What are the 6 compliance groups for PCI DSS?
1. Build and Maintain a Secure Network: This compliance group focuses on the implementation of technical and organizational measures to protect the cardholder data environment (CDE). It includes requirements for firewalls, access control, and segmentation of the CDE from other networks.
2. Protect Cardholder Data: This compliance group focuses on the protection of cardholder data and includes requirements for encryption, secure storage, and secure transmission of data.
3. Maintain a Vulnerability Management Program: This compliance group focuses on the implementation of a vulnerability management program to identify, assess, and mitigate vulnerabilities in the cardholder data environment.
4. Implement Strong Access Control Measures: This compliance group focuses on the implementation of strong access control measures to limit access to cardholder data to authorized personnel. It includes requirements for authentication, authorization, and access control.
5. Regularly Monitor and Test Networks: This compliance group focuses on the implementation of regular monitoring and testing of the cardholder data environment to identify any security weaknesses or vulnerabilities.
6. Maintain an Information Security Policy: This compliance group focuses on the implementation of an information security policy to ensure that all personnel are aware of their security responsibilities and to ensure that the cardholder data environment is secure.
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