PCI DSS 4.0
Req 8: Identify and Authenticate Users

PCI DSS 4.0 8.3.9: 8.3.9 Single-factor passwords changed every 90 days or dynamic analysis

If user access relies on a password or passphrase alone (any single-factor implementation), one of these must hold: the password or passphrase is replaced no less often than every 90 days; or account security posture is assessed dynamically, with access to resources decided automatically and in real time from that assessment. The guidance notes that dynamic analysis may weigh data points such as device integrity, location, access times and resources requested. Applicability: does not apply to in-scope components where MFA is used; not intended for point-of-sale terminal user accounts that are limited to a single card number per transaction. Customer accounts of service providers are excluded, while accounts used by service provider staff are included. Objective under the customized approach: an undetected compromised password or passphrase cannot be used indefinitely.

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What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 19 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.

SOC 2 · 4 controls

  • SOC2-CC5.1 CC5.1 Selecting control activities that mitigate risk (COSO principle 10)
  • SOC2-CC5.2 CC5.2 General controls over technology (COSO principle 11)
  • SOC2-CC6.1 CC6.1 Logical access security over protected information assets
  • SOC2-CC7.1 CC7.1 Detecting configuration changes and new vulnerabilities

FedRAMP High · 2 controls

  • IA-5 Authenticator Management
  • IA-5(1) Password-Based Authentication

FedRAMP Moderate · 2 controls

  • IA-5 Authenticator Management
  • IA-5(1) Password-Based Authentication

ISO 27001:2022 · 2 controls

  • 5.17 Authentication information
  • 8.5 Secure authentication
  • SEC02-BP05 Audit and rotate credentials periodically

CMMC 2.0 · 1 control

ISO 27002:2022 · 1 control

  • 5.17 Authentication information

ISO 27701:2019 · 1 control

  • 6.6.2 User access management

NIST SP 800-172 · 1 control

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 8.3.9 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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The graph holds this control, the 19 it maps to, and the evidence behind each claim, over MCP and REST.