PCI DSS 4.0
Req 8: Identify and Authenticate Users

PCI DSS 4.0 8.3.11: 8.3.11 Tokens, smart cards and certificates individually assigned

Where the entity relies on authentication factors like physical or logical tokens, smart cards or certificates: each factor must be assigned to one individual user and not shared among several users; and physical or logical safeguards (for instance a PIN, a password or biometric data) must make sure nobody but the assigned user can use the factor to gain access. Objective under the customized approach: an authentication factor is unusable by anybody other than its assigned user.

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What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 22 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 · 4 controls

  • SOC2-CC6.1 CC6.1 Logical access security over protected information assets
  • 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
  • SOC2-P5.1 P5.1 Data subject access

ISO 27002:2022 · 3 controls

  • 5.16 Identity management
  • 5.17 Authentication information
  • 8.5 Secure authentication

FedRAMP High · 2 controls

  • IA-5 Authenticator Management
  • IA-5(6) Protection of Authenticators

FedRAMP Moderate · 2 controls

  • IA-5 Authenticator Management
  • IA-5(6) Protection of Authenticators

ISO 27001:2022 · 2 controls

  • 5.16 Identity management
  • 8.5 Secure authentication

ISO 27701:2019 · 2 controls

  • 6.6.2 User access management
  • 6.6.3 User responsibilities
  • NIST-CSF-PR.AA-01 Identities and credentials for authorized users, services, and hardware are managed by the organization
  • NIST-CSF-PR.AA-04 Identity assertions are protected, conveyed, and verified

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 · 2 controls

  • ASD37-23 Protect authentication credentials (Excellent)

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 8: Identify and Authenticate Users

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

PCI DSS 4.0 8.3.11 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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