Quick answer
OptiTech runs PCI DSS with support for both merchant and service provider paths: the requirement catalog loads for your validation type, the cardholder data environment (CDE) is tagged in your asset inventory so scope is explicit, technical requirements verify continuously through your cloud and identity integrations, and the recurring calendar (quarterly scans, annual assessments, periodic tests) runs as deadline-tracked tasks with owners.
Scope first, then automate
PCI work starts with an honest map of where card data flows. In the asset inventory you tag CDE systems and their connected systems, and the platform holds you to the boundary: CDE-tagged assets get the stricter check set (segmentation expectations, MFA into the CDE, logging retention), while descoped systems document why they're out (tokenization, hosted payment pages). When architecture changes threaten scope, the inventory change surfaces it before your assessor does.
The technical requirements on integrations
The continuously verifiable requirements run through integration checks: MFA enforcement for CDE access, access reviews, encryption configuration, logging enabled with required retention, secure configuration baselines, and change control through your CI pipeline. Each check's history feeds the assessment: a QSA sampling six months of MFA evidence gets it from the append-only log instead of a screenshot scramble.
The calendar that runs itself
Quarterly ASV scans, annual SAQ or assessment renewal, penetration test scheduling, and policy review cycles exist as recurring tasks with deadlines, owners, and escalation. Scan results and test reports attach as evidence to their requirements. Miss-a-quarter risk, the classic PCI failure, disappears into routine deadline tracking.
For service providers
If your customers inherit your compliance, your attestation of compliance is a sales document: publish its status on your Trust Center, answer merchant due-diligence questionnaires from live control data, and track your own sub-processors' PCI status in the supplier register.
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