PCI DSS 4.0
Req 1: Network Security Controls

PCI DSS 4.0 1.2.6: 1.2.6 Security features for insecure services in use

For every service, protocol and port that is in use and regarded as insecure, the entity must define and implement security features so that the associated risk is mitigated. The guidance adds that where the business genuinely needs such an item, its use should be justified and its risk understood and accepted by the organisation. Applicability: no special notes; applies to every assessed entity. Objective under the customized approach: the particular risks arising from ports, protocols and services that are insecure are understood, evaluated and suitably reduced.

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What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 42 controls across 17 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 · 5 controls

CIS Controls v8 · 4 controls

  • CIS-12.6 Use of Secure Network Management and Communication Protocols
  • CIS-13.10 Perform Application Layer Filtering
  • CIS-13.9 Deploy Port-Level Access Control
  • CIS-4.8 Uninstall or Disable Unnecessary Services on Enterprise Assets and Software

CMMC 2.0 · 4 controls

HIPAA Security Rule · 4 controls

ISO 27001:2022 · 4 controls

  • 8.20 Networks security
  • 8.21 Security of network services
  • 8.8 Management of technical vulnerabilities
  • 8.9 Configuration management

ISO 27002:2022 · 4 controls

  • 8.20 Networks security
  • 8.21 Security of network services
  • 8.8 Management of technical vulnerabilities
  • 8.9 Configuration management

NIST SP 800-66 Rev 2 · 4 controls

FedRAMP High · 2 controls

  • CM-7 Least Functionality
  • SC-7 Boundary Protection

FedRAMP Moderate · 2 controls

  • CM-7 Least Functionality
  • SC-7 Boundary Protection
  • NIST-CSF-PR.DS-02 The confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data-in-transit are protected
  • NIST-CSF-PR.PS-01 Configuration management practices are established and applied
  • ASBv3-NS-8 Detect and disable insecure services and protocols

C5 (Germany) · 1 control

ISO 27701:2019 · 1 control

  • 6.9.6 Technical vulnerability management

SOC 2 · 1 control

  • SOC2-CC6.6 CC6.6 Protection against threats from outside the system boundary

Every mapping shown was judged rather than inferred from wording similarity, and the ones that failed review are published too. See the coverage reports and what was rejected.

Other controls in Req 1: Network Security Controls

You are reading one control. How much of PCI DSS 4.0 have you already done?

PCI DSS 4.0 1.2.6 is one control. If you already hold one of the frameworks below, a reviewed crosswalk already says how much of PCI DSS 4.0 your existing evidence covers. Hold ISO 27001:2022 and 139 of 280 PCI DSS 4.0 controls already carry evidence.

Each report names every control your existing framework evidences, every one it does not, the reasoning behind each claim, and the claims that were argued against and rejected. 415 were rejected on the ISO 27001:2022 pair alone.

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