PCI-DSS 4.0 AWS Compliance Guide
PCI-DSS 4.0 — Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard v4.0 — protecting cardholder data in the cloud. Pavora maps AWS security findings to PCI-DSS 4.0 controls for continuous compliance monitoring and audit-ready reporting.
Overview
Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard v4.0 — protecting cardholder data in the cloud. Organizations using AWS must configure cloud services to meet PCI-DSS 4.0 requirements. Pavora automates this by running security checks against AWS resources and mapping findings to PCI-DSS 4.0 controls — reducing audit preparation from weeks to minutes.
PCI-DSS 4.0 AWS Compliance Checklist
- 1Segment cardholder data environment (CDE) with dedicated VPC
- 2Encrypt all cardholder data with KMS (Req 3)
- 3Enable CloudTrail for all access to CDE (Req 10)
- 4Implement WAF with rate limiting on payment APIs (Req 6)
- 5Quarterly vulnerability scanning with Inspector (Req 11)
- 6Enable CloudTrail across all regions for audit trail
- 7Implement IAM least-privilege and review policies quarterly
- 8Encrypt all S3 buckets and RDS instances with KMS
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PCI-DSS 4.0 FAQ
What is PCI-DSS 4.0 compliance?▼
Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard v4.0 — protecting cardholder data in the cloud. It defines security, privacy, or operational controls that organizations must implement. Pavora maps its AWS security findings directly to PCI-DSS 4.0 controls for continuous compliance evidence.
How does Pavora help with PCI-DSS 4.0?▼
Pavora runs 500+ security checks across 204+ AWS services and maps each finding to PCI-DSS 4.0 controls. This provides continuous compliance monitoring instead of point-in-time audits.
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