, in-scope systems, service providers, segmentation, validation path, testing evidence, and documentation condition determine effort.
Is OC Security Audit acting as a QSA?
This page describes readiness and security consulting, not a QSA attestation. Organizations that require formal assessor validation should confirm the applicable PCI SSC program and qualified assessor requirements.
Can the service help reduce PCI scope?
The review can identify scope drivers and possible segmentation or architecture improvements. Any scope-reduction decision must be supported by the actual data flow, controls, testing, and applicable validation requirements.
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This estimator is for initial guidance only and does not replace a professional cybersecurity audit, compliance assessment, penetration test, legal/compliance review, or written proposal. Do not enter confidential information.