Case Study: a leading fast-growing FinTech company achieves PCI compliance and secure growth with Effectual

FinTech Startup Maintaining security and meeting compliance in a fast-growing, innovative company

A leading fast-growing fintech company, which provides payroll card solutions, faced significant challenges in meeting PCI DSS compliance due to its rapid growth. This situation threatened its funding and profitability with potential fines of up to $100k per month. Their internal roles were changing quickly, and reliance on multiple third-party vendors made managing security extremely difficult. The company engaged Effectual, an AWS Advanced Consulting Partner, to address these regulatory and security concerns.

Effectual reviewed the company's workloads, isolated them for security, and outlined a clear separation of duties. They coordinated with third-party vendors, built a secure Cardholder Data Environment (CDE), and migrated two PCI-compliant workloads to Amazon using AWS services like Lambda and DynamoDB. As a result, the client passed its crucial PCI audit in less than three months. Effectual provided the company with a solid DevOps foundation, enabling it to strategically manage compliance as part of its everyday operations for future growth.