Validate the security of your PIN processing, management, and transmission environment — protecting the most sensitive element of cardholder authentication.
The PCI PIN Security Standard defines requirements for the secure management, processing, and transmission of PIN data during online and offline payment card transactions. We help acquirers, processors, and service providers achieve and maintain compliance.
The PCI PIN Security Standard establishes requirements for the secure management, processing, and transmission of Personal Identification Number (PIN) data during online and offline payment card transactions. It covers the entire PIN lifecycle — from entry at the point of interaction through encryption, transmission, and processing at the acquirer or issuer.
The standard is organized around key management, PIN processing at ATMs and POS devices, PIN handling during network transit, and the physical and logical security of systems that decrypt or translate PIN blocks. It applies to acquirers, processors, key injection facilities, and any entity involved in PIN handling.
PCI PIN assessments are mandatory for organizations identified by payment brands as handling PIN data. Our qualified assessors evaluate your environment against all applicable control objectives and produce the assessment report required for compliance validation.
End-to-end support from scoping through assessment and annual re-validation
Identify all PIN-handling systems, HSMs, key injection facilities, and network paths in scope. Assess your current posture against PCI PIN control objectives and deliver a remediation roadmap.
Our qualified PIN Assessors conduct the formal evaluation covering key management, PIN processing, device security, HSM operations, and network transit — producing the assessment report and compliance documentation.
We advise on cryptographic key lifecycle management — generation, distribution, loading, storage, rotation, and destruction — ensuring your key management practices meet PCI PIN's rigorous requirements.
Physical and logical security assessment of your Hardware Security Modules and Key Injection Facilities — including tamper-resistance, dual control, split knowledge, and access control procedures.
Coordinate PCI PIN and PCI DSS assessments to align scoping, evidence, and timelines — reducing duplication for organizations that need both certifications.
Ongoing support for annual re-assessments, change-impact analysis when your PIN environment evolves, and monitoring of PCI SSC updates to the PIN Security Standard.
Payment brands require all entities handling PIN data to validate compliance. Non-compliance can restrict your ability to process PIN-based transactions.
PINs are the highest-sensitivity authentication data in the payment ecosystem. Compromised PINs lead directly to fraudulent ATM withdrawals and POS transactions.
Strong PIN security controls reduce your organization's exposure to fraud liability from PIN compromise events.
PCI PIN's rigorous key management requirements ensure that PIN encryption keys are generated, distributed, and managed with the highest security standards.
Validated PIN security compliance demonstrates operational maturity to issuers, networks, and acquirers who rely on your PIN processing services.
PCI PIN's physical security requirements for HSMs and KIFs ensure that the hardware protecting PIN data is secured against both logical and physical attack vectors.
Our assessments are conducted by PCI-qualified PIN Security Assessors with deep expertise in cryptographic key management, HSM operations, and the payment processing infrastructure.
We assess across PCI DSS, PCI PIN, PCI 3DS, PCI SLC, and PCI SSS — coordinating multiple assessments to reduce total compliance effort and cost for organizations with overlapping requirements.
We help you design and implement PIN security controls before we assess them — from HSM configuration and key ceremony procedures through to the formal assessment and report.
Whether you're an acquirer, processor, or key injection facility operator, we'll scope the right assessment for your PIN environment.
Contact us today to discuss your PCI PIN assessment needs.
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