How to Achieve PCI DSS Compliance for Azure AKS

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How to Achieve PCI DSS Compliance for Azure AKS

PCI DSS compliance is critical to protecting cardholder data that is processed, stored, and transmitted. Pulumi can assist you with making your Azure infrastructure PCI DSS compliant. Pulumi can help you identify existing cloud resources that are not in compliance, and it can also enforce compliance policies proactively before infrastructure is deployed. Get started with Pulumi to use these compliance tools or speak with a Solutions Architect to get an expert consultation.

What is PCI DSS Compliance?

PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) compliance refers to the adherence to a set of security standards designed to protect card information during and after a financial transaction. These standards are established by the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC), which was founded by major credit card companies like Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover, and JCB.

Key Aspects of PCI DSS Compliance

  1. Security Controls: Organizations must implement specific technical and operational security measures to safeguard cardholder data. This includes requirements like installing firewalls, encrypting cardholder data, and using antivirus software.
  2. Access Control: Only authorized personnel should have access to cardholder data. This involves setting up strong access control measures, such as unique user IDs and restricting physical access to sensitive data.
  3. Monitoring and Testing: Regularly monitor and test networks to ensure that security controls are functioning correctly and to identify vulnerabilities. This includes maintaining logs of all access to network resources and cardholder data.
  4. Information Security Policy: Organizations must maintain a policy that addresses information security for employees and contractors. This includes regular security awareness training.
  5. Regular Audits: Organizations that process, store, or transmit credit card information must undergo regular audits to ensure they are in compliance with PCI DSS requirements. This can involve self-assessment or external assessments, depending on the size of the organization and the volume of transactions processed.

Pulumi Insights

Use Pulumi Insights to gain visibility into your cloud infrastructure's configuration to assess PCI DSS compliance. Pulumi Insights is Intelligent Cloud Management. It helps you gain security, compliance, and cost insights into the entirety of your organization's cloud assets and automatically remediate issues.

Pulumi Copilot

Use Pulumi Copilot to assist configuring your infrastructure to make it compliance ready. You can tap into the Pulumi Copilot's deep understanding of your organization's context to gain visibility into the configuration of resources and assess their compliance.

Compliance Ready Policies

With comprehensive coverage of Azure, Pulumi Compliance Ready Policies provide an enhanced level of control and governance over your cloud resources. Pulumi Compliance Ready Policies empower you to enforce best practices, security standards, cost controls, and compliance requirements seamlessly within your infrastructure-as-code workflows.

What is Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)?

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) is a fully managed Kubernetes service that simplifies the deployment, scaling, and operation of containerized applications using Kubernetes. It automates tasks like patching, scaling, and node provisioning, allowing developers to focus on application development rather than managing Kubernetes infrastructure. AKS offers seamless integration with Azure services for secure, efficient, and scalable container management.

What controls can I put in place to evaluate Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) resources?

  • AKS cluster endpoints should not be publicly accessible
  • AKS clusters should run on a supported Kubernetes version
  • AKS clusters should use encrypted Kubernetes secrets
  • AKS clusters should be tagged
  • AKS identity provider configurations should be tagged
  • AKS clusters should have audit logging enabled

Speak to a Solutions Architect to implement policy as code to manage AKS resources for PCI DSS compliance.

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