Payment Card Industry (PCI) certifications

IBM® Safer Payments has obtained certifications and readiness status for various Payment Card Industry (PCI) standards.

The following versions have been certified:
  • IBM Safer Payments 6.1.0.x
  • IBM Safer Payments 6.1.1.x
  • IBM Safer Payments 6.3.0.x
  • IBM Safer Payments 6.3.1.x
  • IBM Safer Payments 6.7.0.x

Also:

  • IBM Safer Payments 6.6 is PCI Ready, which is checked against PCI DSS version 4.0.
  • IBM Safer Payments is certified to PCI Secure Software Lifecycle version 1.1.

The following certificates and confirmations have been issued:

IBM Safer Payments v6.3.x was the last release that was validated for PCI PA DSS version 3.2, which was retired by the PCI Security Standards Council (SSC) on October 28, 2022.

All prior entries on the PCI SSC’s List of Validated Payment Applications have been moved to the “Acceptable Only for Pre-Existing Deployments” list. In the Company Name search field, enter IBM Safer Payments.

PCI SSC’s Software Security Framework (SSF) is the replacement program for PA-DSS. The PCI SSF includes two new security standards, the PCI Secure Software Standard and the PCI Secure Software Lifecycle (Secure SLC) Standard. Each standard has its own validation and listing program. For more information about PCI SSF, PCI Perspectives Blog on the PCI SSC website.