Requirements & evidence
PCI PIN Security Requirements
PCI SSC's requirements for the secure management, processing, and transmission of personal identification number (PIN) data during payment transactions.
- Edition on record
- v3.1
- Issuing authority
- PCI Security Standards Council — PIN Security (opens in a new tab)
- Edition published
- Source last checked
Understand the scope
What the framework covers.
The library records this framework for payments, across global. The issuing authority determines applicability; your assessment scope should identify the organization, systems, services, and edition being assessed.
Areas of requirement
- PIN processing
- Key management
- Device security
- Personnel management
The library tracks the authority and edition. A normalized requirement catalog is not available for this framework, so a requirement count is not stated here.
Source access and licensing
Freely downloadable from PCI SSC; PCI SSC's terms permit identifiers and structure, not verbatim requirement text, without a separate license.
Prepare with context
The evidence behind
the requirements.
Evidence needs to demonstrate how a requirement is met within the assessment scope. Keep the source requirement, collection context, responsible owner, review decision, and period of applicability together.
A framework-specific collection workflow has not been activated. The reference material on this page can inform scoping and preparation; it does not establish evidence collection or assessment readiness.
ControlFrame availability
Framework reference available
Authority and version facts, with a parsed public catalog when available; no tenant blueprint or executable evidence method is activated.
How availability is determined
PCI PIN Security Requirements is tracked in the registry — authority, version ledger, verification — and nothing else is modelled for it yet. Import its catalog to begin.
Catalog status: Planned. Tracked metadata: we record the regime and its issuing authority for review. Registry presence does not mean automated monitoring is active. No control or requirement model is implemented.
Named and tracked only; requirements not modelled as a control catalog.
Follow the source
Editions and transitions.
These are the editions recorded in the library, checked September 6, 2026. Confirm the applicable edition with the authority before beginning an assessment.
- v3.1Current edition on record · Replaces v3.0
- v3.0Superseded editionPublication date not recorded
Recorded change history
· PCI PIN Security Requirements v3.1 supersedes v3.0 and is the current edition.
Check the basis
Sources you can follow.
Corroborated through independent sources; direct verification with the authority was unavailable. Source verification was recorded on September 6, 2026.
- PCI Security Standards Council — PIN Security (opens in a new tab)
Issuing authority and framework publication.
- Edition reference: v3.1 (opens in a new tab)
The publication used to establish the recorded edition.
Catalog provenance and record details
Framework record: pci-pin-security-3-1.
Source artifact: acquisition required.
Parsed catalog: Not ingested.
Control families as published: PIN processing · Key management · Device security · Personnel management.
Record last updated: September 6, 2026.
Common questions
A closer look.
What is PCI PIN Security Requirements?
PCI SSC's requirements for the secure management, processing, and transmission of personal identification number (PIN) data during payment transactions.
Who does PCI PIN Security Requirements apply to?
PCI PIN Security Requirements applies to payments, global, per PCI Security Standards Council — PIN Security.
What is the current version of PCI PIN Security Requirements?
The current edition is v3.1, issued by PCI Security Standards Council — PIN Security and published 2021-03-12. Source: https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org/standards/pin-security/.
What does an assessment under PCI PIN Security Requirements require?
No control catalog has been ingested for PCI PIN Security Requirements yet — the registry tracks it as planned (Tracked metadata: we record the regime and its issuing authority for review. Registry presence does not mean automated monitoring is active. No control or requirement model is implemented), so an assessment under this framework currently requires the authority's own catalog rather than a ControlFrame-parsed one.
At a glance
PCI PIN Security Requirements
v3.1
- Framework reference
- Authority and edition tracked
- Evidence preparation
- Framework reference available
- Source confidence
- Independent corroboration
A framework reference describes requirements. Evidence decisions belong to a scoped assessment and a named reviewer.
Make the requirements
part of the work.
Explore how ControlFrame can organize PCI PIN Security Requirements requirements, evidence preparation, and review for your assessment scope.