Pci Dss V4.0.1 Compliance Mastery

Network Segmentation, Data Encryption, Vulnerability Management, and Governance Best Practices

What you'll learn

Gain a comprehensive understanding of the 12 PCI DSS v4.0.1 requirements and how they map to organizational controls.

Learn to design, implement, and maintain secure networks, systems, and data-protection measures aligned with PCI DSS.

Develop the ability to manage vulnerabilities, restrict access, and monitor systems effectively for compliance.

Acquire the knowledge to establish governing policies, perform risk assessments, and prepare documentation for audits.

Be equipped to lead or support PCI DSS compliance initiatives within their organization, ensuring ongoing security and audit readiness.

Requirements

This training is accessible to both experienced professionals and complete beginners and requires only a standard computer with internet access and slide-viewing capability; learners should be comfortable using a modern operating system and web browser, understand basic networking concepts such as IP addressing and firewall functions, have a general awareness of operating-system administration tasks like user accounts, patching, and configuration baselines, and grasp fundamental security principles, such as confidentiality, integrity, availability, and know basic cryptographic ideas; no prior PCI DSS certification or formal security training is required, but a willingness to engage with policy frameworks, risk-assessment processes, and compliance monitoring in a theoretical setting will help learners get the most from the course.

Description

PCI DSS v4.0.1 Compliance Mastery is an intensive, end-to-end training that transforms complex payment-card security requirements into a structured, practical program. You will explore core technical controls such as network segmentation, data encryption at rest and in transit, and advanced vulnerability management techniques. Through clear explanations of secure software-development lifecycles, multi-factor authentication, least-privilege access, and continuous monitoring, you will gain the skills needed to protect every stage of the cardholder-data lifecycle and meet the latest regulatory standard with confidence.This course is designed for security architects, network and systems engineers, compliance officers, auditors, risk managers, and consultants who are charged with designing, reviewing, or validating PCI DSS programs. Starting with foundational networking and system-administration principles, the curriculum builds to cover tokenization and key-management strategies, certificate lifecycle processes, container and cloud-native segmentation, SAST and DAST methodologies, and SIEM-driven real-time alerting. Along the way, you will develop a comprehensive action plan template, playbooks for external assessments and incident response, and a governance framework that ties policies, roles, metrics, and training into one cohesive strategy.By the end of the course, you will be ready to lead or support PCI DSS v4.0.1 initiatives with authority, embedding compliance into everyday operations and demonstrating measurable security improvements to stakeholders. You will leave with a living compliance maintenance program that includes policy review cycles, risk-based decision-making, security-awareness education, third-party risk governance, and metrics-driven dashboards, all of which ensure that your cardholder-data environment remains resilient against evolving threats and audit scrutiny.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Legal Disclaimer

Lecture 2 Welcome & Introduction

Lecture 3 Install and Maintain Network Security Controls

Lecture 4 Apply Secure Configurations to All System Components

Lecture 5 Protect Stored Account Data

Lecture 6 Protect Cardholder Data with Strong Cryptography During Transmission

Lecture 7 Protect All Systems and Networks from Malicious Software

Lecture 8 Develop and Maintain Secure Systems and Software

Lecture 9 Restrict Access to System Components and Cardholder Data

Lecture 10 Identify Users and Authenticate Access to System Components

Lecture 11 Restrict Physical Access to Cardholder Data

Lecture 12 Log and Monitor All Access to System Components and Cardholder Data

Lecture 13 Test Security of Systems and Networks Regularly

Lecture 14 Support Information Security with Organizational Policies and Programs

Lecture 15 Wrap-Up & Summary

Lecture 16 50 Common PCI-DSS challenges & Solutions

Security architects and network engineers responsible for designing and segmenting Cardholder Data Environments.,Compliance officers and internal auditors charged with validating PCI DSS controls and audit readiness.,Systems and database administrators overseeing secure configuration baselines, patch management, and access control.,Risk managers and governance professionals leading formal risk assessments and policy frameworks.,Consultants, advisors, and managed-service providers guiding clients on PCI DSS implementation and maintenance.,IT professionals new to payment-card security who have foundational networking and cryptography knowledge and want a comprehensive theoretical grounding.