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RE: MasterCard backs off Security, Leave Cardholders at Risk
From: "Evans, Arian" <Arian.Evans () fishnetsecurity com>
Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 14:53:01 -0500
Correct me if I'm wrong, but there is no such thing in PCI as "a full scale in depth web application test", as nice as that sounds. IIRC, it's a generic BITS/Roundtable type checklist, "do you have passwords" kind of stuff. One of the checklist items is "was an assessment performed that evaluated [insert OWASP Top-10]". Another checklist item was "are a [smattering] of [software developer types] trained on the [insert OWASP Top-10]?" This is due diligence. Not a bad thing, to be true, but how is a checklist auditor going to know if the group that assessed the application knew how to test for blind SQL Injection, and timing-based inference (SQL Injection or otherwise), let alone buffer overflows, properly encoded XSS/script strings, or if they just clicked "scan"? That's a huge difference, and far from leaving me with a warm fuzzy. I've seen such a huge variance in reports from vendors performing webappsec assessments it's shocking (or maybe not); at least two were worse than if they'd just gotten a commercial webapp scanner and clicked "scan". However, it's a start. To be sure. Gotta start somewhere. </insert_random_sql_syntax_check></check_requirements_box> -ae
-----Original Message----- From: fscwi () hotmail com [mailto:fscwi () hotmail com] Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 8:58 AM To: webappsec () securityfocus com Subject: Re: MasterCard backs off Security, Leave Cardholders at Risk This only applies to the requirements for PCI vulnerability scanning. All applications involved with processing credit card transactions must still undergo a full scale in depth web application test as defined in the PCI Security Audit Standard. The difference is the web application security test standard states it must be done on an annual basis, and can be done by either an outside vendor or using internal staff. Vulnerability scanning on the other hand must done on a quarterly basis (for most merchants) by an outside service provider that has been evaluated and approved by MasterCard. -------------------------------------------------------------- ----------- Sponsored by: Watchfire Watchfire's AppScan is the industry's first and leading web application security testing suite, and the only solution to provide comprehensive remediation tasks at every level of the application. Change the way you think about application security testing - See for yourself. Download a Free Trial of AppScan 6.0 today! https://www.watchfire.com/securearea/appscansix.aspx?id=701300 000007kaF -------------------------------------------------------------- ------------
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- MasterCard backs off Security, Leave Cardholders at Risk auto471292 (Jun 07)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: MasterCard backs off Security, Leave Cardholders at Risk fscwi (Jun 07)
- RE: MasterCard backs off Security, Leave Cardholders at Risk Evans, Arian (Jun 08)
- RE: MasterCard backs off Security, Leave Cardholders at Risk Craig Wright (Jun 08)
- RE: MasterCard backs off Security, Leave Cardholders at Risk Evans, Arian (Jun 08)
- RE: MasterCard backs off Security, Leave Cardholders at Risk Craig Wright (Jun 08)
- RE: MasterCard backs off Security, Leave Cardholders at Risk David P. Durko (Jun 09)
- RE: MasterCard backs off Security, Leave Cardholders at Risk Craig Wright (Jun 09)
- Re: RE: MasterCard backs off Security, Leave Cardholders at Risk erez (Jun 15)