7.1.2 Requirement 7 roles and responsibilities assigned

Responsibility for carrying out each activity in Requirement 7 (defining the access model, approving privileges, provisioning, reviewing accounts and operating access control systems) must be documented, formally assigned, and understood by those holding it. The guidance notes that roles may sit inside the policies and procedures or in separate documents such as a RACI matrix, and that personnel may be asked to acknowledge the duties assigned to them. Customized approach objective: day-to-day duties for all Requirement 7 activities are allocated, and the people holding them are accountable for keeping these controls operating successfully and continuously.

Source: PCI DSS v4.0.1, 7.1.2. The statement above is our statement of the clause, read from the published text and cited so you can check it against the official text, not the instrument verbatim. Open PCI DSS v4.0.1 in the compliance library.

Version 4.0.1 is the active version; 4.0 has been retired. Appendix A1 applies only to multi-tenant service providers, A2 only to card-present POS POI terminals that still use SSL or early TLS, and A3 only when a payment brand or acquirer requires it. Which requirements apply to you follows your validation type.