Pci dss compliance audit
- Assessment and remediation cost
- $12,540
- Line items assessed
- 240
- Assessment hours
- 60
- Gaps expected
- 14
Every figure on this page is computed from the inputs entered, by the method stated below it. Attestvio publishes no rule text, no control list, no scoring scale and no benchmark gap rate: the minutes, the rates, the scales and the scopes are yours, and the defaults are a worked example to replace with your own figures.
The figures above start from a worked example ($12,540). Change any input and the answer updates as you type.
Download the Pci dss compliance audit worked example (CSV)
This is a PCI audit sheet, the arithmetic behind a pci dss compliance audit before the assessor quotes it. Requirements assessed times sub-requirements per requirement is the line items; times minutes per line item over 60 is the assessment hours; line items times your gap rate per hundred is the gaps expected; gaps times remediation hours per gap is the remediation hours; and assessment plus remediation hours times the hourly cost is the all-in cost. Every figure is yours, including the gap rate; the sheet publishes no requirement text and no benchmark. Free, on the page, no account; the paid plan keeps every assessment with its gaps and their remediation.
Line items and assessment hours
Twelve requirements at 20 sub-requirements is 240 line items and 60 hours at 15 minutes each on the worked example. The sub-requirement count follows the standard's structure and your scope; the sheet works the hours.
Gaps and remediation
6% of 240 items is 14 gaps and 72 remediation hours at five each. The rate is yours from the last assessment; the sheet publishes no benchmark.
The all-in cost
60 assessment hours plus 72 remediation hours at $95 is $12,540. The figure budgets the assessment and its aftermath together, which is what the merchant actually pays.
Pci dss compliance audit: common questions
How much does a PCI DSS compliance audit cost?
Assessment hours plus remediation hours, times the hourly cost: $12,540 on the worked example for 240 line items at a 6% gap rate. The free sheet on this site works it from six figures with no account.
What gap rate should I enter?
Your own, from the last assessment; the sheet publishes no benchmark and the worked example's 6% is arithmetic. What the sheet shows is what any rate costs in remediation hours.
Does the sheet keep the assessment?
No. The sheet works the size and cost on the page, free, and keeps nothing. Attestvio Pro keeps every assessment with its gaps and remediation against the systems in scope.
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