The Definitive Guide to PCI DSS Version 4: Documentation, Compliance, and Management

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A. B. Cooper Jr. et al.The Definitive Guide to PCI DSS Version 4https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9288-4_3

3. Apply Secure Configurations to All System Components

Arthur B. Cooper Jr.¹  , Jeff Hall², David Mundhenk³ and Ben Rothke⁴

(1)

Colorado Springs, CO, USA

(2)

Minneapolis, MN, USA

(3)

Austin, TX, USA

(4)

Clifton, NJ, USA

 

Overview

While network security controls (NSCs) are discussed in Requirement 1, those NSCs and the rest of the systems and devices are covered in Requirement 2.

The entire point of this requirements section is to ensure that organizations are correctly configuring all their devices to ensure their security so that attackers cannot easily compromise ...