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Catch up fast—and stay ahead with continuous, AI-driven compliance.
• Continuous control monitoring across every API endpoint
• Automated evidence collection and audit-ready reporting
• Real-time vulnerability detection and remediation in minutes

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From Audit Burden to Business Enabler

PCI DSS 4.0 Demands More Than Checkboxes

Effective March 31, 2025, PCI DSS 4.0 shifts from checklist audits to a risk-based model that requires continuous testing, proof of controls, and remediation of every vulnerability—high, medium, or low. Organizations that rely on manual processes or tool-chains of point solutions risk audit failures and breach exposure.

Requirement 11.3.1.1 now mandates managing every vulnerability, not just the critical ones. Traditional scanners, WAFs, and manual pen tests can’t keep up with modern API ecosystems.

Remediate Every Vulnerability

Requirement 11.3.1.1 expands your scope: every finding matters, regardless of severity.

Secure Client-Side Code & APIs

Modern card-data theft happens in browsers and via API flaws—beyond what WAFs can catch.

Prove Continuous Control

Auditors now expect real-time evidence of testing, fixes, and policy enforcement.

Failing to adapt means fines, breach exposure, and even suspension of payment processing.

Turn Compliance Into A Competitive Advantage

The Aptori Advantage

With Aptori, compliance isn’t a burden—it’s a growth engine. Our AI-first platform delivers

Holistic, AI-Driven Compliance

Continuously map, monitor, and enforce PCI DSS 4.0 controls across your full API ecosystem—no manual checklists required.

Deterministic Semantic Analysis

Build a live, contextual model of your code, data flows, and authorization logic to uncover deep business-logic flaws that static scanners miss.

Continuous Evidence Collection

Automatically generate audit-ready reports and remediation evidence for PCI DSS, SOC 2, HIPAA, and more—so you’re always prepared for inspection.

Seamless Developer Integration

Plug directly into your IDE, Git workflows, and CI/CD pipeline to deliver fixes in minutes, not weeks—without slowing down your release cadence.

Risk-Based, AI-Suggested Remediation

Prioritize what matters most and apply precise code fixes automatically, reducing security debt and freeing your team to innovate.

Scalable Compliance at Speed

Handle sprawling, dynamic API surfaces and rapid release cycles without adding headcount—let AI shoulder the heavy lifting.

By choosing Aptori, you’re not just ticking boxes—you’re turning compliance into a strategic differentiator.

Aptori meets and enforces industry standards, including:
• PCI DSS 6.5 – Secure Coding Practices
• PCI DSS 11.3.1.1 – Comprehensive Vulnerability Management

Plus, generate audit-ready reports and evidence your auditors will love.

From Audit Burden to Business Enabler

What You Must Do Now

Scan all APIs, including client-side code and third-party integrations.

Remediate every vulnerability—don’t let “low severity” slip through.

Embed continuous testing and evidence collection into your CI/CD pipeline.

Demonstrate compliance with audit-ready dashboards and reports.

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PCI DSS 4.0: What You Must Do Now

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Fix All Vulnerabilities

You’re now accountable for remediating every vulnerability, not just the critical ones.
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Can your current team keep up?
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Traditional Tools Don’t Cut It Anymore

WAFs miss business logic flaws. Manual triage is too slow.
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You need continuous visibility and fast, intelligent remediation.
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💡 This Is Where AI Changes the Game

Aptori acts as your AI Security Engineer, seamlessly integrating into your SDLC to scan, triage, and fix vulnerabilities in real time.

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What Is PCI DSS 4.0 and Why Does It Matter Now?

PCI DSS 4.0 is the latest version of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, and it’s now fully in effect as of March 2025. It introduces stricter, more modernized requirements designed to address today’s rapidly evolving security threats—especially those targeting web applications and APIs.

This update is not just a routine checklist refresh. It’s a fundamental shift in how organizations are expected to protect payment data across the entire digital ecosystem.

Key Changes in PCI DSS 4.0‍

Fix All Vulnerabilities - Not Just Criticals

Under Requirement 11.3.1.1, you’re now responsible for identifying, managing, and remediating all discovered vulnerabilities—regardless of severity. “Ignore until critical” is no longer compliant.
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Secure APIs and Client-Side Scripts

‍The standard emphasizes client-side security to prevent data theft directly from browsers—especially through third-party JavaScript or insecure APIs.

