Re: Compliance Is Wasted Money, Study Finds

[Digital X <digitalx00 () gmail com>]

> > > Whether said checkbox is actually the best solution *for the actual problem*
> > > is the issue.  I've seen cases where checkbox auditors insisted that a
> > > certain critical system "absolutely positively *HAD* to have a firewall".
> >
> > This is where compensating controls come in with PCI. If there is an
> > even better solution you are free to implement it.
>
> Yes, the PCI "compensating controls" are overall a Good Thing.  Unfortunately,
> a lot of regulatory regimes don't see things that way yet.  And it still
> requires a clued PCI auditor who actually understands the real world enough
> to deal with compensating controls.

Having just gone through a PCI audit I can safely say a few things:
 
A)  Approaching compliance from a risk management approach went out the
window
B)  Items the auditor didn't understand absolutely went back to a checkmark
mentality
C)  Items that were gray areas were treating VERY liberally in their
interpretation

Bleh


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