What is PCI compliance automation?
PCI DSS automation is the continuous, machine-driven collection and validation of evidence required by the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard. Threatstealth maps every control in PCI DSS V 4.0.1 to a live signal in your environment — firewall posture, encryption state, access reviews, vulnerability scans, and log retention — so that compliance is a side-effect of normal operations, not a quarterly fire drill.
The problem with manual PCI DSS programs
- QSA audits consume 4–8 weeks of analyst time per cycle
- Evidence is scattered across SIEM, ticketing, EDR, IAM, and screenshots
- v4.0 added 64 new requirements that need continuous monitoring (not point-in-time)
- A single missing control finding can delay your Report on Compliance (RoC)
A four-step operational model
Map your CDE
Threatstealth ingests your asset inventory and tags every system that processes, stores, or transmits cardholder data — building your scope automatically.
- Asset auto-discovery
- Network segmentation validation
- Scope reduction recommendations
Map controls to live signals
Each PCI DSS V 4.0.1 requirement is wired to a real-time check — file integrity monitoring, AV posture, MFA enforcement, key rotation, log retention.
- 12 requirement domains
- 300+ sub-requirements
- Continuous (not annual) validation
Collect evidence continuously
Every check produces a timestamped, tamper-evident artifact stored in your audit trail. No screenshots, no spreadsheets.
- Immutable evidence log
- Per-control history
- QSA-ready exports
Generate the audit pack
When your assessor arrives, export a complete RoC-aligned evidence bundle in one click.
- RoC template alignment
- Per-requirement narrative
- Gap remediation queue
Outcomes for security teams
Reduce audit prep from weeks to hours
Continuous evidence collection eliminates the quarterly evidence-hunt that consumes most of a security team's audit cycle.
Catch drift before the auditor does
Every control check runs hourly. A misconfigured firewall rule that breaks Req. 1.2.1 raises an alert — not a Notice of Findings.
Cut QSA time-on-site
Pre-built evidence narratives let assessors validate rather than collect — shortening engagements by 40–60%.
Direct answers
Does Threatstealth cover PCI DSS V 4.0.1 specifically?+
Yes. All 64 new requirements introduced in v4.0 — including the customized approach, multi-factor authentication for all CDE access, and weak password detection — are mapped to live controls in Threatstealth.
Can it generate a Report on Compliance (RoC)?+
Threatstealth produces a structured evidence bundle aligned to the RoC template. Your QSA uses it as the input to your final RoC — typically cutting their on-site time by 40–60%.
Does it work for SAQ merchants too?+
Yes. The same control engine produces SAQ-A through SAQ-D evidence with the appropriate scope filters applied.
How does it handle network segmentation validation?+
Threatstealth runs continuous segmentation tests between your CDE and out-of-scope networks, flagging any path that could expand audit scope.