What is PCI Approved Scanning Vendor (ASV) and what are the best scanning tools? And what are the list of approved scanning vendors for PCI DSS compliance?
A business that has been authorized by the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) to provide vulnerability scanning services as part of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliance procedure is known as a PCI Approved Scanning Vendor (ASV).
According to PCI DSS, companies that receive, store, or transport credit card data must have their systems examined by an ASV at least once every three months for vulnerabilities.
There are several scanning tools on the market, and each has advantages and disadvantages. Qualys, Nessus, OpenVAS, and Rapid7 are a few of the most well-liked scanning programs.
Some of the approved scanning providers includes, but not limited to:
- ControlScan, Inc.
- CyberGuard Compliance
- CyberTrust Japan Co., Ltd.
- Dell SecureWorks, Inc.
- Digital Defense, Inc.
- Foregenix Ltd.
- GuidePoint Security LLC
- IBM Corporation
- Netragard, LLC
- NTT Com Security (US) Inc.
- 360 Advanced, Inc.
- A-lign, LLC
- Coalfire Systems, Inc.
- CompliancePoint, Inc.
- Qualys, Inc.
- Rapid7 LLC