C5 (Germany) covers 35.7% of PCI DSS 4.0
89 of the 249 controls in PCI DSS 4.0 are already satisfied by evidence you collected for C5 (Germany). 160 are genuine gaps. Every claim below was judged against both control sets and then argued against; the ones that did not survive are published further down with the reason each failed.
This number is directional. It says how much of PCI DSS 4.0 your C5 (Germany) evidence satisfies. The reverse pair is a different number, often very different, because a security standard has enormous depth for access control and almost none for lawful basis or data subject rights.
182 candidate mappings were examined and 4 were removed. Signed off 2026-08-19, review level machine verified. Mappings were judged by Claude Code rather than read line by line by a practitioner. Every claim shows its reasoning so you can check it. Ask and a practitioner will review this pair.
Where the gaps are
Coverage is never evenly spread. A source standard usually satisfies one part of a target almost completely and barely touches another, and which part is which is the thing worth knowing before you plan the work.
Theme level, not control level, deliberately. The per-control list of what is evidenced and what is a gap is the report itself, so publishing it here would be publishing the thing being sold.
Claims that held
A sample. Each one names the control whose evidence does the work, the control it satisfies, and why.
C5 designs, publishes and issues binding connection requirements for the provider network.
C5 documents hardening requirements per component to generally accepted industry standards.
C5 requires change rules with risk categorisation, approvals and documentation updates for every change.
C5 keeps traceable current documentation of the logical network showing subnet allocation, zoning and segmentation.
C5 controls every network perimeter with gateways and permits cross network access only on a security assessment.
C5 separates trusted from untrusted networks into risk based security zones and restricts those connections.
C5 controls every network perimeter with security gateways and gates cross network access on a security assessment.
C5 requires written logging and monitoring policies covering events, activation, purpose, retention and roles.
Claims that did not hold
4 proposed mappings for this pair were rejected. They are kept in the graph rather than deleted, so what was thrown out is as inspectable as what survived. A crosswalk that never rejects anything is not being judged.
judged against C5 criterion titles before the framework carried requirement text; does not hold against the real criterion; C5-OPS-13 requires automated analysis and correlation of logging data; enabling and activating logs across components is OPS-10
Claimed at high confidence before it was rejected.
judged against C5 criterion titles before the framework carried requirement text; does not hold against the real criterion; C5-OPS-16 restricts access to the logging and monitoring components and puts their configuration under change management; automated log review is OPS-13
Claimed at high confidence before it was rejected.
judged against C5 criterion titles before the framework carried requirement text; does not hold against the real criterion; C5-IDM-07 requires the customer be notified of provider access to unencrypted data; it does not restrict how users query stored data
Claimed at high confidence before it was rejected.
judged against C5 criterion titles before the framework carried requirement text; does not hold against the real criterion; the C5 criterion title names multiple failed logins but its basic criterion covers only dormancy, locking after two months unused and revoking after six; C5 sets no invalid attempt limit or lockout duration
Claimed at high confidence before it was rejected.
The full report
Everything above is a sample. The report is every evidenced control and every gap, with the reasoning and the source document behind each one, in a form you can hand to an assessor. $299, emailed immediately.
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