Title: MasterCard Site Data Protection Program
1MasterCard Site Data Protection Program
2SDP Program Alignment
- As announced to our membership in December 2004,
the MasterCard SDP Program and the Visa CISP/AIS
Program have aligned in the following areas - common levels and participation criteria for
merchants and service providers (U.S. and Europe)
- cross recognition of qualified onsite assessors
and compliant security scanning vendors (U.S. and
Europe) - common security standard documentation (endorsed
by Amex, Discover, JCB and Diners) - auditing procedures
- scanning procedures
- self-assessment/questionnaire
3SDP Program Alignment - Merchants
- Level 1 Merchants effective 30 June 2005
- All merchants that have suffered a hack or an
attack that resulted in an account data
compromise and - All MasterCard merchants (face-to-face, MOTO,
e-commerce, Maestro, etc.), with greater than six
million combined total transactions annually and - All merchants that meet or exceed the level 1
criteria of a competing payment brand and - Any merchant that MasterCard, at its sole
discretion, determines should meet the Level 1
merchant requirements to minimize risk to the
system - All Level 1 Merchants must successfully complete
an annual onsite review (may be conducted through
an internal auditor) and quarterly scans
All referenced compliance dates are unique to
MasterCard
4SDP Program Alignment Merchants
- Level 2 Merchants effective 30 June 2004
(formerly Tier 1) - All merchants with annual e-commerce transactions
between 150,000 and 6 million - All merchants that meet or exceed the Level 2
criteria of a competing payment brand - All Level 2 Merchants must successfully complete
quarterly scans and an annual self-assessment
5SDP Program Alignment Merchants
- Level 3 Merchants effective 30 June 2005
(formerly Tier 2) - All merchants with annual e-commerce transactions
between 20,000 and 150,000 - All merchants that meet or exceed the level 3
criteria of a competing payment brand - All Level 3 Merchants must successfully complete
quarterly scans and an annual self-assessment - Level 4 Merchants Optional
- All other merchants are recommended to become
compliant to reduce risk and gain access to a
potential waiver against account data compromise
assessments - Recommended compliance steps include an annual
security scan and an annual self-assessment
6SDP Program Alignment Service Providers
- Level 1 Service Providers
- Effective 30 June 2004 (formerly Tier1)
- All TPPs and DSEs that store data on behalf of
Level 1 and 2 merchants must complete a scan and
self-assessment - Effective 30 June 2005
- New requirement of an annual onsite review
- Level 2 Service Providers effective 30 June 2005
- All TPPs and DSEs that store data on behalf of
Level 3 merchants must complete an onsite review
and quarterly scans - Level 3 Service Providers Optional
The term Service Provider collectively refers to
Third Party Providers (TPPs) and Data Storage
Entities (DSEs).
7SDP Program Alignment Technical Documentation
- The SDP Program now utilizes four common
documents - Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security
Standard - developed by MasterCard and Visa
- endorsed by Amex, Discover, Diners and JCB.
- PCI Security Audit Procedures
- PCI Security Scanning Procedures
- PCI Self Assessment Questionnaire
- In addition to these PCI Standards, MasterCard
also has published and maintains the following
related documents - Security Standard Applicable to Scanning Vendors
- Electronic Commerce Architecture Best Practices
8Vendor Cross-Recognition
- Onsite reviewers
- Visa will continue to qualify onsite reviewers
globally through each Visa region - MasterCard requires that all onsite reviewers be
qualified by Visa - Security Scanning Vendors
- MasterCard will continue security scanning
compliance testing on a global basis - Visa requires that all security scanning vendors
successfully complete MasterCard compliance
testing
9MasterCard SDP Compliance Process for Members
- Member Compliance Process
- Members determine merchant and service provider
compliance based on vendor recommendations/reports
- SDP registrations via the Merchant Registration
Program (MRP) - MRP is available to MasterCard members only
- Accessed through a MasterCard subscription
service called MasterCard Online (MOL) - Requires Members to annually register both
merchants and service providers as compliant - Regular submission of SDP Status Forms
- Non-compliance assessments
10MasterCard SDP Compliance Processfor Merchants
and Service Providers
- Merchants and service providers are responsible
for selecting a qualified onsite assessor and/or
a compliant security scanning vendor - Vendors should provide reports directly to
merchants and service providers - Merchants and service providers share those
reports with Acquiring Members - Executive Summary reports or vendor letters of
attestation are critical for acquirer compliance
determination. For onsite audits, please consult
regional Visa requirements regarding formal
recommendations of compliance.
11MasterCard SDP Compliance ProcessSelf-Assessment
Questionnaire
- Requirement for Level 2 and 3 merchants
- 74 Questions organized according to the PCI
standards 12 requirements - Merchants and service providers are not required
to engage a vendor or use a vendor portal for
completing the self-assessment - Vendors may choose to offer self-assessment
services - Portal for completion
- Remediation
12Scan Vendor Compliance Testing Program2005
Testing Scope
- New version of the Security Standard Applicable
to Scanning Vendors - Beginning April 2005, new sets of vulnerabilities
to be identified during testing - Wider variety of Operating Systems
- New hardware platforms including non-Intel
architectures - All major databases, application servers, latest
web servers - Web application, as per the Open Web Application
Security Project (OWASP) - Extension of testing to WLAN security (under
investigation)
13Scan Vendor Compliance Testing Program2005
Service
- Improved level of service
- Start of an approval maintenance process
- To ensure that tested scan solutions are kept
current with latest vulnerabilities - Revalidation process to start in April 2005
- Vendors will progressively be called in to
re-test their scanning solutions - Registration will include one test session
- Additional 2 test sessions (max) subject to fee
14MasterCard Support
- For MasterCard support on
- Web site https//sdp.mastercardintl.com
- Vendor compliance testing SDP_Vendor_Compliance_at_
mastercard.com - SDP Program sdp_at_mastercard.com
- Vendor communications and business relationship
management tom_maxwell_at_mastercard.com