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

PCI DSS 4.0 7.3.2: 7.3.2 Access control system enforces role-based permissions

The access control systems must be set up so that they enforce the permissions granted to people, applications and systems, with those permissions driven by job classification and function. The guidance explains that restricting privileged access through the access control system lowers the chance of mistakes when permissions are handed out. Customized approach objective: individual accounts receive their rights and privileges over systems, applications and data solely by inheriting them from the groups they belong to.

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What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 26 controls across 17 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

CMMC 2.0 · 4 controls

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 · 4 controls

CIS Controls v8 · 2 controls

  • CIS-6.7 Centralize Access Control
  • CIS-6.8 Define and Maintain Role-Based Access Control

ISO 27002:2022 · 2 controls

  • 5.18 Access rights
  • 8.3 Information access restriction

SOC 2 · 2 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
  • IM-7 Restrict resource access based on conditions

C5 (Germany) · 1 control

FedRAMP High · 1 control

  • AC-3 Access Enforcement

FedRAMP Moderate · 1 control

  • AC-3 Access Enforcement

HIPAA Security Rule · 1 control

ISO 27001:2022 · 1 control

  • 8.2 Privileged access rights

ISO 27701:2019 · 1 control

  • 6.6.2 User access management
  • NIST-CSF-PR.AA-05 Access permissions, entitlements, and authorizations are defined in a policy, managed, enforced, and reviewed, and incorporate the principles of least privilege and separation of duties

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 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 7.3.2 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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