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PCI-DSS Compliance Auditing & Reporting

Segment: Payment Card Industry

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The PCI DSS apply to any entity that stores, processes, and/or transmits cardholder data. It covers technical and operational system components included in or connected to cardholder data. If your business accepts or processes payment cards, it must comply with the PCI DSS.

Compliance with PCI DSS can bring major benefits to businesses of all sizes. Here are some reasons why:

  • Being PCI DSS- compliant suggests that your systems are secure, and customers can trust you with their sensitive payment card information.
  • It can improve your reputation with acquirers and payment brands.
  • The continuous monitoring is an ongoing process that helps prevent security breaches and theft of payment card data.

Note: Click the section numbers in the following table to view the various ADAudit Plus audit reports that will help satisfy a particular clause.

Section Number Description Reports
7.1 / 7.2 Restrict access to cardholder data by business need-to-know.
  1. Report on Successful User Logon / Logoff
  2. Reports on Logon Attempts
  3. Reports on Audit Policy Changes
8.3

Incorporate two-factor authentication for remote access (network-level access originating from outside the network) to the network by employees, administrators, and third parties. (For example, remote authentication and dial-in service (RADIUS) with tokens; terminal access controller access control system (TACACS) with tokens; or other technologies that facilitate two-factor authentication.)

  1. RADIUS Logon Activity
  2. RDP Logon Activity
10.1 / 10.2.2

Establish a process for linking all access to system components (especially access done with administrative privileges such as root) to each individual user.

 

All actions taken by any individual with root or administrative privileges.

 

Changes made by Admin privileged users
10.2.7 Creation and deletion of system-level objects.
  1. File Access
  2. File Creation & Deletion
10.2.4 / 10.2.5

Invalid logical access attempts.

Use of identification and authentication mechanisms.

  1. Failed Login Authentication
  2. Authentication on DCs
10.2.1 / 10.2.3

All individual accesses to cardholder data.

Access to all audit trails.

  1. All Local, Domain Policy Changes
  2. Local Logon Audit
10.2.6

Initialization of the audit logs.

Audit Log Cleared
10.5.1 / 10.5.2

Limit viewing of audit trails to those with a job-related need.

Protect audit trail files from unauthorized modifications.

  1. Report on Successful User Logon / Logoff
  2. Reports on Logon Attempts
  3. Reports on Audit Policy Changes
Show Permissions for a Particular File / Folder:
  1. Permission Changes Report
  2. File Created / Modified / Deleted

Real-Time Audit Reports from ADAudit Plus

A broader look at various audit reports in ADAudit Plus, which satisfy the requirements under a particular category. The reports ensure thorough monitoring and reporting / alerting, besides custom reporting and profile-based reporting.

Sample Real-Time Compliance Audit Reports

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Audit Reports

Compliance Reports

File Audit Reports

7.1 / 7.2

Report on Successful User Logon / Logoff | Reports on Logon Attempts | Reports on Audit Policy Changes

Currently Logged On Users | Logon Duration | Local Logon Failures | Logon History | Terminal Services Activity | Users Logon Duration on Computers | Interactive Logon Failure | Terminated Users Session | RADIUS Logon Failures (NPS) | RADIUS Logon History (NPS)

Domain Policy Changes

Group Policy Settings Changes | Computer Configuration Changes | User Configuration Changes | Password Policy Changes | Account Lockout Policy Changes | Security Settings Changes | Administrative Template Changes | User Rights Assignment Changes | Windows Settings Changes | Group Policy Permission Changes | Group Policy Preferences Changes | Group Policy Settings History | Extended Attribute Changes

Local Policy Changes (Server Audit Reports)

Summary Report | Process Tracking | Policy Changes | System Events | Object Management | Scheduled Task

8.3

RADIUS Logon Activity | RDP Logon Activity

Currently Logged On Users | Logon Duration | Local Logon Failures | Logon History | Terminal Services Activity | Users Logon Duration on Computers | Interactive Logon Failure | Terminated Users Session | RADIUS Logon Failures (NPS) | RADIUS Logon History (NPS)

10.1 / 10.2.2

Changes made by Admin privileged users

All AD Changes | All AD Changes By User | All AD Changes on DCs | User Management | Group Management | Computer Management | OU Management | GPO Management | Administrative User Actions

10.2.7

File Access | File Creation | File Deletion

All File or Folder Changes | Files Created | Files Modified | Files Deleted | Successful File Read Access | Failed attempt to Read File | Failed attempt to Write File | Failed attempt to Delete File | Folder Permission Changes | Folder Audit Setting Changes (SACL) | Files Moved (or) Renamed | Changes based on Users | Changes based on Servers | Files Copy-N-Pasted

10.2.4 / 10.2.5

Failed Login Authentication | Authentication on DCs

Logon Failures | Logon Failures based on users | Failures due to Bad Password | Failures due to Bad User Name | Logon Activity based on DC | Logon Activity based on IP Address | Domain Controller Logon Activity | Member Server Logon Activity | Workstation Logon Activity | User Logon Activity | Recent User Logon Activity | Last Logon on Workstations | User's Last Logon | Users logged into multiple computers

10.2.1 / 10.2.3

Domain Policy Changes

Group Policy Settings Changes | Computer Configuration Changes | User Configuration Changes | Password Policy Changes | Account Lockout Policy Changes | Security Settings Changes | Administrative Template Changes | User Rights Assignment Changes | Windows Settings Changes | Group Policy Permission Changes | Group Policy Preferences Changes | Group Policy Settings History | Extended Attribute Changes

Local Policy Changes (Server Audit Reports)

Summary Report | Process Tracking | Policy Changes | System Events | Object Management | Scheduled Task

Local Logon Audit

Currently Logged On Users | Logon Duration | Local Logon Failures | Logon History | Terminal Services Activity | Users Logon Duration on Computers | Interactive Logon Failure | Terminated Users Session | RADIUS Logon Failures (NPS) | RADIUS Logon History (NPS)

10.2.6

Audit Log Cleared [Local Policy Changes (Server Audit Reports)]

Summary Report | Process Tracking | Policy Changes | System Events | Object Management | Scheduled Task

10.5.1 / 10.5.2

Show Permissions for Selected File / Folder

All File or Folder Changes | Files Created | Files Modified | Files Deleted | Successful File Read Access | Failed attempt to Read File | Failed attempt to Write File | Failed attempt to Delete File | Folder Permission Changes | Folder Audit Setting Changes (SACL) | Files Moved (or) Renamed | Changes based on Users | Changes based on Servers | Files Copy-N-Pasted

Few of the Other Pre-Configured Real-Time Compliance Reports

SOX Compliance Reports

Recent User Logon Activity | Logon Failures | Terminal Services Activity | Logon Duration | Domain Policy Changes | Logon History | User Management | Group Management | Computer Management | OU Management | GPO Management | Administrative User Actions | All File or Folder Changes

HIPAA Compliance Reports

All File or Folder Changes | OU Management | Computer Management | Group Management | User Management | Logon Duration | Terminal Services Activity | Logon Failures | Recent User Logon Activity

GLBA Compliance Reports

Folder Audit Setting Changes | Folder Permission Changes | Successful File Read Access | All File or Folder Changes | GPO Management | User Management | Group Management | Domain Policy Changes | Logon Duration | Local Logon Failures | Terminal Services Activity

FISMA Compliance Reports

Terminal Services Activity | Local Logon Failures | Logon History | Group Management | User Management | Administrative User Actions | Computer Management | OU Management | All File or Folder Changes | Failed attempt to Write File | Failed attempt to Delete File

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