Case Study: Even achieves PCI compliance 5x faster and with 10x fewer staff with Very Good Security (VGS)

Even Secures PCI with “10x Less Staff and 5x More Quickly” than DIY

Even is an earned wage access platform that helps employers offer on-demand pay, budgeting, and savings tools to improve employee financial health. Faced with handling highly sensitive PII (including SSNs), achieving PCI and SOC 2 compliance quickly, and maintaining credibility with banking partners without ballooning engineering headcount, Even turned to Very Good Security and adopted the VGS Zero Data Platform and VGS Control to offload data security and compliance.

Very Good Security implemented its Zero Data Platform to collect, alias, and securely store sensitive data in VGS Vaults so it never touches Even’s servers, while VGS Control handled compliance workflows. The result: Even reached PCI compliance 5x faster with 10x fewer staff than building in-house, banking partners immediately de‑escalated when VGS was involved, and Even’s engineers could focus on product and UX rather than security overhead.

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Will Maier

Chief Information Security Officer