Chapter 15

Requirement 8

Access-Control Requirements for PCI Environments

Our focus in this chapter will be on access control. In Chapter 14, we had an overview of the access-control concepts that are necessary for a PCI environment. However, in this chapter, our orientation changes specifically to explore access-control implementation requirements for a PCI environment. We will delve deeply into access control and throw light on specific areas of access control such as password management, two-factor authentication, access-control specifics for databases, and so on. We will look at the correlation of access-control requirements to the PA-DSS as well.

15.1 Unique IDs for Users: PCI Environment

15.1.1 Requirement 8.1: Assign Unique IDs to Users ...

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