AWS Security for Fintech
PCI DSS, SOC 2, and, for EU-serving firms, DORA, stacked together on the same AWS architecture instead of treated as three separate projects.
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Fintech is one of the few sectors where multiple compliance frameworks genuinely apply at once, and where they overlap far more than most teams expect. A company handling card payments needs PCI DSS. Nearly every fintech selling to enterprise customers needs SOC 2. And a fintech operating in or serving the EU now falls under DORA, which adds mandatory ICT incident reporting and, notably, extends regulatory reach to the critical cloud and ICT vendors a fintech depends on, not just the fintech itself.
Treating these as three separate compliance projects wastes real effort: an IAM least-privilege policy, an encryption-at-rest configuration, and a CloudTrail logging setup, done correctly, satisfies overlapping requirements across all three frameworks simultaneously. We architect once against the union of what actually applies to your business, then map the same underlying controls to each relevant framework, rather than running three disconnected engagements that each redo the same groundwork.
Fintech AWS environments also carry a specific technical bar: cardholder data environments need real network segmentation (PCI DSS's Requirement 1 territory), transaction logging needs to be tamper-evident, and DORA's resilience-testing expectations mean your architecture needs to survive a real failure scenario, not just look correct in a diagram.
What We Offer
Explore the full range of capabilities within our AWS Security for Fintech practice.
Cardholder Data Environment (CDE) Segmentation
Network architecture that isolates systems that store, process, or transmit cardholder data, reducing PCI DSS scope and the real risk of exposure.
Unified Control Mapping
Core technical controls, IAM, encryption, logging, implemented once and mapped simultaneously to PCI DSS, SOC 2 Trust Services Criteria, and DORA where relevant, instead of duplicated per framework.
Tamper-Evident Logging
Transaction and access logs configured so they can't be silently altered after the fact, a requirement that shows up across PCI DSS, SOC 2 audit evidence, and DORA incident reporting alike.
DORA ICT Risk Management
For EU-serving fintechs: ICT risk management practices, incident classification and reporting readiness, and resilience testing aligned with DORA's requirements.
Third-Party & Critical Vendor Risk
Reviewing your own reliance on critical ICT providers, including AWS itself, the way DORA now expects regulated financial entities to.
Audit & Assessment Support
Evidence and documentation prepared for your PCI DSS assessor, SOC 2 auditor, or DORA-related regulatory review, built from the same underlying control set.
Our Approach
A proven methodology that delivers consistent, measurable results.
Framework Scoping
Determine exactly which frameworks genuinely apply, PCI DSS, SOC 2, DORA, or a subset, based on your actual business model, customer base, and where you operate.
Unified Gap Assessment
A single assessment against the combined control set, so overlapping requirements are identified once, not rediscovered separately per framework.
Architecture & Segmentation
Design or refine cardholder data environment segmentation and the broader account architecture to support all applicable frameworks.
Control Implementation
Implement IAM, encryption, logging, and monitoring as real, running controls mapped across every relevant framework simultaneously.
Assessment & Audit Support
Support through your PCI DSS assessor, SOC 2 auditor, or DORA-related review, using the evidence already generated by the unified control set.
AWS Services We Use
Every service listed below is AWS-native: purpose-built tools, not generic wrappers.
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