Ultimate Guide to PCI Compliance for SaaS Companies

This article is a practical guide for SaaS companies on achieving PCI DSS compliance, outlining who needs to comply, the scoping and seven-step compliance process, expected timelines, the eight SAQ types relevant to merchants, and detailed coverage of the 12 PCI DSS domains (network security, secure configurations, data protection, in-transit protection, malware protection, secure development, access restriction, user authentication, physical access control, logging/monitoring, testing, and policy). It also highlights considerations for third-party processors, tokenization, and tooling to manage controls and documentation.