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PCI DSS data discovery and remediation solutions trusted by QSAs
Scoping made easy for payment card data security and compliance
Card Recon is the industry-leading solution for identifying payment card data, specifically designed for PCI DSS compliance. Supporting controls across the latest version of the standard, Card Recon delivers a simplified approach to scoping and data management for PCI DSS compliance.
Data discovery software made for PCI DSS
Rapid remediation for continuous compliance
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Card Recon Desktop
Lightweight PCI DSS data discovery for end-user devices
Card Recon Server
Out-of-the-box payment card data discovery trusted by QSAs
| Key feature differences | Card Recon Desktop | Card Recon Server | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Desktop | Windows |  | |
| macOS | | | |
| Server | Windows |  | |
| Linux | | | |
| FreeBSD | | | |
| Solaris | | | |
| HP-UX | | | |
| AIX | | | |
| EBCDIC | | | |
| Target types | Local storage | | |
| Free space | | | |
| Shadow volumes | | | |
| Memory | | | |
| File types | Text files | | |
| All encodings | | | |
| Office docs | | | |
| Compressed files | | | |
| Audio files (incl. DTMF) | | | |
| OCR files | | | |
| Other benefits | Multi-Format reporting | | |
| Data remediation | | | |
| Licensing | Per desktop | Per target | |
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