Discovery
Cardholder Data Scanning
Identifying and reducing cardholder data risk.
Who it’s for
Organisations with legacy systems, shared drives or contact-centre recordings where card data may have accumulated unnoticed.
At a glance
Service overview
You cannot protect card
data you have not found.
Our Cardholder Data Scanning service helps organisations locate where cardholder data resides across their environment, enabling effective risk reduction and scope optimisation for PCI DSS compliance.
Our approach
You cannot scope
what you cannot see.
We help identify where cardholder data is stored
across your environment and provide practical
guidance to reduce exposure, minimise PCI DSS
scope, and strengthen overall data security.
01
Data discovery scanning
We deploy specialised tools to identify stored cardholder data across systems, databases, and file stores.
02
Risk identification
Analysis of findings to highlight unnecessary storage, insecure locations, and
compliance risks.
03
Scope reduction strategy
We provide actionable recommendations to reduce the footprint of cardholder
data and minimise PCI scope.
04
Remediation support
Guidance on securely removing or protecting identified data.
Why Confide
Why organisations
start here
Because we assess against the Standard, we know
which findings genuinely change your scope and which
do not. That judgement is what turns a discovery report
into a smaller, cheaper assessment.
Qualified Security Assessor, certified by
the PCI Security Standards Council.
A smaller scope
Fewer systems in scope means a shorter,
cheaper assessment.
Real risk reduction
Data you did not know you held is data you cannot protect.
Defensible boundaries
Scope decisions backed by evidence, and by the assessor
who will test them.
Common questions
Straight answers, before
you commit.
Ask us anything you would rather not put in
an email.
Discovery is designed to run with minimal impact and is scheduled around your operations. We agree targets and timing with your team before anything runs.
Findings are reported to you. Where card data should not be present, we help
you remove, mask or protect it, and record the decision as part of your scope rationale.
Other services
Assurance across your whole programme.
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Read More: Assessment & attestation
Assessment
Assessment & attestation
End-to-end support to achieve and validate PCI DSS compliance.
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Read More: PCI DSS managed assurance
Programme
PCI DSS managed assurance
An ongoing programme that keeps you compliant between assessments.
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Read More: Managed Vulnerability Scanning
Scanning
Managed Vulnerability Scanning
End-to-end vulnerability scanning to meet PCI DSS requirements.
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Read More: Policies, procedures & training
Capabilty
Policies, procedures & training
Building a strong compliance and security foundation.
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Read More: Security consulting
ADVISORY
Security consulting
Expert guidance to strengthen your security posture.
Insights
Related reading.
Practical guidance from our assessors on what the Standard actually asks of you, written for New Zealand merchants and service providers.
Hosted checkout, iframe or direct post: what each does to your scope
Most organisations we assess have chosen their online payment integration for commercial…
Find out where your
card data actually is.
Book a call with a Qualified Security Assessor. You will speak
to the person who would run your assessment, not an
account manager.