PCI DSS Requirement 10: Track & Monitor Network Access
Blog post from Basis Theory
PCI DSS Requirement 10 establishes logging and monitoring controls intended to prevent, detect, and investigate compromises involving cardholder data environments, applying to activities performed by employees and third parties alike. Its seven sections require documented policies and assigned responsibilities; comprehensive audit logging of user access, administrative actions, failed access attempts, credential changes, log-management events, and system-object changes; and event records that identify users, affected resources, timing, origin, and outcomes. The requirement also calls for protections against log alteration or destruction, including restricted access, secure centralized backups, and file-integrity monitoring, alongside daily reviews of critical logs, risk-based periodic reviews of other logs, and prompt investigation of anomalies. Organizations must retain log history for at least 12 months, with three recent months readily available, synchronize system clocks through controlled time sources, and promptly detect, alert on, remediate, and document failures of critical security controls. The text also promotes Basis Theory, a PCI Level 1-compliant provider that offers an assessed cardholder data environment and tokenization tools intended to reduce customers’ PCI DSS scope and infrastructure burden.
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