PCI DSS 4.0
Req 6: Secure Systems and Software

PCI DSS 4.0 6.5.5: 6.5.5 No live PANs in pre-production

Live PANs must not be used in pre-production environments, unless those environments are inside the CDE and protected in line with every applicable PCI DSS requirement. A live PAN is a valid number issued by or for a payment brand, as opposed to a test number; the guidance notes that an expired card's PAN is often reissued with a new expiry date, and that it falls to the entity to confirm a PAN cannot transact or create fraud risk before treating it as out of scope. It applies to all entities. Customized approach objective: live PANs cannot exist in pre-production environments that sit outside the CDE.

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What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 23 controls across 11 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

SOC 2 · 6 controls

  • SOC2-C1.1 C1.1 Identifying and maintaining confidential information
  • SOC2-C1.2 C1.2 Disposing of confidential information
  • 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-P4.3 P4.3 Securely disposing of personal information
  • SOC2-P5.1 P5.1 Data subject access

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 · 5 controls

CIS Controls v8 · 2 controls

  • CIS-16.8 Separate Production and Non-Production Systems
  • CIS-3.12 Segment Data Processing and Storage Based on Sensitivity

ISO 27001:2022 · 2 controls

  • 8.31 Separation of development, test and production environments
  • 8.33 Test information

ISO 27002:2022 · 2 controls

  • 8.31 Separation of development, test and production environments
  • 8.33 Test information
  • AUCDR-IS-3 Securely manage information assets over their lifecycle

C5 (Germany) · 1 control

ISO 27701:2019 · 1 control

  • 161R1-PM-25 Minimization of Personally Identifiable Information Used in Testing, Training, and Research

NIST SP 800-218 · 1 control

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Other controls in Req 6: Secure Systems and Software

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

PCI DSS 4.0 6.5.5 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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