GAISSF to PCI DSS Crosswalk
Public crosswalk publication mapping GAISSF v1.0 to PCI DSS, with scope, method, limitations and traceability.
1. Executive Summary
This crosswalk contains 187 outcome-based records covering all 59 GAISSF controls and all 12 PCI DSS requirement families. It supports payment-security control rationalization, gap analysis and evidence planning. It does not establish PCI DSS compliance or validation.
2. PCI DSS Assurance Architecture
PCI DSS applies to entities that store, process or transmit account data and to systems connected to or affecting the security of the cardholder data environment. Validation may involve a Report on Compliance, Self-Assessment Questionnaire, Attestation of Compliance, Qualified Security Assessor or Internal Security Assessor activities, acquirer instructions and payment-brand requirements. These assurance and acceptance layers are separate from this mapping.
3. Scope and Method
The mapping uses the 12 principal requirements as the controlled publication layer. The official subrequirements, applicability notes, testing procedures, defined and customized approaches, targeted risk analyses, compensating-control requirements and appendices remain authoritative. Mappings compare control outcomes, implementation capability and evidence potential.
4. High-Alignment Areas
Secure configuration, network protection and system hardening
Cryptography, data protection and controlled retention
Malware, vulnerability and secure-development controls
Identity, authentication and least-privilege access
Logging, monitoring, testing and incident response
Governance, supplier management, awareness and policy
5. Material Residual Work
Cardholder data environment and connected-to scope validation
Account-data discovery and data-flow documentation
PCI-specific subrequirement and testing-procedure evidence
Payment-page script and change/tamper controls where applicable
Targeted risk analyses and customized-approach documentation
Compensating-control worksheets and business constraints
ROC, SAQ, AOC and assessor or acquirer acceptance
6. Notably Absent
No basis was found to claim PCI DSS certification, automatic scope reduction, QSA approval, payment-brand acceptance, satisfaction of every subrequirement, operating effectiveness, or PCI SSC endorsement.
7. Requirement Coverage Register
| Req. | Requirement family | Goal | Mapped controls | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Install and maintain network security controls | Build and Maintain a Secure Network and Systems | 3 | Partially Addressed |
| 2 | Apply secure configurations to all system components | Build and Maintain a Secure Network and Systems | 7 | Partially Addressed |
| 3 | Protect stored account data | Protect Account Data | 21 | Substantially Addressed |
| 4 | Protect cardholder data with strong cryptography during transmission over open, public networks | Protect Account Data | 8 | Substantially Addressed |
| 5 | Protect all systems and networks from malicious software | Maintain a Vulnerability Management Program | 23 | Substantially Addressed |
| 6 | Develop and maintain secure systems and software | Maintain a Vulnerability Management Program | 21 | Substantially Addressed |
| 7 | Restrict access to system components and cardholder data by business need to know | Implement Strong Access Control Measures | 10 | Substantially Addressed |
| 8 | Identify users and authenticate access to system components | Implement Strong Access Control Measures | 17 | Substantially Addressed |
| 9 | Restrict physical access to cardholder data | Implement Strong Access Control Measures | 8 | Substantially Addressed |
| 10 | Log and monitor all access to system components and cardholder data | Regularly Monitor and Test Networks | 28 | Substantially Addressed |
| 11 | Test security of systems and networks regularly | Regularly Monitor and Test Networks | 22 | Substantially Addressed |
| 12 | Support information security with organizational policies and programs | Maintain an Information Security Policy | 19 | Substantially Addressed |
Annex A — Complete Mapping Register
| Record | GAISSF | PCI DSS | Rel. | Confidence | Rationale / Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRO032-MAP-0001 | D1-CTL-01 | Req. 5 — Protect all systems and networks from malicious software | SP | Medium-High | GAISSF D1-CTL-01 provides governance, technical, or evidentiary capability relevant to PCI DSS Requirement 5 (Protect all systems and networks from malicious software). The relationship is outcome-based and does not establish applicability, assessment status, or compliance for a cardholder data environment. The entity must establish PCI DSS scope, connected-to and security-impacting systems, account-data flows, validation method, requirement-level testing procedures, evidence, targeted risk analyses where required, compensating-control documentation where used, and acceptance by the applicable acquirer, payment brand, or assessor. |
