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Accelerate PCI DSS Compliance with Teleport

Teleport helps merchants, payment processors, and service providers protect cardholder data by establishing a unified identity layer across humans, machines, workloads, and AI agents. Cryptographic identities, per-session MFA, and identity-traceable audit logs map directly to PCI DSS v4.0 requirements for access control (Req 7), strong authentication (Req 8), and logging (Req 10) - so you can reduce CDE scope, pass QSA audits, and cut audit burden.

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Teleport Features for PCI DSS 4.0 Controls

Access Management
PCI DSS 4.0 Requirement	The Challenge	How Teleport Supports Compliance
Requirement 2.2: Secure system configurations	Requirement 2.2: Secure system configurations	Centralized access control and monitoring RBAC enforces least privilege Detailed audit logging and session recording prevent unauthorized changes
Requirement 6.5: Securely manage changes to system components	Maintaining strict separation between development, testing, and production environments	Fine-grained access controls for infrastructure, including Kubernetes Role-based access to separate pre-production from production Continuous monitoring of system changes
Requirement 7.1 & 7.2: Limit access to cardholder data to authorized personnel only	Defining and enforcing role-based access control (RBAC) across complex infrastructures	Enforces least privilege access with RBAC Cloud-native access policies for infrastructure components Audit logs track access attempts and privilege changes
Requirement 7.3: Use access control systems to manage local access	Inventorying and enforcing access controls across all system components and users	Continuous enforcement of zero-trust access Real-time inventory of users, roles, and permissions Automated access revocation for overprivileged
Requirement 8.1: Define and enforce user authentication	Managing unique user IDs, implementing strong authentication across all infrastructure	Enforces unique IDs, SSO, and MFA integrations Session logging and real-time tracking of user activities Least privilege enforcement with ephemeral access
	PCI DSS 4.0 Requirement	Requirement 2.2: Secure system configurations
	The Challenge	Requirement 2.2: Secure system configurations
	How Teleport Supports Compliance	Centralized access control and monitoring RBAC enforces least privilege Detailed audit logging and session recording prevent unauthorized changes
	PCI DSS 4.0 Requirement	Requirement 6.5: Securely manage changes to system components
	The Challenge	Maintaining strict separation between development, testing, and production environments
	How Teleport Supports Compliance	Fine-grained access controls for infrastructure, including Kubernetes Role-based access to separate pre-production from production Continuous monitoring of system changes
	PCI DSS 4.0 Requirement	Requirement 7.1 & 7.2: Limit access to cardholder data to authorized personnel only
	The Challenge	Defining and enforcing role-based access control (RBAC) across complex infrastructures
	How Teleport Supports Compliance	Enforces least privilege access with RBAC Cloud-native access policies for infrastructure components Audit logs track access attempts and privilege changes
	PCI DSS 4.0 Requirement	Requirement 7.3: Use access control systems to manage local access
	The Challenge	Inventorying and enforcing access controls across all system components and users
	How Teleport Supports Compliance	Continuous enforcement of zero-trust access Real-time inventory of users, roles, and permissions Automated access revocation for overprivileged
	PCI DSS 4.0 Requirement	Requirement 8.1: Define and enforce user authentication
	The Challenge	Managing unique user IDs, implementing strong authentication across all infrastructure
	How Teleport Supports Compliance	Enforces unique IDs, SSO, and MFA integrations Session logging and real-time tracking of user activities Least privilege enforcement with ephemeral access

Audit Logging
PCI DSS 4.0 Requirement	The Challenge	How Teleport Supports Compliance
Requirement 10.1: Define logging and monitoring mechanisms for system access	Ensuring all access events to cardholder data are logged and linked to user identities	Centralized audit logging and monitoring Tracks all human and machine access Live session recording and replay for forensic analysis
Requirement 10.2: Detect anomalies & suspicious activity	Logging all system actions, detecting and responding to access anomalies	Access monitoring detects privilege escalation Real-time alerting on suspicious access patterns Quick lockdown of compromised identities
	PCI DSS 4.0 Requirement	Requirement 10.1: Define logging and monitoring mechanisms for system access
	The Challenge	Ensuring all access events to cardholder data are logged and linked to user identities
	How Teleport Supports Compliance	Centralized audit logging and monitoring Tracks all human and machine access Live session recording and replay for forensic analysis
	PCI DSS 4.0 Requirement	Requirement 10.2: Detect anomalies & suspicious activity
	The Challenge	Logging all system actions, detecting and responding to access anomalies
	How Teleport Supports Compliance	Access monitoring detects privilege escalation Real-time alerting on suspicious access patterns Quick lockdown of compromised identities

Data Protection
PCI DSS 4.0 Requirement	The Challenge	How Teleport Supports Compliance
Requirement 4.1 & 4.2: Use strong cryptography for cardholder data during transmission	Encrypting sensitive payment data and system communications across networks	TLS encryption secures data in transit Cryptographic identity-based access Enforces x509 certificate authentication for all communications
	PCI DSS 4.0 Requirement	Requirement 4.1 & 4.2: Use strong cryptography for cardholder data during transmission
	The Challenge	Encrypting sensitive payment data and system communications across networks
	How Teleport Supports Compliance	TLS encryption secures data in transit Cryptographic identity-based access Enforces x509 certificate authentication for all communications

Change Controls
PCI DSS 4.0 Requirement	The Challenge	How Teleport Supports Compliance
Requirement 6.5: Securely manage system changes and verify security impact	Preventing unauthorized changes in CI/CD pipelines and production environments	RBAC-controlled access to production Automated audit logging of all changes Secure session recording of system modifications
	PCI DSS 4.0 Requirement	Requirement 6.5: Securely manage system changes and verify security impact
	The Challenge	Preventing unauthorized changes in CI/CD pipelines and production environments
	How Teleport Supports Compliance	RBAC-controlled access to production Automated audit logging of all changes Secure session recording of system modifications

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