Managed PCI Compliance Scanning

Avoid heavy penalties. A2 Hosting's PCI Compliance Scanning Services Can Help!

What is Payment Card Industry (PCI) Compliance?

Payment Card Industry (PCI) Compliance is a set of security standards that were created by the major credit card companies (American Express, Discover Financial Services, JCB, MasterCard Worldwide, and Visa International) to protect their customers from increasing identity theft and security breaches.

Do I need to be PCI Compliant?

Any company that accepts, processes, or stores credit card information MUST be PCI compliant.

What happens if my site isn't PCI Compliant?

Failure to comply with the PCI security standards may result in heavy fines, restrictions or permanent expulsion from card acceptance programs.

How can A2 Hosting help?

A2 Hosting's staff will work with you to fix your site's security flaws to ensure that your site passes your PCI compliance scan. This is in contrast to many web services that merely offer PCI scans to discover potential security flaws in your website and offer no additional support.

Thanks to our partnership with McAfee ScanAlert, the world's leading PCI security certification service, A2 Hosting offers Absolutely Free PCI Compliance scans for 1 year. The normal cost for this service is $149/yr, but our partnership with ScanAlert enables us to provide this service to our customers for free for the 1st year and only $19/year for each additional year. With the information provided from these scans, A2 Hosting's support staff will work with you to ensure that your site passes the PCI compliance scan.

How much does Managed PCI Compliance Scanning from A2 Hosting cost?

A2 Hosting's technical support personnel will work with you to identify security vulnerabilities and eliminate false positive results from PCI Compliance scans for a one-time setup fee of $100 and a $49.95/month fee. You will also need to enroll with a PCI security certification service. We recommend that you choose McAfee ScanAlert as it is free to A2 Hosting customers for the first year and only $19 for each additional year.

A dedicated IP address ($3/mo) is required for PCI compliance scanning. You can order a dedicated IP when you set up a new hosting package or contact Technical Support to set up a dedicated IP for an existing hosting package.

A2 Hosting primarily provides support for ScanAlert PCI Compliance, but will offer support for similar services. A2 Hosting reserves the right to charge additional fees for diagnosis of excessive false positives or security vulnerabilities detected by PCI Compliance scanning services that differ substantially from ScanAlert.

How can I ensure my shoppers that their information is secure?

A2 Hosting's customers receive discounts for as much as 70% or more off of ScanAlert's HACKER SAFE service. Sites utilizing HACKER SAFE are tested and certified daily to pass the HACKER SAFE Security Scan, verifying that your site's confidential data is protected from malicious hackers, identity theft and credit card theft. The HACKER SAFE seal on your site will be updated daily, informing your valuable customers that they can purchase with confidence knowing that their personal and financial data is protected from prying eyes. Merchants whose sites feature the HACKER SAFE seal have seen a 10% to 20% or higher increase in online orders.

ScanAlert's PCI Compliance scanning service is included with all HACKER SAFE accounts. Visit our ScanAlert Hacker Safe Partner Page for more information and enrollment details.