Coffee with the Council Podcast: Scoping and Segmentation: Navigating Modern Network Architecture and PCI DSS v4.x
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Coffee with the Council By PCI Security Standards Council
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What is the new PCI DSS Scoping and Segmentation Guidance for Modern Network Architectures?
Welcome to our podcast series Coffee with the Council. I'm Alicia Malone, Senior Manager of Public Relations for the PCI Security Standards Council. Recently, PCI SSC published a new information supplement called PCI DSS Scoping and Segmentation Guidance for Modern Network Architectures. This document was produced by the twenty twenty three Special Interest Group, also called a SIG. Who spent a year collaborating on this project, which was led by the council's own Candace Young, Manager of Data Security Standards. I am joined by Candace today to help walk us through what made this particular special interest group and topic so special. It's great to have you here, Candace.
I am so very glad to be here, Alicia, and to talk about an industry-driven project that is very, very near and dear to my heart. I mean, it's special, not just because I had the privilege of chairing a group of some of the brightest minds from the most innovative organizations in the world of payment security, but also because this is a topic that many in the industry have been asking about since PCI DSS version four. Was released in March 2022. Questions like, how can I apply PCI DSS networking controls in a zero trust environment? Or if my environment is both on premises and in the cloud, how can I adjust segmentation controls? And what about micro-segmentation? Guidance is provided to address all of these questions in this document.
That is awesome. So let's start from the beginning. For those who may not be familiar with special interest groups, let's start by explaining the process. What exactly is the purpose of a special interest group and how did this topic get selected?
So, special interest groups or SIGs, they're community driven initiatives that play a key role in the development of resources for the payment card industry. This approach makes sure that the content we publish is relevant and applicable to support security currently and for the future of the payments industry. In the past, SIGs developed guidance documents on container orchestration tools and cloud computing or best practices for securing economics. Commerce. All of those can be found in the document library of our website right now. As for how SIGs are developed, well, the first step is participating organizations, which we've got representation from organizations across the entire payments ecosystem, the assessor community, approved scanning vendors or ASVs, and payment brands, they can propose a topic during the SIG proposal period.
Then there's an election period where those topics are voted on by participating organizations, or POs as I'll call them. POs get this final say to ensure that stakeholders involved in implementing and supporting PCI security standards, those are the ones that are selecting which SIG projects would be the most beneficial to their needs. So finally, the the topic with the most votes by POs is selected and then we seek volunteers from the PO community and the assessor community to meet on a regular basis to develop content and pull from their expertise and extensive industry experience on that particular topic. So that's the process in a nutshell. quite collaborative and really it's a voice for the industry from the industry.
How are Special Interest Groups (SIGs) formed and how was this topic selected?
And we're very glad that PCISSC is the vehicle to drive this industry contribution. And really that the industry is quite keen to contribute in this way.
Well, PCI DSS is one of our most popular standards, so it makes sense that our industry would want more guidance on different aspects of it. What was your role as chair on this?
Project. Well, PCI DSS ultimately was developed to encourage and enhance payment account data security and to facilitate the broad adoption of consistent data security measures all across the globe. With constant technological advancements being made with tools, security controls, and also with the variety of service provider offerings now available, there's bound to be some questions on how to keep all of this. Data secure in the face of this evolution.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is the new PCI DSS Scoping and Segmentation Guidance for Modern Network Architectures?
0:11–3:28
2
How are Special Interest Groups (SIGs) formed and how was this topic selected?
3:28–8:35
3
What was the chair’s role in shaping the SIG’s focus on modern network architectures?
8:35–11:33
4
Which five key areas did the SIG prioritize in the guidance document?
11:33–12:09
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