PCI DSS 4.0
Req 12: Information Security Policies

PCI DSS 4.0 12.9.1: 12.9.1 TPSP written acknowledgments to customers

Service providers only: TPSPs must give customers written agreements containing an acknowledgment that the TPSP answers for protecting account data it holds, stores, processes or transmits for the customer, or to whatever extent it could affect the cardholder data or sensitive authentication data of that customer. Applicability: applies only when the assessed entity is a service provider. The wording depends on the service and allocated responsibilities and need not copy the requirement text. An AOC, website declaration, policy statement, responsibility matrix or any evidence sitting outside a written agreement does not qualify as the acknowledgment. Customized approach objective: each TPSP formally accepts, toward its customers, its security obligations.

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What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 16 controls across 10 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

FedRAMP High · 2 controls

  • SA-4 Acquisition Process
  • SR-8 Notification Agreements (SR-8)

FedRAMP Moderate · 2 controls

  • SA-4 Acquisition Process
  • SR-8 Notification Agreements (SR-8)

HIPAA Security Rule · 2 controls

  • 164.308(b)(1) Business Associate Contracts and Other Arrangements (Standard)
  • 164.314(a)(1) Business Associate Contracts or Other Arrangements (Standard)

SOC 2 · 2 controls

  • SOC2-P6.4 P6.4 Privacy commitments from vendors and third parties
  • SOC2-P6.5 P6.5 Vendor commitments to report unauthorised disclosures

ISO 27001:2022 · 1 control

  • 5.20 Addressing information security within supplier agreements

ISO 27002:2022 · 1 control

  • 5.20 Addressing information security within supplier agreements
  • NIST-CSF-GV.SC-05 Requirements to address cybersecurity risks in supply chains are established, prioritized, and integrated into contracts and other types of agreements with suppliers and other relevant third parties
  • 164.308(b)(1) Business Associate Contracts and Other Arrangements (Standard)

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 12: Information Security Policies

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

PCI DSS 4.0 12.9.1 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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