RESOURCE LIBRARY

Guidance and evidence for stored-card-data work.

PANScout user guide: desktop and command-line instructions, coverage explanations and troubleshooting.

Use practical guidance, safe product evidence and security material to plan discovery work, evaluate PANScout and prepare for focused PCI DSS conversations.

FEATURED GUIDE

How to find stored card data before a PCI DSS assessment.

Build a reasoned search plan, account for coverage, review masked findings and retain evidence without treating a scan as a scope or compliance decision.

Reading time
7 minute read
Reviewed
31 August 2026
Reference
PCI DSS v4.0.1
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PRACTICAL GUIDES

Review results and plan the next search.

Follow up a scan, examine ecommerce working files or organise discovery across hospitality locations.

What to do after a card-data scan: review, act and retain evidence
Turn a card-data scan into a useful review record: check coverage, assess masked candidates, assign action and verify the result.
Finding stored card data in ecommerce exports and working files
Plan a focused search for stored PAN in ecommerce exports, reconciliation files and support documents, with clear coverage and review boundaries.
Planning stored-card-data discovery across hospitality locations
Organise file-based card-data discovery across hospitality locations, keeping local coverage, masked review and follow-up evidence clear.

PRODUCT EVIDENCE

Review the output and the operating boundary.

These resources use published product information and safe demonstration data. No customer files, findings or assessment information are included.

Sample evidence report
Review coverage, masked findings and decision records in the real report structure.Open the sample report
Buyer's checklist
Evaluate provenance, installation, connectivity, data handling and evidence.Use the checklist
Product demonstration
Follow the workflow from location selection to retained evidence.Watch the demonstration
Security explainer
See how source material and masked results remain inside the environment.Watch the security explainer
Product datasheet
Keep supported platforms, formats and product boundaries together.Download the datasheet

TRY THE COMPLETE SCANNER

Try PANScout free for 14 days.

No purchase is required. The trial includes the same inspection and reporting capabilities as paid editions.

14 days
Complete inspection and reporting
1 installation
Desktop application and command line
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