IT security services provider, Vigitrust, is collaborating with Verizon to expand its IT security and compliance offering to include Qualified Security Assessor (QSA) services and help its European customers achieve PCI DSS compliance. As part of the deal, Vigitrust will offer its customers Verizon’s complete portfolio of QSA services, including PCI DSS security project initiation, compliance remediation, compliance validation, certification, project management and maintenance.

A recent Verizon 2012 Data Breach Investigations Report found that 96% of breach victims investigated were not PCI DSS compliant when they were last assessed.