PCI DSS 4.0
Req 9: Restrict Physical Access

PCI DSS 4.0 9.5.1.2: 9.5.1.2 Periodic inspection of POI device surfaces

The surfaces of POI devices must be inspected periodically to detect tampering and unauthorized substitution. The guidance offers methods such as comparing serial numbers or other characteristics with the device list, comparing against photographs of known-good devices, or checking security markings. The guidance lists signs of tampering including unexpected cables or attachments, missing or altered security labels, broken or differently coloured casing, and changed serial numbers or markings. Applicability: deployed card-present POI devices. Customized approach objective: POI devices cannot be tampered with, swapped without authorization or fitted with skimming attachments without prompt detection.

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What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 24 controls across 8 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

FedRAMP High · 4 controls

  • MA-2 Controlled Maintenance
  • PE-6 Monitoring Physical Access
  • SI-7 Software, Firmware, and Information Integrity
  • SR-10 Inspection of Systems or Components (SR-10)

FedRAMP Moderate · 4 controls

  • MA-2 Controlled Maintenance
  • PE-6 Monitoring Physical Access
  • SI-7 Software, Firmware, and Information Integrity
  • SR-10 Inspection of Systems or Components (SR-10)

ISO 27001:2022 · 4 controls

  • 7.3 Securing offices, rooms and facilities
  • 7.4 Physical security monitoring
  • 7.8 Equipment siting and protection
  • 8.1 User end point devices

SOC 2 · 4 controls

  • SOC2-CC3.2 CC3.2 Identifying and analysing risks to objectives (COSO principle 7)
  • SOC2-CC5.1 CC5.1 Selecting control activities that mitigate risk (COSO principle 10)
  • SOC2-CC6.4 CC6.4 Restricting physical access to facilities and assets
  • SOC2-CC7.1 CC7.1 Detecting configuration changes and new vulnerabilities

NIST SP 800-161 Rev 1 · 3 controls

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 · 3 controls

ISO 27002:2022 · 1 control

  • 7.4 Physical security monitoring
  • NIST-CSF-DE.CM-02 The physical environment is monitored to find potentially adverse events

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 9: Restrict Physical Access

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

PCI DSS 4.0 9.5.1.2 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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The graph holds this control, the 24 it maps to, and the evidence behind each claim, over MCP and REST.