For retail & commerce

Every card, every store, every channel — compliant & secure.

Retail runs on customer trust. ComplyAura keeps your PCI DSS, privacy, and security programs continuously audit-ready across every point of sale, online checkout, and third-party vendor — from one workspace.

PCI DSS v4.0 pre-loaded GDPR · CCPA / CPRA Multi-store & e-commerce
Why retail is different

The compliance load retail carries.

Card data, customer privacy, sprawling endpoints, and a long tail of vendors — all under regulators and card brands that don't wait. Here's what's on retail's plate.

Card data everywhere

PCI DSS v4.0 applies to every channel that touches a card — in-store terminals, online checkout, call-center, and stored tokens.

Customer privacy

Loyalty programs, e-commerce and marketing pull you under GDPR, CCPA/CPRA and data-subject rights with real deadlines.

Many endpoints

Hundreds of POS terminals, kiosks, and store networks multiply the surface you have to secure and prove secure.

Vendor sprawl

Payment processors, POS providers, fulfillment, and dozens of SaaS apps — each a third-party risk you have to review.

Breach clocks

A card breach triggers card-brand reporting, GDPR's 72-hour window, and state notification laws — all at once.

Many locations

Franchises and chains need one consistent security baseline applied — and evidenced — across every site.

What retail gets

One workspace for
the whole retail compliance program.

Everything a retail security and compliance team runs — controls, evidence, audits, vendors, risk and incidents — built around card data and customer trust.

PCI DSS v4.0, ready to go

All 12 requirements and sub-requirements pre-loaded. Map existing controls, see every gap, and stay current with v4.0's newest requirements.

Implement once, cover everything

A single control like POS-admin MFA counts toward PCI DSS, SOC 2, ISO 27001 and NIST at the same time. No duplicate work across frameworks.

Evidence on a schedule

Quarterly ASV scans, access reviews, and log reviews collected on a cadence with expiry tracking and approvals — so you're always assessment-ready.

Processor & POS vendor risk

Tier payment processors, POS and fulfillment partners, track DPAs/BAAs, send questionnaires, and AI-score each vendor 0–100 with red flags.

Customer-data privacy

GDPR, CCPA/CPRA and ISO 27701 pre-mapped — track data-subject rights, retention, and the controls that protect loyalty and marketing data.

Breach response that's defensible

AI drafts an incident plan with card-brand reporting, GDPR's 72-hour clock and state laws built in. Every step lands in an immutable audit log.

How it works

From scattered to PCI-ready in three steps.

01

Activate

Turn on PCI DSS v4.0 plus any privacy and security frameworks you need. Requirements and reference codes are pre-loaded.

02

Map & build

Run gap analysis. AI maps your store, network and checkout controls, drafts what's missing, and links the evidence behind each one.

03

Stay assessment-ready

Evidence renews on schedule, vendors are reviewed, and your SAQ/RoC workpapers and audit report export to PDF on demand.

Coverage for retail

The frameworks retailers actually face.

Activate what applies to you — every framework ships with requirements, reference codes, and AI-powered cross-mappings to your existing controls.

PCI DSS v4.0 GDPR CCPA / CPRA SOC 2 Type II ISO 27001:2022 ISO 27701:2019 NIST CSF v2.0 CIS Controls v8 ISO 22301:2019
Seven AI assistants

AI that does the retail busywork.

The same seven Claude-powered assistants that run inside ComplyAura — pointed at the work retail teams dread most.

  • Gap Mapping — match your POS, network and checkout controls to PCI DSS v4.0 requirements
  • Policy Generation — draft cardholder-data, access, and retention policies tied to your controls
  • Vendor Risk Scoring — score processors and POS providers 0–100 with red flags and a recommendation
  • Questionnaire Auto-Answer — fill partner and processor security questionnaires with cited evidence
  • Incident Response Plan — produce breach plans with card-brand, GDPR 72h and state-law deadlines built in
  • Compliance Chat — answer "are we PCI-ready?" with cited controls, policies and open risks
complyaura.ai · gap analysis claude
Requirement

PCI DSS v4.0 8.4 — MFA for all access into the CDE

ComplyAura AI

Scanning 118 controls

CTRL-009 MFA on POS admin access match · 0.95
CTRL-022 MFA on remote store networks match · 0.89
CTRL-040 Checkout admin SSO + MFA match · 0.74
NEW MFA for third-party support access recommended
Apply 3 mappings · create 1 control
Questions

What retail teams ask first.

What compliance does a retail business need?

Any retailer that accepts card payments must comply with PCI DSS v4.0. Retailers that collect customer data — through loyalty programs, e-commerce, or marketing — also fall under privacy regulation such as GDPR (EU) and CCPA/CPRA (California). Retailers that sell to or partner with enterprises are often asked for SOC 2 or ISO 27001 as well. ComplyAura pre-loads all of these and maps one set of controls across every framework you activate.

How does ComplyAura help with PCI DSS for retail?

ComplyAura ships PCI DSS v4.0 with all 12 requirements and their sub-requirements pre-loaded. It maps your existing controls to each requirement, highlights gaps, and schedules the recurring evidence PCI demands — quarterly ASV scans, access reviews, log reviews, and the SAQ or RoC workpapers. Evidence expiry and approval workflows mean you stay continuously ready instead of scrambling before each assessment.

Can ComplyAura handle multiple stores and e-commerce channels?

Yes. Controls, evidence, and tasks are managed centrally so the same security baseline applies to every store, warehouse, and online channel. Cross-framework mapping means a single control — like MFA on point-of-sale admin access — satisfies PCI DSS, SOC 2, ISO 27001 and NIST at once, so multi-location retailers implement once and get credit everywhere.

Does ComplyAura help with payment processor and POS vendor risk?

Yes. The Vendors module lets you tier payment processors, POS providers, fulfillment partners, and SaaS tools, track their DPAs and BAAs, send security questionnaires, and score each vendor's risk 0–100 with AI. When a partner sends you a security questionnaire, the AI auto-fills it from your real controls with confidence scores and citations.

What happens if a retailer has a data breach?

ComplyAura's incident workflow captures severity, scope, and timeline, and the AI drafts a regulator-aware response plan with the deadlines that apply to you built in — card-brand reporting, GDPR's 72-hour notification, and state notification laws. Every action is recorded in an immutable audit log so you can demonstrate a defensible response.

Protect every
transaction.

See how ComplyAura keeps your retail compliance program audit-ready — and get your first PCI gap analysis in under 30 minutes.