PCI DSS 4.0
Req 6: Secure Systems and Software

PCI DSS 4.0 6.5.6: 6.5.6 Remove test data and accounts before production

Test data and test accounts must be taken off system components before the system is put into production. The testing procedures cover commercial packaged software as well as applications built in-house, including recently installed or updated ones. Leftover test records and accounts can reveal how an application works and give an attacker an easy foothold into the system and the account data it handles. It applies to all entities. Objective under the customized approach: test data and test accounts cannot be present in production environments.

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What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 21 controls across 12 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 · 3 controls

  • NIST800-CM-2 CM-2 Baseline Configuration
  • NIST800-CM-7 CM-7 Least Functionality
  • NIST800-PM-25 PM-25 Minimization of Personally Identifiable Information Used in Testing, Training, and Research

SOC 2 · 3 controls

  • SOC2-C1.2 C1.2 Disposing of confidential information
  • SOC2-CC6.5 CC6.5 Protecting data on assets until disposal
  • SOC2-CC8.1 CC8.1 Managing changes to procedures, software, data and infrastructure

FedRAMP High · 2 controls

  • AC-2 Account Management
  • CM-5(5) Access Restrictions for Change | Privilege Limitation for Production and Operation (CM-5(5))

FedRAMP Moderate · 2 controls

  • AC-2 Account Management
  • CM-5(5) Access Restrictions for Change | Privilege Limitation for Production and Operation (CM-5(5))

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

CIS Controls v8 · 1 control

  • CIS-16.8 Separate Production and Non-Production Systems

ISO 27701:2019 · 1 control

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

UK Cyber Essentials · 1 control

  • CE-SC.1 Remove or Disable Unused 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 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 6.5.6 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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