Access Control

User access review is part of an organization's user account management and access control process that includes periodic review of access rights for all employees and vendors.

The remote connection of employees to the cardholder data environment has forced many companies to implement continuity plans for remote connection scenarios. It also enabled testing of PCI DSS 12.10 requirement, which requires an incident response plan that includes business disaster recovery and business continuity actions.

Privileged Access Management (PAM) has emerged as one of the most effective security technologies in recent years, mainly because it can provide complete, end-to-end data protection solutions.

Privileged accounts are crucial for allocating access security and generating remedies against a cyber attacker and for IT teams managing the corporate system, infrastructure, network, and software.

Strong protection is necessary to protect against unauthorized access to your systems and data. PCI DSS Requirement 8 contains many elements that you need to address for employees and third parties alike in your access control and password policies.