netarx for PCI DSS Compliance

Protecting Cardholder Data from AI-Generated Social Engineering

The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) provides a critical framework for securing cardholder data and maintaining a secure transaction environment. For any organization that stores, processes, or transmits cardholder data, compliance is mandatory. The emergence of sophisticated, AI-driven social engineering—including deepfake voice and advanced phishing—creates a new and formidable attack vector that can bypass traditional security controls and lead to severe data breaches. Our solutions provide a technically advanced, cross-channel security framework designed to detect and neutralize these threats, helping organizations fortify their PCI DSS compliance posture.

PCI DSS Requirement 7 mandates that access to cardholder data is restricted on a "need-to-know" basis. AI-driven social engineering attacks, such as vishing campaigns that impersonate managers or IT personnel, are specifically designed to manipulate authorized employees into violating these access control policies. A successful attack can grant threat actors unauthorized access to the Cardholder Data Environment (CDE), directly contravening core PCI DSS principles.

Solution: Integrated, Cross-Channel Threat Correlation

Our platform provides an advanced security layer that performs real-time, correlated analysis of communications across voice, video, and email. By monitoring these vectors in concert, the system identifies anomalous patterns indicative of a sophisticated impersonation or social engineering attack aimed at circumventing access controls. This provides a robust technical control that strengthens your ability to enforce the principle of least privilege and protect the CDE from unauthorized access.

• Benefit:

  Demonstrate robust technical controls for PCI DSS compliance by actively defending against attacks designed to bypass access policies.

• Benefit:

  Reduce the risk of a data breach by identifying and blocking social engineering attempts targeting employees with access to the CDE.

PCI DSS emphasizes the importance of secure network configurations and prohibiting the use of vendor-supplied defaults for system passwords. Threat actors use social engineering to trick personnel into creating security gaps or divulging credentials that allow them to compromise network components. AI-generated deepfakes make these impersonations highly credible, increasing the risk of a breach that originates from a seemingly trusted internal communication.

Solution: Real-Time Detection and High-Fidelity Alerting

Our solution provides immediate, high-fidelity alerts upon the detection of a credible threat targeting network administrators or other privileged users. This early warning system equips security teams with the actionable intelligence needed to rapidly investigate and contain potential breaches before they can impact the CDE. This capability is critical for maintaining a secure network configuration and ensuring system integrity as required by PCI DSS.

• Benefit:

  Facilitate prompt threat detection to ensure the ongoing security of your network and systems.

• Benefit:

  Minimize the impact of a potential breach by enabling rapid incident response and cont

PCI DSS Requirement 10 mandates that all access to network resources and cardholder data be tracked and monitored. The covert nature of advanced social engineering attacks means a breach may not generate typical log signatures, making detection through traditional security information and event management (SIEM) systems difficult. This can leave organizations unaware of a compromise, complicating incident response and compliance reporting.

Solution: A Proactive and Forensically Auditable Security Framework

By proactively detecting impersonation and deepfake tactics, our solution provides a crucial source of security events that may otherwise go unnoticed. The platform generates a fully auditable, forensic-level trail of all detected threats and system responses. This data can be integrated with your existing logging and monitoring solutions, providing a more complete and accurate view of your security posture and helping you satisfy the comprehensive monitoring requirements of PCI DSS.

• Benefit:

  Enhance your monitoring capabilities with a system designed to detect modern, human-centric attack vectors.

• Benefit:

  Strengthen your compliance position with detailed, auditable records of detected threats and defensive actions