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What is PCI DSS v4.0?

Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS v4.0) is a set of security standards that serve to protect the cardholder information from security breaches. It helps ensure card information protection against thefts from within the organization and from external brute-force attacks. Due to increasingly sophisticated security threats, complying with PCI-DSS is vitally important to merchants that accept credit, debit, and ATM transaction and payment cards. The repercussions of non-compliance to these standards can be disastrous to the reputation and finances of the organization.

How can you comply with PCI DSS v4.0?

To establish compliance, PCI-DSS lists 12 major requirements and two special attachments that, when enforced by the organization, strengthen the organization's security surrounding cardholder information. For an organization to be PCI-DSS compliant, it needs to adhere to all its conditions as outlined in the requirements for network and resource security.

While being compliant to PCI DSS v4.0 is already a daunting task, it is also mandatory to prove your organization's compliance to the standard by providing compliance reports and by addressing concerns posed during the PCI audit. This PCI audit is performed either through a set of questionnaires, or by an external Qualified Security Assessor.

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Here's how EventLog Analyzer simplifies PCI DSS v4.0 compliance management

Real-time network monitoring

Real-time network monitoring

Collect, correlate, analyze, and monitor your network with EventLog Analyzer. The log monitoring solution seamlessly collects logs from various sources present in the network and audits the logs in real time to track activities like configuration changes, security policy and rule changes, registry changes, system events, and other important security events taking place in the network. This helps you detect and prevent any threats to cardholder data.

User access monitoring

User access monitoring

Gain precise information on user activities by monitoring each user's actions. This feature is useful to avoid insider attacks and security violations, as it classifies each user activity based on Event ID, device, time, source, and severity.

EventLog Analyzer tracks regular and privileged user activities to report on critical events such as user logons, user logoffs, failed logons, successful audit logs cleared, audit policy changes, objects accessed, user account changes, and more. Additionally, you can leverage our file integrity monitoring to know when there are critical changes to files.

Network attack reporting

Network attack reporting

Detect security threats accurately and identify attack patterns with EventLog Analyzer's threat intelligence and event correlation capabilities. With over 30 prebuilt correlation rules, a custom correlation builder, and dynamically updated threat feeds, the compliance solution helps you detect cyberattacks at the earliest stages.

You will also find comprehensive reports on specific attacks with details on the entry point, the user involved, the severity level, source, and Event ID. This wealth of information helps you take swift remediation measures to avoid full-scale attacks.

Automated incident response

Automated incident response

EventLog Analyzer's integrated incident response and management console lets you identify and handle any security event effectively. For every detected incident, the solution assigns a ticket automatically to the relevant team using centralized ITSM tools with the help desk software integrations.

You can also use the predefined or custom workflow options within the incident management console to set a sequence of actions to follow a security event. This facilitates a quicker initial response and gives the security administrators a head start to mitigate the attack.

Become PCI DSS compliance ready with EventLog Analyzer

PCI requirements What is it? Predefined reports in EventLog Analyzer
PCI-DSS Requirement 1.1 Install and maintain a firewall and router configuration to protect cardholder data.
  • Network Device Configuration Reports
PCI-DSS Requirement 1.2 Build firewall and router configurations that restrict connections between untrusted networks and any system components in the cardholder data environment.
  • Network Device Configuration Reports
  • Network Device Security Reports
PCI-DSS Requirement 6.6 Ensure all public-facing web applications are protected against known attacks, either by performing code vulnerability reviews at least annually or by installing a web application firewall in front of public-facing web applications.
  • Network Device Attack Reports
PCI-DSS Requirement 10.1 Establish a process for linking all access to system components (especially access done with administrative privileges such as root) to each individual user.
  • Logon and logoff reports
  • User Access Reports
  • File Changes
  • Configuration reports
  • Registry changes
PCI-DSS Requirement 10.2.1 Establish audit procedures to monitor user access to cardholder data.
  • Logon And Logoff Reports
  • Network Device Security Reports reports
PCI-DSS Requirement 10.2.2 Establish procedures to monitor all actions taken by any individual with root or administrative privileges.
  • Logon And Logoff RepoRts
  • User Access Reports
  • Network Device Configuration Reports
  • Network Device Security Reports
PCI-DSS Requirement 10.2.3 Ensure access to all audit trails, which lets organizations comply with internal controls by tracking the event logs for any changes in the security audit policy.
  • Logon and Logoff Reports
  • Policy Changes
  • Firewall Auditing
  • Registry Changes
  • File Changes
  • Network Device Security Reports
PCI-DSS Requirement 10.2.6 Initialization of the audit logs to call for procedures that regularly review information system activity, such as audit logs.
  • System Events
PCI-DSS Requirement 10.2.7 Establish procedures for audit creation and deletion of system-level objects.
  • File Changes

Related solutions offered by EventLog Analyzer

Network device auditing

Monitor the network perimeter devices out of the box and prevent intrusions. EventLog Analyzer supports over 750 log sources, including firewall, switches, routers, IDSs, and IPSs.

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Application log auditing

Keep track of business-critical databases and web servers in the network and detect attack attempts, data thefts, user account changes, and more with EventLog Analyzer's application log auditing.

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Log analysis

Gain actionable insights from network logs with intuitive dashboards, predefined report templates, and alert profiles that are drafted meticulously to meet the organization's security and auditing needs.

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File integrity monitoring

Ensure file integrity by monitoring changes, including creation, deletion, modifications, and renames to critical files. Receive instant alerts when suspicious activity is detected.

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5 reasons to choose EventLog Analyzer for PCI DSS v4.0 compliance management

Audit-ready compliance reports

Comply to IT regulations effortlessly with audit-ready reports. Utilize predefined report templates for prominent compliance regulations, including the GDPR, PCI DSS v4.0, HIPAA, ISO 27001, SOX, FISMA, CCPA, and more.

Breach notification

Get instant alerts when compliance violations are detected in the network. The compliance management solution scans your network in real time for any sign of breaches to avert the consequences of non-compliance.

Secure data handling

Ensure data security with safe log archival from Windows, Unix, and other syslog devices in your environment. The log will be encrypted, hashed, timestamped, and archived for secure storage.

Customizable reports

Apart from the prebuilt report templates present in the console, you can also customize a report to address any internal or security audits specific to your organization.

Forensic analysis

Drill down and find the root cause for any attack that took place in your network with the advanced search, filter, and forensic analysis capabilities of EventLog Analyzer.

Establish PCI DSS v4.0 compliance easily with EventLog Analyzer

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