PCI DSS vs GDPR
Side-by-side comparison of PCI DSS v4.0 and GDPR across 49 cybersecurity controls.
47
Shared
2
PCI DSS Only
0
GDPR Only
0
Neither
Covered by Both (47 controls)
Controls recognized by both PCI DSS and GDPR.
Gp
Governance Policy
12.1.1, 12.1.2 | Art.5(2), Art.24(1), Art.24(2)
Aw
Awareness & Training
12.6.1, 12.6.2, 12.6.3 | Art.39(1)(b), Art.47(2)(n)
Rm
Risk Management
12.3.1, 12.3.2 | Art.24(1), Art.32(1)
Sc
Supply Chain Risk
12.8.1, 12.8.2, 12.8.4 | Art.28(1), Art.28(2)
Rr
Roles & Responsibilities
12.1.3, 12.4.1 | Art.37(1), Art.38(1), Art.39(1)
Cm
Compliance
12.1.1, 12.4.2, 12.8.5 | Art.5(2), Art.58(1), Art.83(1)
Am
Asset Management
2.4, 9.9.1, 12.5.1 | Art.30(1)
Ra
Risk Assessment
6.3.1, 11.3.1, 12.3.1 | Art.35(1), Art.35(7)
Be
Business Environment
12.1.1 | Art.35(7)(b)
Da
Data Classification
3.2.1, 3.3.1, 3.4.1, 9.4.1 | Art.9(1), Art.5(1)(c)
Vn
Vulnerability Mgmt
6.3.1, 6.3.3, 11.3.1, 11.3.2 | Art.32(1)(d)
Ac
Access Control
7.2.1, 7.2.2, 7.2.4, 8.2.1 | Art.32(1)(b), Art.25(2)
Mf
Multi-Factor Auth
8.4.1, 8.4.2, 8.4.3 | Art.32(1)(b)
En
Encryption
3.5.1, 4.2.1, 4.2.2 | Art.32(1)(a), Art.34(3)(a)
Dp
Data Protection
3.4.1, 3.5.1, 4.2.1 | Art.5(1)(f), Art.32(1)
Bk
Backup & Recovery
9.4.5.1 | Art.32(1)(c)
Pa
Privileged Access
7.2.1, 7.2.2, 8.6.1 | Art.32(1)(b), Art.29
Fw
Firewall / Net Seg
1.2.1, 1.3.1, 1.3.2, 1.4.1 | Art.32(1)(b)
Ep
Endpoint Protection
5.2.1, 5.2.2, 5.3.1 | Art.32(1)(b)
Pm
Patch Management
6.3.1, 6.3.3 | Art.32(1)(d)
Cf
Secure Config
2.2.1, 2.2.2, 2.2.4 | Art.25(1), Art.32(1)
Sd
Secure Development
6.2.1, 6.2.2, 6.2.3, 6.2.4 | Art.25(1), Art.25(2)
Ml
Email Security
5.2.1 | Art.32(1)(b)
Ws
Web Security
6.4.1, 6.4.2, 6.4.3 | Art.32(1)(b)
Zt
Zero Trust
1.3.1, 7.2.1 | Art.32(1)(b), Art.25(1)
Mb
Mobile Security
2.2.4, 6.2.1 | Art.32(1)(b)
Cl
Cloud Security
2.2.1, 12.8.1 | Art.28(1), Art.32(1)
Wf
WAF
6.4.1, 6.4.2 | Art.32(1)(b)
Dl
DLP
3.4.1, 9.4.1 | Art.5(1)(f), Art.32(1)(b)
Sm
Cont. Monitoring
10.4.1, 10.4.2, 11.5.1 | Art.32(1)(d)
Lg
Logging & Audit
10.2.1, 10.2.2, 10.3.1, 10.5.1 | Art.5(2), Art.30(1)
Id
Intrusion Detection
11.4.1, 11.4.2, 11.4.3 | Art.32(1)(d), Art.33(1)
An
Anomaly Detection
10.4.1, 11.5.1.1 | Art.32(1)(d)
Sg
SIEM / SOC
10.4.1, 10.4.3, 11.5.2 | Art.32(1)(d)
Ir
Incident Response
12.10.1, 12.10.2, 12.10.3 | Art.33(1), Art.33(2)
Fn
Forensics
12.10.5 | Art.33(3)
Co
Communication
12.10.1, 12.10.6 | Art.33(1), Art.34(1)
Mt
Mitigation
12.10.4 | Art.33(3)(d), Art.34(2)
Rp
Reporting
12.10.1, 12.10.6 | Art.33(1), Art.34(1)
Rc
Recovery Planning
12.10.1 | Art.32(1)(c)
Bc
Business Continuity
12.10.1 | Art.32(1)(b), Art.32(1)(c)
Ll
Lessons Learned
12.10.2 | Art.32(1)(d), Art.24(1)
Cr
Comms & Restore
12.10.6 | Art.34(1), Art.32(1)(c)
Dr
Disaster Recovery
12.10.1 | Art.32(1)(c)
Ap
API Security
6.2.1, 6.2.3, 6.5.4 | Art.25(1), Art.32(1)(b)
It
Insider Threat
7.2.1, 10.2.1, 10.6.1 | Art.29, Art.32(1)(b), Art.32(4)
Vr
Vendor Risk Mgmt
12.8.1, 12.8.2, 12.8.3, 12.8.4, 12.8.5 | Art.28(1), Art.28(2), Art.28(3)
Only in PCI DSS (2 controls)
Controls covered by PCI DSS but not GDPR. Organizations using GDPR should consider supplementing with these.
Summary: PCI DSS vs GDPR
PCI DSS v4.0 and GDPR share 47 controls in common out of 49 total. PCI DSS uniquely covers 2 controls that GDPR does not, including Threat Intelligence, DNS Security. GDPR uniquely covers 0 controls that PCI DSS does not. Together, these two frameworks cover all tracked controls. For comprehensive cybersecurity coverage, organizations often adopt both frameworks or supplement with other frameworks.
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