PCI DSS Requirements

A computer information system that helps executives and managers formulate policies and plans. This support system enables the users to access information and assess the likely consequences of their decisions through scenario projections. An application that analyzes business data and presents it so as to make business decisions easier for users. DSS is considered an informational application more so than an operational application. Often a DSS is employed by knowledge workers (such as help desk or customer support) and by sales services (such as phone operators).
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<p>A security controls framework that provides mapping/cross relationships with the main industry-accepted security standards, regulations, and controls frameworks such as the ISO 27001/27002, ISACA’s COBIT, and PCI-DSS</p><p>The CSA CCM (Cloud Controls Matrix) provides fundamental security principles that guide cloud vendors and assist prospective cloud customers in assessing the overall security risk of a cloud provider.<br></p>
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This is OSI terminology for “packet. ” A PDU is a data object exchanged by protocol machines (entities) within a given layer. PDUs consist of both protocol control information (PCI) and user data.
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A standard that specifies that all federally approved digital signature algorithms must use a secure hashing function. The National Security Administration’s standard for verifying an electronic message.
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A classification for systems that execute in a similar fashion and share distinctive operational characteristics (e. g. , Production, DSS, online, and Interactive). Description of the conditions under which an information system operates based on the sensitivity of information processed and the clearance levels, formal access approvals, and needtoknow of its users. Four modes of operation are authorized for processing or transmitting information: dedicated mode, systemhigh mode, compartmented/partitioned mode, and multilevel mode.
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