| CRO032-MAP-0002 | D1-CTL-01 | Req. 10 — Log and monitor all access to system components and cardholder data | P | Medium | GAISSF D1-CTL-01 provides governance, technical, or evidentiary capability relevant to PCI DSS Requirement 10 (Log and monitor all access to system components and cardholder data). The relationship is outcome-based and does not establish applicability, assessment status, or compliance for a cardholder data environment. The entity must establish PCI DSS scope, connected-to and security-impacting systems, account-data flows, validation method, requirement-level testing procedures, evidence, targeted risk analyses where required, compensating-control documentation where used, and acceptance by the applicable acquirer, payment brand, or assessor. |
| CRO032-MAP-0003 | D1-CTL-01 | Req. 3 — Protect stored account data | S | Medium | GAISSF D1-CTL-01 provides governance, technical, or evidentiary capability relevant to PCI DSS Requirement 3 (Protect stored account data). The relationship is outcome-based and does not establish applicability, assessment status, or compliance for a cardholder data environment. The entity must establish PCI DSS scope, connected-to and security-impacting systems, account-data flows, validation method, requirement-level testing procedures, evidence, targeted risk analyses where required, compensating-control documentation where used, and acceptance by the applicable acquirer, payment brand, or assessor. |
| CRO032-MAP-0004 | D1-CTL-01 | Req. 6 — Develop and maintain secure systems and software | S | Medium | GAISSF D1-CTL-01 provides governance, technical, or evidentiary capability relevant to PCI DSS Requirement 6 (Develop and maintain secure systems and software). The relationship is outcome-based and does not establish applicability, assessment status, or compliance for a cardholder data environment. The entity must establish PCI DSS scope, connected-to and security-impacting systems, account-data flows, validation method, requirement-level testing procedures, evidence, targeted risk analyses where required, compensating-control documentation where used, and acceptance by the applicable acquirer, payment brand, or assessor. |
| CRO032-MAP-0005 | D1-CTL-02 | Req. 5 — Protect all systems and networks from malicious software | P | Medium | GAISSF D1-CTL-02 provides governance, technical, or evidentiary capability relevant to PCI DSS Requirement 5 (Protect all systems and networks from malicious software). The relationship is outcome-based and does not establish applicability, assessment status, or compliance for a cardholder data environment. The entity must establish PCI DSS scope, connected-to and security-impacting systems, account-data flows, validation method, requirement-level testing procedures, evidence, targeted risk analyses where required, compensating-control documentation where used, and acceptance by the applicable acquirer, payment brand, or assessor. |
| CRO032-MAP-0006 | D1-CTL-02 | Req. 11 — Test security of systems and networks regularly | S | Medium | GAISSF D1-CTL-02 provides governance, technical, or evidentiary capability relevant to PCI DSS Requirement 11 (Test security of systems and networks regularly). The relationship is outcome-based and does not establish applicability, assessment status, or compliance for a cardholder data environment. The entity must establish PCI DSS scope, connected-to and security-impacting systems, account-data flows, validation method, requirement-level testing procedures, evidence, targeted risk analyses where required, compensating-control documentation where used, and acceptance by the applicable acquirer, payment brand, or assessor. |
Annex B — Source Register
| Source | Role | Status |
|---|---|---|
| GAISSF-NOR-001 v1.0 | Framework and conformance baseline | Normative |
| GAISSF-NOR-004 v1.0 | Authoritative 59-control catalogue | Normative |
| PCI DSS v4.0.1 | Primary payment-security standard | Current baseline |
| PCI DSS ROC / SAQ / AOC materials | Validation and reporting instruments | Separate assurance layer |
| PCI SSC assessor and program guidance | Assessment and acceptance context | Separate program layer |
Limitations and Reliance Notice
Mapping is not PCI DSS compliance, validation, certification, a ROC, SAQ, AOC, QSA opinion, or payment-brand acceptance.
PCI DSS applicability and scope depend on storage, processing or transmission of account data and on systems connected to or affecting the security of the cardholder data environment.
The official PCI DSS v4.0.1 requirements, testing procedures, applicability notes, defined approach, customized approach, targeted risk analyses and appendices remain controlling.
Future-dated requirements are treated as active because their effective date of 31 March 2025 has passed.
Compensating controls and customized approaches require PCI-specific documentation and assessment; GAISSF mapping does not approve them.
PCI SSC materials are proprietary; this publication uses requirement numbers and concise functional summaries, not a reproduction of the standard.
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