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PCIP Flashcards

Use the flashcards book for active recall, terminology checks, rapid review, and repeated practice across the course objectives.

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Companion learning set

Use the resources together.

Move between the free audio course, structured reading, and active recall instead of treating each resource as a separate product.

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Certification study plan

Use the audio course and companion books as one learning system.

Use the flashcards after each listening and reading block so recall—not recognition—drives the review.

Five-step cycle

  1. Plan the week

    Choose the lessons for the week, scan the matching book headings, and identify the concepts you expect to learn.

  2. Listen for structure

    Complete the assigned audio lessons and mark terms, examples, or decisions that need a second pass.

  3. Read for depth

    Use the study guide to clarify the lesson, annotate key ideas, and connect related objectives.

  4. Recall without prompts

    Use the flashcards or your own questions before looking at the answer. Separate strong topics from weak ones.

  5. Close the loop

    Open the linked Cyber Wiki articles, revisit missed lessons, and repeat difficult cards until you can explain the concept clearly.

The schedule is Bare Metal Cyber editorial guidance. Adjust the pace for your exam date, prior experience, and practice-test results.

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Direct and course-derived connections come from the existing Bare Metal Cyber catalog. Broader topic links are editorial recommendations, not publisher claims or official framework mappings.

Companion-course connection

PCI Attestation of Compliance

A PCI Attestation of Compliance is the signed declaration that identifies the assessed entity, validation method, applicable environment, and compliance status supported by the associated assessment.

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Sensitive Authentication Data Handling

Sensitive authentication data handling prevents storage of prohibited authentication data after authorization and tightly controls any transient processing needed to complete a payment.

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Cardholder Data Environment

The cardholder data environment includes the people, processes, and technologies that store, process, or transmit cardholder data or sensitive authentication data, together with connected or security-impacting components in scope.

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Payment Data Flow Mapping

Payment data flow mapping records where account data is captured, transmitted, processed, stored, displayed, backed up, logged, tokenized, and destroyed across every payment channel.

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Payment Page Script Inventory

A payment page script inventory records each script authorized to execute in the consumer’s browser, including source, owner, purpose, integrity, dependencies, approval, and monitoring status.

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PCI DSS Customized Approach

The PCI DSS customized approach allows an entity to meet a requirement’s customized objective through controls designed for its environment, supported by targeted risk analysis and rigorous validation.

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PCI Point-to-Point Encryption

PCI point-to-point encryption protects account data from the point of interaction through decryption within a validated solution, using controlled devices, applications, keys, and operational responsibilities.

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Primary Account Number Storage Protection

Primary account number storage protection reduces retained payment data and renders stored PAN unreadable through approved methods while controlling display, access, keys, backups, and recovery.

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Application Allowlisting

Application allowlisting permits only approved executables, scripts, libraries, installers, or other code to run under defined rules.

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Cloud Compliance and Assurance

Cloud compliance and assurance map obligations to provider, customer, and shared controls and collect evidence that those controls are designed and operating effectively.

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Engineering Workstation Hardening

Engineering workstation hardening protects systems that configure controllers, logic, firmware, safety parameters, and other high-impact OT assets.

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OAuth 2.0

OAuth 2.0 is an authorization framework that lets a client obtain limited access to a resource on behalf of a user or itself without receiving the user's password.

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