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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

  1. 1Segment cardholder data environment (CDE) with dedicated VPC
  2. 2Encrypt all cardholder data with KMS (Req 3)
  3. 3Enable CloudTrail for all access to CDE (Req 10)
  4. 4Implement WAF with rate limiting on payment APIs (Req 6)
  5. 5Quarterly vulnerability scanning with Inspector (Req 11)
  6. 6Enable CloudTrail across all regions for audit trail
  7. 7Implement IAM least-privilege and review policies quarterly
  8. 8Encrypt all S3 buckets and RDS instances with KMS

Key AWS Services for PCI-DSS 4.0 Compliance

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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