9.3.1 Personnel physical access procedures for the CDE

Procedures must be in operation for authorizing and managing physical entry to the CDE by personnel, covering: how personnel are identified; how changes to a person's physical access needs are handled; how personnel identification is revoked or terminated; and limiting who can reach the identification process or system (such as the badge system and badge stock) to authorized people only. The guidance gives badges as one way to identify personnel and stresses visually identifying whether someone present is an employee or a visitor. Applicability: all entities. Objective under the customized approach: rules for physical entry into the CDE are set and applied so that personnel are identified and authorized.

Source: PCI DSS v4.0.1, 9.3.1. 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.