A payment infrastructure change that looks contained in a PR review can trigger PCI re-scoping, bring new systems into your cardholder data environment, or introduce a latency regression that doesn't surface until production load. Assess the compliance and operational impact before you merge — not after you've deployed.
The specific outcomes this tool produces — and the problems it prevents.
A new service added to the payment flow, a new data store that touches cardholder data, a new network path through the CDE — each is a potential PCI scope change. Identify it at design time, when it costs a design decision. Identify it at QSA assessment, when it costs a remediation project.
A new synchronous call in the authorisation path adds latency to every transaction. A new DynamoDB table with the wrong capacity mode creates a throttling risk under load. Model the performance impact of the change before it's in production.
New IAM permissions, new network paths, new secrets — each architectural change has a security surface area change. Identify the new attack surface before it's in production, not in the next penetration test.
Export the impact analysis as a supporting document for your Architecture Decision Record. The change, its compliance implications, its performance impact, and its security surface change — all in one document that satisfies both your engineering review process and your QSA evidence requirements.
Structured inputs. Immediate output. No setup, no waiting, no consultant required.
Describe the proposed change
Specify the change type — new service, modified data flow, new integration, infrastructure reconfiguration. Describe what's being added, removed, or modified.
Assess PCI scope impact
Determine whether the change brings new systems into the CDE, modifies the cardholder data flow, or changes the PCI boundary. See which PCI DSS requirements are newly triggered.
Model performance impact
Evaluate the latency and throughput implications of the change — new synchronous calls, new data store reads, changed capacity configurations. See the p99 impact estimate.
Review security surface change
Identify new IAM permissions required, new network paths opened, new secrets introduced, and new attack surface created by the change.
Export the impact assessment
Download an impact analysis document covering PCI scope, performance, and security implications — ready to attach to your ADR or PR review.
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