WASHINGTON, D.C. — February 11, 2026 — Virtru, the leader in data-centric security, today announced it has achieved compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), reinforcing its commitment to helping financial services organizations protect sensitive data.
PCI DSS compliance signifies that Virtru’s Data Security Platform meets rigorous security requirements designed to safeguard cardholder data, including credit card information and associated personally identifiable information (PII). Virtru is trusted by many of the world’s largest banks, credit bureaus, and FinTech companies, as well as credit unions, tax preparers, and financial services organizations of every size.
“As regulatory requirements continue to evolve, organizations in the financial space need security solutions that are both robust and easy to use, and Virtru’s Data Security Platform fits that bill,” said John Ackerly, CEO and Co-Founder of Virtru. “Virtru’s PCI compliance demonstrates our commitment to vetted, industry-leading cybersecurity that respects consumers’ financial data privacy.”
With PCI compliance, Virtru enables financial services organizations to securely exchange sensitive data through everyday workflows that are common sources of data exposure, such as email and file sharing. The Virtru Data Security Platform supports encryption of sensitive information, fine-grained access controls, detailed audit logs, and simplified compliance reporting, helping teams reduce risk while maintaining productivity.
Financial services organizations use Virtru to strengthen compliant, secure information exchange with their clients without sacrificing ease of use. SpotOn, a leading point-of-sale technology provider, is one of those organizations. “We've got to make sure that the way we design the interactability for our customers is really fluid, but also is secure by nature,” said Ryan Ogden, Senior Director of Information Security for SpotOn. “Virtru is one of the handful of technologies that I've come across in the last 10 years that I think is just paramount to having a baseline daily workflow without friction. And that's really, really hard to do.”
Virtru’s PCI certification builds on its broader compliance and security posture, which includes:
Together, these frameworks allow regulated organizations to deploy Virtru’s Data Security Platform with confidence across multiple regulatory environments.
For more information about how Virtru supports secure financial communications, visit https://www.virtru.com/industry-solutions/financial-services/
About Virtru
Virtru empowers organizations to unlock the power of data while maintaining control wherever it's stored and shared. Trusted by over 6,000 organizations across the public and private sectors—including JPMorganChase, Equifax, Capital One, Salesforce, and the U.S. Department of Defense—Virtru’s Data Security Platform has created a new paradigm in data-centric security, where protection travels with the data itself rather than relying on traditional perimeter defenses. From global enterprises to national defense and intelligence agencies, Virtru’s award-winning solutions provide simple, powerful data-centric security, built on the Trusted Data Format (TDF), an open standard for data protection created by Virtru Co-Founder and Chief Architect Will Ackerly.
