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The PCI SSC has a quality assurance (QA) program that monitors the performance and compliance of CPSA Companies and CPSA Employees. The QA program is based on eight guiding principles that the assessor community must adhere to, one of which is to maintain consistent assessor procedures and reporting. The PCI SSC reviews the reports submitted by the CPSA Companies and provides feedback on the quality and completeness of the reports. If a CPSA Company submits multiple reports that are incomplete and do not contain the information described in the reporting instructions, they may be violating the QA program and the CPSA Qualification Requirements. The PCI SSC may take corrective actions against the CPSA Company, such as issuing a warning, requiring additional training, imposing remediation, or revoking the CPSA Company status. Remediation is a process that requires the CPSA Company to improve in one or more areas of their operations and demonstrate compliance with the PCI SSC requirements. Revocation is a process that terminates the CPSA Company status and removes the CPSA Company from the list of qualified assessors on the PCI SSC website. The PCI SSC has the sole authority and discretion to determine the appropriate corrective actions for any non-compliance issues by the CPSA Companies or CPSA Employees. The payment brands do not have the power to put the CPSA Companies into remediation or revoke their status, nor do they have the power to fine them. The payment brands may, however, impose their own sanctions or penalties on the card production entities that are assessed by the CPSA Companies, based on their own contractual agreements and compliance programs. References:

• Card Production Security Assessor (CPSA) Program Guide, Section 3 and 5.1
• Card Production Security Assessor (CPSA) Qualification Requirements, Section 3.1 and 3.2
• CPSA Remediation Statement

 According to the PCI Card Production and Provisioning Physical Security Requirements, the vendor must test all alarms on external doors of the card production and provisioning vendor environment at least every month. The vendor must also document the results of the tests and retain them for at least one year. The vendor must also have procedures to respond to any alarms or incidents, and to report them to the relevant parties. The vendor must not test the alarms less frequently than every month, as this may compromise the security and integrity of the card production and provisioning vendor environment and increase the risk of unauthorized access or theft. References: PCI Card Production and Provisioning Physical Security Requirements and Test Procedures v3.0, January 2022, pages 9-101

According to the PCI Card Production Logical Security Requirements, the vendor must securely destroy all employee information, including background checks, within two years of the employee’s termination of contract. This is to prevent unauthorized access to sensitive employee data and to comply with the PCI DSS requirement 3.1, which states that cardholder data must not be stored longer than necessary. The vendor must also have a documented policy and procedure for the secure destruction of employee information, and must maintain a log of all destruction activities. References:

• PCI Card Production Logical Security Requirements, v2.0, April 2019, page 19, requirement 6.1.1
• PCI DSS, v3.2.1, May 2018, page 25, requirement 3.1

According to the PCI Card Production and Provisioning Logical Security Requirements, the vendor must implement a formal security awareness program to make all personnel aware of the importance of card production and provisioning security. The security awareness program must include annual training on common attack methods, such as phishing, social engineering, malware, and ransomware, and how to prevent, detect, and report them. The security awareness program must also include training on the vendor’s security policies and procedures, the roles and responsibilities of personnel, the applicable PCI Card Production and Provisioning Security Requirements, and the consequences of non-compliance. The vendor must also require all personnel to acknowledge at least annually that they have read and understood the security policies and procedures. The vendor must not use security posters alone, as they are not sufficient to meet the security awareness program requirements. The vendor may use security awareness exams for all personnel, but they are not mandatory for compliance. The vendor may also train personnel on the use of mantraps, but this is not relevant to the logical security requirements. References: PCI Card Production and Provisioning Logical Security Requirements and Test Procedures v3.0, January 2022, pages 28-291

According to the PCI Card Production Physical Security Requirements, one of the security controls for card destruction is to ensure that misprinted, partially finished, or rejected cards are shredded only in the HSA destruction room. This is to prevent unauthorized access, theft, or misuse of the cards, which may contain sensitive data or features. The HSA destruction room should have adequate security measures, such as locks, alarms, cameras, etc., to protect the cards until they are shredded. The shredding process should render the cards unusable and unrecognizable, and the shredded material should be disposed of securely. References: PCI Card Production Physical Security Requirements, Version 1.0, April 2019, Section 1.1, Objective 5, Requirement 5.1.1, Page 111