PCI DSS 4.0
Req 3: Protect Stored Account Data

PCI DSS 4.0 3.6.1.3: 3.6.1.3 Cleartext key component access limited to minimum custodians

Access to cryptographic key components in cleartext must be limited to the smallest number of custodians needed. Guidance advises that only staff with defined custodian duties (creating, changing, rotating, distributing or maintaining keys) receive access to key components, ideally a very small group. Guidance explains that limiting who can reach cleartext components lowers the chance that unauthorized parties retrieve stored account data or make it visible. Customized approach objective: only necessary personnel can access cleartext cryptographic key components.

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What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 30 controls across 15 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

CIS Controls v8 · 4 controls

  • CIS-11.3 Protect Recovery Data
  • CIS-3.11 Encrypt Sensitive Data at Rest
  • CIS-6.8 Define and Maintain Role-Based Access Control
  • CIS-8.5 Collect Detailed Audit Logs

ISO 27001:2022 · 4 controls

  • 5.18 Access rights
  • 8.2 Privileged access rights
  • 8.24 Use of cryptography
  • 8.3 Information access restriction

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 · 4 controls

SOC 2 · 3 controls

  • SOC2-CC6.1 CC6.1 Logical access security over protected information assets
  • SOC2-CC6.3 CC6.3 Role-based access, least privilege and segregation of duties
  • SOC2-P5.1 P5.1 Data subject access

CMMC 2.0 · 2 controls

FedRAMP High · 2 controls

  • AC-3 Access Enforcement
  • AC-6 Least Privilege

FedRAMP Moderate · 2 controls

  • AC-3 Access Enforcement
  • AC-6 Least Privilege
  • ASBv3-DP-8 Ensure security of key and certificate repository

C5 (Germany) · 1 control

ISO 27002:2022 · 1 control

ISO 27701:2019 · 1 control

  • 6.7.1 Cryptographic controls

NIS2 Directive · 1 control

  • Art.21.2.h Policies and procedures on the use of cryptography and, where appropriate, encryption

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 3: Protect Stored Account Data

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

PCI DSS 4.0 3.6.1.3 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.

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