PCI DSS

Reduce excessive AWS access around payment environments.

Securitain surfaces the over-permissive identities and risky access paths near your cardholder data environment in AWS, with evidence that supports your access-control requirements.

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Technical evidence support, not certification. Securitain is not a QSA or ASV and does not make any organization “PCI compliant.” It assesses AWS access controls and maps findings to access-control areas to support your PCI DSS effort; validation is performed by qualified assessors.

Why it matters

The problem teams bring to PCI DSS

PCI DSS expects access to cardholder data to be restricted to those who need it, with strong authentication and tight control over privileged accounts. In AWS, excessive IAM permissions and unguarded trust relationships quietly widen that access. Securitain identifies and evidences those access-control issues so you can reduce unnecessary access around payment environments.

What Securitain evaluates today

AWS access controls, assessed read-only

Admin and over-permissive identities
MFA and console-access configuration
Access-key age, inactivity, and privilege
Sensitive data-access permissions
External role and resource-policy exposure
Permission boundaries and escalation paths
Finding evidence and remediation guidance
Example findings

From observation to evidence

Over-permissive role near payment workloadsRole ARN, effective permissions, wildcard resources, scan timestamp
Inactive privileged access keyKey ID, last-used date, attached privileges
Externally exposed S3 bucket policyBucket policy statement, principal, exposure type
Escalation path to adminStarting identity, abused action, resulting privilege
In the Compliance Center

How PCI DSS results appear

Each finding maps to the relevant PCI DSS control areas, with a justification drawer showing the check used, expected vs observed configuration, the affected account and ARN, an evidence timestamp, and remediation guidance. Securitain describes control areas rather than asserting authoritative control IDs.

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1Finding generated with evidence
2Mapped to PCI DSS control areas
3Justification drawer with observed config
4Remediation guidance attached
5Included in the assessment report
Shared responsibility

What stays manual and organizational

Securitain supports

  • Evidence of restricted, least-privilege AWS access
  • MFA and access-key hygiene findings with remediation
  • External-exposure findings on supported services
  • Mapping of IAM findings to access-control areas

Your program completes

  • Defining full PCI scope and the cardholder data environment
  • Network segmentation and validation
  • Secure software development lifecycle
  • Vulnerability management and penetration testing
  • Physical security controls
  • The assessor’s conclusions (QSA/ASV)
Next phase

Planned — not current coverage

Data-asset posture for payment data stores
Sensitive-data discovery and PCI classification
Encryption-coverage monitoring beyond IAM scope
PCI DSS FAQ

Common questions

Does Securitain make us PCI compliant?

No. PCI DSS validation is performed by a QSA or via self-assessment against full scope. Securitain is not a QSA or ASV; it provides technical evidence for AWS access controls that supports your PCI work.

Does it cover all of PCI DSS?

No. It focuses on AWS IAM access controls. Scoping, segmentation, secure SDLC, vulnerability management, penetration testing, and physical security are out of scope and remain your responsibility.

Can the output go to our assessor?

You can share the assessment report and evidence as supporting technical material. The assessor reaches the compliance conclusion.

Strengthen your PCI DSS access controls

Connect a read-only role and see how your AWS IAM findings support your PCI DSS evidence — with mapping, justification, and remediation guidance on every scan.

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