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PCI DSS 4.0: How to Ensure You're in Compliance

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To ensure that businesses meet that expectation, Visa, MasterCard, American Express Discover, and JCB, alongside the PCI Security Standards Council, created the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard or PCI DSS for short. PCI DSS v4.0 To help ensure smooth adoption, the previous standard, PCI DSS v3.2.1,

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What is PCI Compliance? 12 Requirements and Steps

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If your company accepts credit cards or debit cards as payment for goods or services, you need to be compliant with Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS). What Does it Mean to Be PCI Compliant? As with all things compliance, the Payment Card Industry (PCI) likes its acronyms.

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Security vs Compliance: Where Do They Align?

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If you’ve been wondering where security practices and compliance requirements align and where they diverge, you’re not alone. PCI DSS Compliance. The PCI DSS is focused on protecting credit card data specifically, much like HIPAA with PHI. It also dictates how to respond to data breaches if they do occur.

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Six Best Practices When Preparing for Third-Party Audits

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Businesses will typically choose to undergo a third-party audit with the goal of achieving or maintaining a security certification, such as SOC 2 (I and II), ISO, or PCI DSS. Many frameworks require a risk assessment over the subject matter in question in order to set the scope of a report.

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Checklist: 7 Steps to Get Started With Asset Data Quantification

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A common misconception about risk quantification is that it requires starting from scratch. For one, if your organization has an IT risk management or InfoSec function, it is likely already taking steps to comply with security frameworks like ISO 27005 , PCI DSS , NIST SP 800-53 , COBIT 5 , or OCTAVE. If so, do it.

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Treat Your IT Risk Assessment as More Than a Checkbox Exercise

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Once the organization’s key IT risks have been agreed upon, it follows that these risks should be used as the basis for mapping out internal controls, policies, and standards against compliance requirements relevant to the organization (NIST, ISO, PCI DSS, HIPAA, SOC 2, etc). .

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Scaling With Automation: How to Transform Four Key Compliance Processes Using Automation

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For example, PCI DSS recently released an update with new continuous monitoring requirements. Now, they require more frequent testing, creating a control gap for many companies. Implementing Controls for Gaps Once the control mappings are provided, control gaps are assessed.