PCI DSS 4.0
Req 5: Anti-Malware

PCI DSS 4.0 5.2.2: 5.2.2 Anti-malware detects and handles all known malware

The anti-malware solution or solutions deployed must both: identify all known types of malware; and remove, block or contain all known types of malware. Solutions may combine network-based, host-based and endpoint security controls and use techniques beyond signatures, for example machine learning, sandboxing and controls on privilege escalation. Examples of malware include ransomware, worms, Trojans, viruses, keyloggers, spyware, rootkits and malicious scripts, code or links. Applicability: applies to every entity in scope, with no special notes. Objective under the customized approach: malware is unable to run or to spread to other system components.

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What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 37 controls across 22 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-10.1 Deploy and Maintain Anti-Malware Software
  • CIS-10.5 Enable Anti-Exploitation Features
  • CIS-10.7 Use Behavior-Based Anti-Malware Software
  • CIS-9.6 Block Unnecessary File Types

CMMC 2.0 · 4 controls

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 · 4 controls

  • ASD37-12 Antivirus software with heuristics (Very Good)
  • ASD37-16 Antivirus software with signatures (Limited)
  • ES-1 Use Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)
  • ES-2 Use modern anti-malware software

FedRAMP High · 2 controls

  • CM-7(2) Prevent Program Execution
  • SI-3 Malicious Code Protection

FedRAMP Moderate · 2 controls

  • CM-7(2) Prevent Program Execution
  • SI-3 Malicious Code Protection
  • NIST-CSF-DE.CM-09 Computing hardware and software, runtime environments, and their data are monitored to find potentially adverse events
  • NIST-CSF-RS.MI-02 Incidents are eradicated

UK Cyber Essentials · 2 controls

  • CE-MP.1 Anti-Malware Software Deployed
  • CE-MP.3 Anti-Malware Scans Files on Access and Web Pages
  • E8-APP-ML1 Application Control (ML1)
  • AUCDR-IS-5 Limit, prevent, detect and remove malware

C5 (Germany) · 1 control

  • C5-OPS-05 Protection Against Malware - Implementation

HIPAA Security Rule · 1 control

ISO 27001:2022 · 1 control

  • 8.7 Protection against malware

ISO 27002:2022 · 1 control

  • 8.7 Protection against malware

ISO 27701:2019 · 1 control

  • 6.9.2 Protection from malware

NIST SP 800-172 · 1 control

  • 3.13.3e Confuse and Mislead Adversaries
  • P1-4.1.2 P1-4.1.2 Anti-malware controls active and maintained

SOC 2 · 1 control

  • SOC2-CC6.8 CC6.8 Preventing and detecting unauthorised or malicious software

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 5: Anti-Malware

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

PCI DSS 4.0 5.2.2 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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