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AWS Security Reference Architecture: A deep dive into PCI DSS compliance
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AWS Security Reference Architecture: A deep dive into PCI DSS compliance

AWS announces the AWS Security Reference Architecture (SRA) PCI DSS Deep Dive, an extension of the core AWS SRA that maps multi-account landing zone account types to PCI DSS scoping boundaries (in-scope, connected-to/security-impacting, out-of-scope) and layers PCI-specific controls — additional logging, encryption, and network restrictions — onto baseline AWS SRA service configurations. The guide targets security architects, compliance engineers, cloud platform teams, and QSAs/ISAs, and includes architecture diagrams and requirement-mapping tables usable as a narrative read-through or as a standalone reference during assessments.

TL;DR AWS publishes an SRA extension mapping multi-account architecture patterns and controls directly to PCI DSS requirements.

Organisations named here

  • PCI DSS

Technologies named here

  • AWS Security Reference Architecture
  • AWS SRA PCI DSS Deep Dive
  • SRA verify
  • AWS Professional Services
  • AWS Partner Network
  • AWS Security Assurance Services team
  • AWS
  • AWS IAM

Techniques named here

  • Account scoping and network segmentation
  • Defense-in-depth at all layers