Payment card data discovery
Support PCI DSS scope, retention and remediation decisions with evidence from structured files, documents, images, scanned PDFs and compressed archives. Scans run locally, so files and findings stay inside your environment.
PCI DSS scoping
Scan selected systems and file locations to identify card data outside the expected cardholder data environment, document completed searches and give every file a recorded outcome. Use that evidence to confirm or refine scope and focus remediation where it matters.
Identify data that may need to be securely deleted, migrated into the defined CDE or included in a revised scope.
Record where a completed scan found no card data across supported content, together with the scan record and any exclusions.
Keep masked findings, file outcomes and coverage evidence for annual review and assessor conversations.
Why PANScout
It turns up in tabular exports and spreadsheets, as well as screenshots, scanned documents, old archives and shared folders. PANScout follows it across both structured and unstructured files and leaves teams with evidence they can act on.
Inspect CSV, JSON, XML and spreadsheets alongside documents, PDFs and images. The scanner combines card-number validation with surrounding context to separate likely card data from everyday numeric noise, giving teams a more focused set of findings to review.
Full card numbers are handled in memory during scanning. PANScout saves only masked findings, alongside the context teams need to review and act.
Inspect searchable and scanned PDFs, common image files and supported content inside ZIP, TAR, GZIP and ZLIB archives. Everything needed is part of PANScout. No separate OCR products, plug-ins or licences are required.
Document findings with review outcomes and notes that carry into the report. Export them with masked evidence and a complete scan record in self-contained HTML and versioned JSON, ready to support scoping, retention and remediation work, annual PCI DSS reviews and assessor conversations.
Evidence for the next decision
Bring masked findings, documented outcomes, reviewer notes and recorded file outcomes together for retention decisions, remediation work, annual reviews and assessor conversations.
See the reporting workflowA recorded outcome for every file, with practical follow-up where needed.
Masked candidates, test-number recognition and confidence context support focused review.
Review statuses and notes carry the team’s decision into the evidence record.
Export a local HTML evidence report and versioned JSON for remediation and assessor conversations.
Scanning breadth
PANScout identifies supported content instead of trusting filename extensions. The same detection and reporting rules apply whether data starts in a table, export, document, image, PDF or supported archive.
PDF and image inspection includes packaged OCR for scanned documents and photographed cards. Archive inspection uses safety limits for nesting, file count, expanded size and extreme compression.
Deployment
Install PANScout on the Windows, macOS or Linux system performing the scan. Everything needed is included, with no additional tools or licences to purchase or configure. Use the desktop application for guided work or the command line for servers and repeatable workflows.
Compare desktop and command-line useSecurity assurance
A card-data scanner may inspect some of your most sensitive systems and files. PANScout has a defined product boundary, with fixed inspection components, local processing and interfaces limited to scanning, review and reporting.
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No purchase is required. The trial includes the same inspection and reporting capabilities as paid editions.
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