PCI DSS 4.0
Req 7: Restrict Access by Need to Know

PCI DSS 4.0 7.2.5.1: 7.2.5.1 Application and system account access reviewed periodically

All access held by application and system accounts, together with their related privileges, must be reviewed periodically, at a frequency set by the entity's own targeted risk analysis carried out as Requirement 12.3.1 specifies. Each review must confirm that the account's access is still appropriate for the function it performs, address any inappropriate access, and record management's acknowledgement that the access remains appropriate. Objective under the customized approach: management periodically verifies that privilege assignments for application and system accounts are correct and remediates nonconformities. Future-dated: treated as a best practice up to 31 March 2025 and mandatory since then.

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What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 18 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.

SOC 2 · 4 controls

  • SOC2-CC4.1 CC4.1 Ongoing and separate evaluations of control (COSO principle 16)
  • SOC2-CC5.1 CC5.1 Selecting control activities that mitigate risk (COSO principle 10)
  • SOC2-CC6.2 CC6.2 Registering and authorising users before issuing credentials
  • SOC2-CC6.3 CC6.3 Role-based access, least privilege and segregation of duties
  • SEC02-BP05 Audit and rotate credentials periodically
  • ASBv3-PA-4 Review and reconcile user access regularly

C5 (Germany) · 1 control

FedRAMP High · 1 control

FedRAMP Moderate · 1 control

HIPAA Security Rule · 1 control

ISO 27001:2022 · 1 control

ISO 27002:2022 · 1 control

ISO 27701:2019 · 1 control

  • 6.6.2 User access management
  • NIST-CSF-PR.AA-01 Identities and credentials for authorized users, services, and hardware are managed by the organization

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Other controls in Req 7: Restrict Access by Need to Know

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

PCI DSS 4.0 7.2.5.1 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.

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