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💼 12.7 Screen potential personnel prior to hire to minimize the risk of attacks from internal sources.

  • ID: /frameworks/pci-dss-v3.2.1/12/07

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Examples of background checks include previous employment history, criminal record, credit history, and reference checks.

For those potential personnel to be hired for certain positions such as store cashiers who only have access to one card number at a time when facilitating a transaction, this requirement is a recommendation only.

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    • /frameworks/pci-dss-v4.0/12/07/01
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    • ID: dec-c-e45c83ab

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