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PCI DSS 4.0 compliance reporting made easy with Nipper solutions
A faster way to a secure and compliant Cardholder Data Environment (CDE)
Showing compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) has typically involved manually mapping CDE network infrastructure device checks to requirements. A process which is inherently time-consuming and can be prone to error.
The latest versions of Nipper solutions deliver a new, dedicated PCI DSS 4.0 compliance report that changes all this. Allowing ISAs and QSAs to carry out PCI DSS 4.0 compliance assessments for every router, switch and firewall in the CDE - and beyond, it provides an automated way to:
- Assess network segmentation effectiveness
- Validate compliance with evidence
- Automate security as a continuous process
Commercial CNI organizations that are mandated to evaluate and report their compliance will benefit from:
- Automated requirements mapping of PCI DSS network device checks with drill down to testing procedures.
- An assessor-ready report providing evidence for both passed and failed checks and a risk-prioritized view of non-compliances.
- Device-specific guidance on how to fix misconfigurations - including command line scripts in some cases - to decrease mean time to remediate compliance risks.
Nipper solutions reveal the impact of non-compliances, calculating the risk to the network if the configuration is exploited, to drive risk-prioritized remediation.
Nipper
Nipper automatically analyzes any PCI DSS non-compliances it identifies, to reveal the impact to the device if the configuration is exploited, as well as the ease of exploit, and ease of fix, providing an informed view of the device’s risk posture to drive risk-prioritized remediation.
Nipper Resilience
To assure continuous PCI DSS compliance, Nipper Resilience leverages the precision of Nipper to assess every router, switch and firewall in the CDE, on an up to hourly basis, or whenever configuration changes are detected.
A Nipper users guide to the innovative PCI DSS Compliance Report features
Streamlining compliance reporting so you can focus on fortifying CDE security
Delivering so much more than accurate compliance reporting, Nipper’s PCI DSS 4.0 report is packed with powerful insights to help embed the risk focus, evidence and best practice required to deliver security from compliance. Here’s your guide to risk-prioritizing non-compliances for remediation, tracking changes between audits, and driving further investigation into whether drift was accidental or deliberate.
1. At-a-glance compliance posture
Innovation
Nipper checks are automatically mapped to PCI DSS 4.0 requirements. Drill down from the summary to the testing procedure to examine the results.
Benefit
Get a high-level overview of the PCI DSS assessment results, summarizing passes, fails, and any checks that are not applicable to the specific devices that have been assessed.
2. Potential impact summary
Innovation
Nipper automatically prioritizes findings based on ease of exploitation and impact to the network if exploited. Non-compliances are prioritized based on RAG status, reflecting risk criticality.
Benefit
Understand the potential impact of non-compliances with a color-coded display that ranks findings based on vulnerability risk and ease of exploitation.
3. Risk-prioritized findings
Innovation
Nipper then lists the detail of each of the assessment findings (pass and fail). And identifies the specific devices affected that carry a non-compliance risk.
Benefit
Drill down to passes and failures prioritizing the most critical non-compliances first and identifying the devices that require remediating action.
4. Evidence-based analysis
Innovation
Nipper’s risk analysis of each non-compliance harnesses networking know-how to determine the ease of exploit and potential impact to security. The ‘fix rating’ automatically provides an ‘ease of fix guide’ for each non-compliance found.
Benefit
For each device tested, view findings against applicable PCI DSS requirements, with an explanation of the testing procedure and Nipper’s detailed risk assessment to validate compliance posture.
5. Remediation advice
Innovation
Nipper determines exactly how the configuration does not comply with PCI DSS 4.0 requirements, and how the risk can be mitigated. Command line instructions are provided, where possible, to reduce the mean time to remediate risks,
Benefit
Reduce mean time to remediate vulnerabilities with detailed advice on how to mitigate non-compliances and improve PCI DSS compliance posture.
From Compliance Assessments to Continuous PCI DSS Assurance
Whether you are an ISA or QSA looking to automate periodic PCI DSS 4.0 compliance assessments or an enterprise striving for continuous compliance assurance – Titania has a solution for you.
On-demand PCI DSS compliance
with Nipper
Auditors and external assessors choose Nipper to quickly verify configurations are secure and/or meet regulatory compliance standards, reducing their audit times by up to 80%.
PCI DSS Compliance assurance at scale
with Nipper Resilience
Deployed by SOCs to assure the security and compliance posture of network infrastructure, Nipper Resilience also adds a transformative proactive security layer to the NOC tech stack. Nipper Resilience integrates with SIEM, SOAR, ITSM and GRC solutions.

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