Barclaycard & 7Safe PCI DSS Partnership
Leading acquirer Barclaycard and PCI QSA consultancy 7Safe have formed a partnership in the area of PCI DSS to assist Barclaycard merchants and Service Providers to reach and maintain PCI DSS compliance and to promote payment security best practice throughout the industry. Both Barclaycard and 7Safe are passionate about driving down credit card fraud through: implementing PCI DSS, promoting payment security and investigating fraud through forensics / incident response when it occurs.
Our teams share the same business ethics towards payment security and risk management. We work very closely together as an Acquirer / QSA Consultancy to help our clients manage their payment security risk, help them understand and implement the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) and eventually achieve and maintain compliance. To that end, our teams work together in the following ways through:
- daily activity when 7Safe’s teams are “in the field” working on compliance programmes
- weekly localised working whereby key people from 7Safe have desks with the Barclaycard payment security team
- regular strategic work in terms of industry events surrounding the PCI DSS
- research and best practice knowledge share and guidance development to share with the PCI community
- handling breaches of cardholder data security together for merchants and Service providers
As part of this partnership, 7Safe offers preferential rates to Barclaycard customers.
The result of the above is a very effective relationship that benefits our joint client base in a “joined up” manner with the focus on reducing and mitigating the risks of card data security compromises.
Neira Jones – Head of Payment Security, Global Payment Acceptance, Barclaycard
“7Safe has over the years built a very close relationship with the Barclaycard team in the area of PCI DSS specifically and payment security generally. This has effectively helped us reduce the risk of data breaches and support our merchants in their payment security journey.”
“…We value our partnership which includes the provision of PCI DSS compliance and consultancy services to Barclaycard clients..” Dan Haagman – Director of Information Security Services (PCI DSS, Pen Testing, Incident Response & Security Assessments), 7Safe
PCI DSS Events – Acquirer & QSA Combine
7Safe and Barclaycard, as part of their partnership and drive for reduced risk in the payment card industry, hold regular knowledge share and community events on a planned quarterly basis. You do not need to be a Barclaycard or 7Safe client to attend such meetings which are typically held in the City of London.;
For further information, please contact 7Safe’s PCI QSA Consultancy team or visit Barclaycard.
