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Audit-ready, every day, not just once a year
Maintaining PCI DSS compliance shouldn’t be a once-a-year scramble. When compliance is actively managed year-round instead of revisited once a year, the payoff shows up in staff time, organizational risk, and budget predictability alike.
Organizations move from reacting to assessment deadlines to operating from a known, continuously verified compliance posture.
Designed for organizations with established PCI DSS compliance programs, CampusGuard’s PCI DSS Program Management service provides year-round ownership, expert PCI DSS consulting, and ongoing oversight to keep your compliance program on track and audit-ready.
What Is PCI DSS Program Management?
PCI DSS Program Management is CampusGuard’s managed service for organizations that already have a PCI DSS compliance program in place and need it maintained, monitored, and improved continuously throughout the year.
Instead of engaging CampusGuard for a single annual assessment and then managing compliance internally for the rest of the year, your organization gets a dedicated team that owns the program on your behalf.
At the center of the service is CampusGuard Central®, CampusGuard’s proprietary PCI DSS compliance management platform. In a managed program, CampusGuard Central shifts from a self-service tracking tool into a continuously maintained system operated by your CampusGuard team, including:
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Real-time PCI DSS compliance posture dashboard for institutional administrators and leadership
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SAQ assignment and management across all merchant locations, with CampusGuard completing or reviewing SAQs as appropriate
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A CampusGuard-maintained Document Locker for network diagrams, ASV scan results, attestations, and audit evidence
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ASV vulnerability scan scheduling, monitoring, and remediation tracking
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A knowledgebase and Q&A staffed by a dedicated QSA, so your merchants get direct answers to compliance questions
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On-demand reporting: merchant inventory, PCI status, SAQ compliance, and incomplete follow-up reports
Who We Serve
PCI DSS Program Management is ideal for higher education institutions and organizations that already have merchant environments, SAQ assignments, and a baseline compliance program in place, and want that program actively managed and continuously improved rather than revisited once a year.
If you are still building your PCI DSS program from the ground up, see PCI DSS Program Development & Management.
Speak to an ExpertWhy Choose CampusGuard for PCI DSS Program Management
CampusGuard has served higher education and complex organizations since 2009, earning a 98.6% client renewal rate, one of the clearest signals in the industry that organizations trust CampusGuard with their compliance programs year after year.
Sector-specific expertise
CampusGuard works with higher education and complex organizations, and understands the complexity of tuition processing, dining and retail merchants, and decentralized departmental payment acceptance that generic compliance vendors miss.
Credentialed PCI DSS consulting expertise
CampusGuard holds Qualified Security Assessor Company (QSAC) and Approved Scanning Vendor (ASV) status, backed by staff holding QSA, PCIP, and related certifications.
A dedicated Customer Advocate Team
Every client is assigned a named Program Manager, who takes direct operational ownership of your compliance calendar, evidence, and reporting, paired with a Customer Success Manager who owns the relationship.
Purpose-built technology
CampusGuard Central was designed specifically to support PCI DSS program management, helping organizations coordinate evidence, track progress, manage SAQs, monitor scans, and maintain a clear view of compliance status throughout the year.
Access the PCI DSS Compliance Program Management Guide
Are you effectively managing your PCI DSS Compliance Program? Our comprehensive guide includes:
- PCI Compliance Management Introduction
- PCI Compliance Management Essentials
- Effectively Managing PCI Compliance with a Third Party
- The Benefits of PCI Managed Services with CampusGuard
- Getting Help & Additional Resources
Benefits of Our PCI DSS Program Management
CampusGuard’s project management services play a strategic role in driving business success through comprehensive control, risk mitigation, resource optimization, and proactive planning. Here are the benefits of working with CampusGuard’s project management services:
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Always audit-ready
Continuous evidence of maintenance eliminates the pre-assessment scramble that consumes months of internal staff time. CampusGuard estimates organizations typically spend 300–500 staff hours a year preparing for compliance cycles without a managed program. -
Reduced organizational risk
Continuous SAQ tracking, scan monitoring, and remediation follow-through helps prevent the compliance gaps that lead to costly examination findings or breach exposure. -
A single point of accountability
Your named Program Manager owns the calendar, the evidence, and the reporting, with no rotating analysts or generic helpdesk. Predictable, fixed annual investment. Your PCI DSS program is delivered through CampusGuard's Annual Support Agreement structure, aligned to your organization's fiscal year budgeting cycle. -
Leadership visibility
Monthly compliance posture reports and quarterly business reviews connect your PCI DSS status directly to organizational risk posture, in language your leadership can act on.
PCI DSS Program Management Core Ongoing Deliverables
These deliverables run continuously in the background of your organization’s compliance program, so your team always has current evidence, status, and next steps on hand rather than reconstructing them under deadline pressure.
- Continuous maintenance of compliance documentation and evidence in CampusGuard Central
- SAQ assignment, tracking, and merchant support across your payment environment
- Monthly compliance posture reports via the dashboard and executive summary
- Quarterly business reviews connecting compliance status to organizational risk
- Regulatory change monitoring and impact assessment
- Remediation tracking and stakeholder coordination through to closure
- Annual assessment coordination and preparation
- Third-party vendor review support for new vendor relationships and maintaining current vendor relationships
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“Laura Allison exemplifies the highest standard of professionalism in every aspect of her work. Her deep expertise in PCI compliance through CampusGuard ensures that GMU’s sensitive data is rigorously protected and aligned with industry best practices.”
Get Ahead of Your Next PCI DSS Assessment
Ready to move from annual assessments to year-round compliance ownership? Talk with a PCI DSS consulting expert to see how PCI DSS Program Management fits your organization.
Top PCI DSS Program Management FAQs
PCI DSS consulting provides expert guidance to help organizations understand, implement, maintain, and improve their PCI DSS compliance programs.
CampusGuard provides ongoing PCI DSS consulting as part of its managed program, helping institutions address compliance questions, manage documentation, monitor requirements, and prepare for assessments.
PCI DSS Program Management provides ongoing operational ownership of an organization's PCI DSS compliance program, including SAQ management, evidence maintenance, vulnerability scan monitoring, remediation tracking, reporting, and assessment preparation.
PCI DSS consulting can provide expert guidance for specific compliance needs, assessments, or projects.
PCI DSS Program Management goes further by providing ongoing operational ownership of the compliance program throughout the year, including monitoring, documentation, remediation tracking, reporting, and assessment preparation.
PCI DSS Program Management is designed for organizations that already have a PCI DSS compliance program and need ongoing support to maintain and improve it.
It can be particularly valuable for organizations with multiple merchant locations, decentralized payment environments, or limited internal resources dedicated to PCI DSS compliance.