What is an Approved Scanning Vendor?
All PCI scans must be conducted by a third party compliant network security scanning vendor, selected from the list of approved vendors at PCI Security Standards. All compliant scanning vendors are required to conduct scans in accordance with a defined set of procedures. These procedures dictate that the normal operation of the customer environment is not to be impacted and that the vendor should never penetrate or alter the customer environment.
All PCI scans must be conducted by a third party compliant network security scanning vendor, selected from the list of approved vendors at https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org/. All compliant scanning vendors are required to conduct scans in accordance with a defined set of procedures. These procedures dictate that the normal operation of the customer environment is not to be impacted and that the vendor should never penetrate or alter the customer environment.
All PCI scans must be conducted by a third party compliant network security scanning vendor that has been certified as an Approved Scanning Vendors (ASVs) by the PCI Security Standards Council. The PCI Security Standards Council maintains a structured process for security solution providers to become Approved Scanning Vendors (ASVs) and to be re-approved each annually. Approval and re-approval indicate that the applicable ASV has successfully met all PCI Security Standards Council requirements to perform PCI data security scanning. Rapid7 is a certified Approved Scanning Vendor which enables us to help online retailers safeguard customer cardholder information and maintain Payment Card Industry (PCI) Compliance.
Approved scanning vendors are authorized to perform the quarterly scans to show compliance with the PCI Data Security Standard All PCI scans must be conducted by a third party compliant network security scanning vendor, selected from the list of approved vendors at https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org/. All compliant scanning vendors are required to conduct scans in accordance with a defined set of procedures. These procedures dictate that the normal operation of the customer environment is not to be impacted and that the vendor should never penetrate or alter the customer environment.
• All PCI scans must be conducted by a third party compliant network security scanning vendor, selected from the list of approved vendors at https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org/. All compliant scanning vendors are required to conduct scans in accordance with a defined set of procedures. These procedures dictate that the normal operation of the customer environment is not to be impacted and that the vendor should never penetrate or alter the customer environment.
