ARTICLE LIBRARY
Authenticated Vulnerability Scanning
One of the most significant changes introduced in PCI DSS v4.0 involves the documented approach for performing internal vulnerability scans. The internal vulnerability scanning requirement (now 11.3.1...
Monitor the Monitoring
There are two notable changes that may require a fair bit of runway to fully meet the existing requirement to monitor your critical security control systems. On March 31st, 2022 PCI DSS v4.0 was relea...
There is Trouble Brewing: In Place with Remediation
What could possibly go wrong with calling out a non-compliant status, or “In Place with Remediation,” on your Attestation of Compliance? Do you have a storm brewing you are yet aware of? On March 31st...
Understanding the Changes to Appendix A1: Multi-Tenant Service Providers
Are you a SaaS? Do you offer various shared services to merchants and other service providers with access to resources or services being logically controlled or partitioned to keep resources contained...
Incident Response - Unexpected PAN Identified
Mistakes with PAN happen! Data leaks, memory dumps, or debug logs can accidentally contain sensitive information and can leak data into unexpected places in your environment. It is now a requirement t...
Web Application Firewall - Automated Technical Solution
There are now two options to meeting the new requirement 6.4.2 for a web application firewall: WAF or RASP. Notice I didn’t say manual code review! On March 31st, 2022 PCI DSS v4.0 was released. Toda...
Roles and Responsibilities | Who's Driving What?
If you don’t have documented and employee acknowledged roles and responsibilities for every role that is part of your PCI scope of assessment, you may need a long roadway to get this in place. On Marc...
PCI v4.0 - Requirement 7: All Things Accounts and Access Reviews
Remember the good ole days when Requirement 7 was all about general and privileged user accounts? Well, those days are done as of March 31, 2025! On March 31st, 2022 PCI DSS v4.0 was released. Today’...
The Customized Approach | Part 1
Have you ever been off-roading? Full-on four-wheel-drive, low gear, creeping over rocks, or blasting through snowbanks? It’s quite an exhilarating experience. I liken the updates made to the Customize...
The Customized Approach | Part 2
The recent release of PCI DSS v4.0 may give the mistaken impression that there is a lot of time for organizations to prepare for any required changes to people, processes, and technologies. While this...
The Customized Approach | Part 3
I’ve recently spent some time reviewing the PCI DSS v4.0’s updates on the Customized Approach and want to go on record as stating that I believe this is one of the most significant changes in the new ...
4 Things You Must Know About PCI's New Anti-Malware Requirements
The number of assessment testing procedures for anti-malware doubled – it went from 18 to 36, including a major new requirement! Many of my clients, both merchants and service providers, are asking ab...
Targeted Risk Assessments | Know Thy Risks
PCI DSS v4.0 introduces new expectations about what is required when it comes to assessing risk. In contrast to the previous version of the Standard, risk awareness is a core concept that permeates m...
