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PCI Security Standards Council · Free, ad-free audio course

PCI QSA

A structured, audio-first learning route for PCI QSA, designed for focused review and practical understanding.

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S01E29Transcript

PCI DSS Technical and Operational Requirements

Test Security Regularly and Prove It Works

Listen to Test Security Regularly and Prove It Works in the PCI QSA audio course.

Transcript availableFebruary 23, 2026
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S01E53Transcript

Shared Responsibility, Evidence and Quality Review

Meet the QSA QA Program With Confidence.

Listen to Meet the QSA QA Program With Confidence. in the PCI QSA audio course.

Transcript availableFebruary 23, 2026
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AI architecture

AI Shared-Responsibility Mapping

AI shared-responsibility mapping assigns control duties across model providers, cloud platforms, application teams, data owners, users, and oversight functions.

Privacy engineering technique

Anonymization and Pseudonymization

Anonymization aims to prevent data from being linked to an identifiable person, while pseudonymization replaces direct identifiers but retains a controlled path to re-link the data.

Service management

Approved Scanning Vendor Scans

Approved Scanning Vendor scans provide externally performed vulnerability scanning for applicable internet-facing systems under PCI scanning rules, with defined scope, evidence, dispute, remediation, and passing criteria.

Vulnerability reference

CVE, CWE, CVSS, and EPSS

CVE identifies publicly disclosed vulnerabilities, CWE describes classes of weakness, CVSS expresses technical severity, and EPSS estimates the probability of near-term exploitation.

Service management

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.

Service management

Change Enablement Practice

Change enablement maximizes successful changes by assessing risk, authorizing work, coordinating schedules, preserving evidence, and learning from results without imposing unnecessary friction.