Cardholder-data discovery and protection.
Real-time PAN detection across email, documents, databases and network traffic. Automatic tokenisation at the point of detection. Audit-grade evidence built for PCI DSS submission.
What PanTector does
PanTector is a cardholder-data discovery and protection tool. It detects primary account numbers across the surfaces where they tend to leak — email, documents, databases and network traffic — and tokenises them at the point of detection.
The aim is twofold: to remove live cardholder data from surfaces that should never have held it, and to produce the audit evidence that demonstrates the removal happened. Because PanTector is built and operated by a PCI SSC-listed QSAC, the audit pack reflects what an assessor expects to see.
Key facts
- Protected surfaces
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- Detection mode
- Real-time
- Tokenisation
- Auto
- Evidence-grade
- PCI DSS
What PanTector covers
Six capabilities. Each is verifiable against the platform behaviour rather than editorial framing.
Real-time PAN detection
Detect primary account numbers across email, documents, databases and network traffic as they are created or transmitted.
Automatic tokenisation
Replace detected PANs with secure tokens in real time, removing cardholder data from the protected surface.
DLP integration
Plug into existing data-loss-prevention tools so PanTector adds cardholder-data coverage without ripping and replacing.
Database protection
Scheduled and on-demand scans against databases that may hold cardholder data — discovery before tokenisation.
Document scanning
Analyse documents and files for embedded card numbers before they leave the network or land in a shared store.
Audit trail
Comprehensive logging of every detection and remediation action, structured for PCI DSS audit evidence.
How a deployment runs
Three stages, end-to-end. Discovery first, tokenisation at the point of detection, audit evidence as a continuous artefact.
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Discovery
ContinuousPanTector runs against email, documents, databases and network traffic to surface where cardholder data actually lives — including the surfaces nobody flagged in the original PCI DSS scope.
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Tokenisation
On detectionDetected PANs are automatically replaced with tokens at the point of detection, removing live card data from the protected surface and reducing the in-scope footprint.
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Audit-ready evidence
Always-onEvery detection and every remediation action is logged in a structure your QSA can use directly. The evidence pack is built for PCI DSS audit submission, not retrofitted to it.
Where PanTector is used
Four common deployment surfaces. Each maps to a PCI DSS scope question we see repeatedly on assessment.
Email security
Catch accidental sharing of card numbers over email at the point of send, not after the fact.
Database discovery
Find and protect cardholder data sitting in databases across the organisation, including the systems no-one remembers.
Document control
Scan documents for PANs before they are shared, printed, or stored in shared drives.
Network monitoring
Watch network traffic for cardholder-data transmission and alert on policy violations in real time.
Why 1 Sequence Cyber
Built and operated by a QSAC
PanTector is built and operated by a PCI SSC-listed QSAC. The audit-evidence format reflects what an assessor expects to see, because we sit on both sides of the table — we use the same export when we are the QSA on the other engagement.
Reduces in-scope footprint
Tokenisation at the point of detection means cardholder data does not persist on protected surfaces. That moves systems out of the audit scope rather than just hardening them inside it — the cheapest control is the one you do not need.
Ready to take cardholder data out of scope?
Tell us where your PANs live today — the systems you know about and the ones you suspect. We’ll come back with a scoped deployment plan and a fixed-fee proposal.
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