Industrial organizations always attract attention from both cybercriminals and politically-motivated threat actors. Reflecting on the previous half year, we have seen among other findings, growth in the number of cyberespionage and malicious credential stealing campaigns. Their success has most likely been the main factor raising the ransomware threat to such [...]
PCI SSC does not require QSAs or ISAs to visit personnel private residences for any purpose, including the review of work-from-home (WFH) environments to validate PCI DSS requirements. Entities should have policies and procedures implemented to provide assurance that applicable PCI DSS controls are in place for WFH personnel and ...
High confidence is placed in the statement “I am PCI DSS compliant,” but what does this actually mean for the different parties involved? Use of a PCI DSS compliant Provider does not automatically result in PCI DSS compliance for the Customers. The Customer should confirm that the Provider is PCI ...
An individual’s private work-from-home (WFH) environment is not considered a “sensitive area,” and personnel working from home are not required to meet PCI DSS Requirements 9.1.1 or 9.3 for their WFH environments. “Personnel working from home” Refers to individuals that are employed by an entity to perform business duties from ...
The distributed architectures of cloud environments add layers of technology and complexity that challenge traditional assessment methods. As a result, it may be particularly challenging to validate PCI DSS compliance in a distributed, dynamic infrastructure such as a public or multi-tenant environment. Examples of compliance challenges include but are not ...
While use of PTS-approved payment devices can facilitate PCI DSS compliance, such devices do not by themselves guarantee PCI DSS compliance or reduce the scope of a merchant’s cardholder data environment. The boundaries of the cardholder data environment are not affected by the presence or absence of a PTS-approved terminal, ...
Merchants should always contact their acquirer (merchant bank), or payment brand directly to understand their compliance validation obligations, including which SAQ they may be eligible to use. Contact details for the payment brands can be found at the end of this post. For multiple payment channels, it may be possible ...
The PCI DSS security requirements apply to all system components included in or connected to the cardholder data environment. The cardholder data environment (CDE) is comprised of people, processes, and technologies that store, process, or transmit cardholder data or sensitive authentication data At a high level, scoping involves the identification ...
A merchant is defined as any entity that accepts payment cards from the five brands (American Express, Discover, JCB, MasterCard, or Visa) The PCI Security Standards Council defines a service provider as a Business entity that is not a payment brand, directly involved in the processing, storage, or transmission of ...