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Continuous Testing and Evidence of Controls

‍Organizations must demonstrate ongoing security validation, not just point-in-time assessments. This requires automated, continuous monitoring and reporting.

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Why It Matters

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Attackers have moved to APIs and front-end logic

Static defenses like WAFs are no longer enough. You need to test and protect at the application layer, where real business logic lives.

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Audits will require proof of remediation

It's not just about scanning. You must show how and when you fixed issues—or why they're not exploitable.

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Non-compliance = serious consequences.

Fines, and even loss of the ability to process payments are on the table.

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What You Get with Aptori’s AI Security Engineer

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Automated Fixes, Not Just Alerts

Aptori doesn’t stop at detection. It understands your code, pinpoints the root cause, and delivers AI-generated fixes—instantly.

Continuous API Security Testing

From development to production, Aptori keeps scanning your APIs, catching risks early and preventing compliance drift.

Risk-Based Prioritization

No more noisy dashboards. Aptori highlights what actually matters—so you stay secure and audit-ready.

Proven PCI DSS 4.0 Alignment

Meets and enforces requirements like:

6.5 – Secure Coding Practices
11.3.1.1 – Comprehensive Vulnerability Management

Generate reports and evidence your auditors will love.

Get Ahead of PCI DSS 4.0—Before Attackers Do

✅ Remediate in Minutes (not weeks) with AI-driven fixes
✅ Maintain Continuous Compliance, even as your attack surface evolves
✅ Secure Your APIs at the application layer, where breaches start
✅ Scale Without Scaling Headcount—let AI shoulder the heavy lifting

It’s not just about passing audits. It’s about preventing breaches.
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HOW APTORI WORKS

Autonomous Security:
‍AI-Powered from Discovery to Remediation

The Aptori AI Product Security Engineer

Empower your teams to embed security into every build and deployment. Aptori’s agentic AI Product Security Engineer maps your entire stack—code repositories, API surfaces, application flows, and cloud infrastructure—to uncover hidden flaws before they become breaches. With automated scans, semantic testing, and one-click remediation guidance, developers move faster while security leaders gain full visibility and assurance across the software lifecycle.

Semantic Modeling

Build a live, contextual map of your code, APIs, and cloud infrastructure using deep semantic analysis. Aptori understands data flows, control paths, and authorization logic—before a single scan runs.

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AI-Driven Detection

Continuously scan for logic flaws, misconfigurations, and hidden runtime threats that static rule-based tools miss.

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Contextual Prioritization

Leverage exploitability and business-impact scoring to cut through alert noise and focus engineering on the vulnerabilities that matter most.

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Agentic Remediation

Deliver precise, in-context code fixes directly into your CI/CD workflows—and auto-generate compliance evidence for PCI DSS, SOC 2, NIST, and more.

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What our customers & partners say

Aptori helps teams secure their applications without slowing development. With AI-driven vulnerability detection and automated fixes, our customers gain continuous protection, accelerate release cycles, and stay ahead of evolving threats—ensuring security is a seamless part of innovation.
"Aptori provides a fundamental piece in securing ThreatSTOP's APIs. The rich detection of errors at the data layer fills an important gap not addressed by WAF products. It easily integrates in our CI tools, providing fast and automated detections of new problems and improving our ability to release API features faster.”
Nicko Dehaine
Vice President of Engineering at ThreatSTOP
"We’re enabling the selected companies to leverage Google’s most advanced AI technologies—and in the case of Aptori, to empower security teams with AI to improve code fixes and remediation outcomes at scale."
Matt Ridenour
‍Head of Accelerator & Startup Ecosystem, USA at Google
"Security isn’t optional—it’s the foundation of trust. Aptori’s AI-driven security solutions have transformed how we protect our APIs, identifying vulnerabilities in real-time and automating fixes before they become threats. With Aptori, we’ve not only strengthened our security posture but also accelerated our development cycles, ensuring innovation without compromise."

CEO at North American FinTech Leader
"Aptori gives us a competitive edge. We don’t just meet PCI DSS requirements — we stay ahead of them. By proactively eliminating risks across our applications and APIs, Aptori keeps us secure, audit-ready, and moving faster than the competition."

Senior Security Engineer, Leading Payments Processor
“Within days of deploying Aptori, we uncovered critical IDOR and BOLA flaws that our previous scanners missed—and cut our manual testing backlog by 90%.”

VP Security, Leading FinTech Innovator
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