PCI Software Security Framework
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The PCI Software Security Framework is a set of standards and validation programs from the PCI Security Standards Council that define modern security requirements and lifecycle practices for payment software to protect cardholder data.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| PCI Software Security Framework canonical | 4 |
| PCI Secure Software Standard | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8283804 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: PCI Software Security Framework Context triple: [Payment Application Data Security Standard, supersededBy, PCI Software Security Framework]
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A.
PA-DSS
PA-DSS (Payment Application Data Security Standard) is a security standard that defines requirements for software vendors to ensure their payment applications securely handle cardholder data and support PCI DSS compliance.
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B.
PCI 3-D Secure Core Security Standard
The PCI 3-D Secure Core Security Standard is a payment security specification that defines technical and security requirements for implementing 3-D Secure authentication in card-not-present transactions.
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C.
PCI DSS
PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) is a global set of security requirements designed to protect cardholder data and reduce credit card fraud for organizations that handle payment card information.
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D.
PCI PIN Transaction Security
PCI PIN Transaction Security is a global security standard that defines technical and operational requirements to protect PIN-based payment card transactions and the devices that process them.
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E.
Payment Application Data Security Standard
The Payment Application Data Security Standard (PA-DSS) is a set of security requirements designed to help software vendors develop payment applications that securely handle cardholder data and support PCI DSS compliance.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: PCI Software Security Framework Target entity description: The PCI Software Security Framework is a set of standards and validation programs from the PCI Security Standards Council that define modern security requirements and lifecycle practices for payment software to protect cardholder data.
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A.
PA-DSS
PA-DSS (Payment Application Data Security Standard) is a security standard that defines requirements for software vendors to ensure their payment applications securely handle cardholder data and support PCI DSS compliance.
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B.
PCI 3-D Secure Core Security Standard
The PCI 3-D Secure Core Security Standard is a payment security specification that defines technical and security requirements for implementing 3-D Secure authentication in card-not-present transactions.
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C.
PCI DSS
PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) is a global set of security requirements designed to protect cardholder data and reduce credit card fraud for organizations that handle payment card information.
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D.
PCI PIN Transaction Security
PCI PIN Transaction Security is a global security standard that defines technical and operational requirements to protect PIN-based payment card transactions and the devices that process them.
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E.
Payment Application Data Security Standard
The Payment Application Data Security Standard (PA-DSS) is a set of security requirements designed to help software vendors develop payment applications that securely handle cardholder data and support PCI DSS compliance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
payment card industry standard
ⓘ
security standard framework ⓘ |
| abbreviation | PCI SSF ⓘ |
| appliesTo | payment software ⓘ |
| defines |
lifecycle practices for payment software
ⓘ
security requirements for payment software vendors ⓘ validation programs for payment software ⓘ |
| developedBy | PCI Security Standards Council ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
cardholder data protection
ⓘ
software security ⓘ |
| geographicScope | global ⓘ |
| governs | validation of payment software security ⓘ |
| governsAssessmentType | software security assessment ⓘ |
| governsDataType |
cardholder data
ⓘ
sensitive authentication data ⓘ |
| hasLifecycleFocus |
deployment phase
ⓘ
design phase ⓘ development phase ⓘ maintenance phase ⓘ retirement phase ⓘ testing phase ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
define security requirements for payment software
ⓘ
protect cardholder data ⓘ support secure payment software development lifecycle ⓘ |
| hasScope |
design of payment software
ⓘ
development of payment software ⓘ maintenance of payment software ⓘ support processes for payment software ⓘ |
| includesComponent |
Secure Software Lifecycle Standard
ⓘ
linked to:
PCI Secure Software Lifecycle Standard
Secure Software Standard ⓘ
linked to:
PCI Secure Software Lifecycle Standard
|
| includesProgram |
Secure Software Lifecycle Program
ⓘ
linked to:
PCI Secure Software Lifecycle Standard
Secure Software Program ⓘ |
| isSuccessorTo | Payment Application Data Security Standard ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| publisher | PCI Security Standards Council ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
PCI 3-D Secure SDK Security Standard
ⓘ
linked to:
PCI 3-D Secure Core Security Standard
PCI Data Security Standard ⓘ
linked to:
PCI DSS
|
| replaced | Payment Application Data Security Standard ⓘ |
| requires |
access control for payment software
ⓘ
logging and monitoring in payment software ⓘ protection of cryptographic keys in software ⓘ secure software architecture ⓘ secure software development practices ⓘ vulnerability management for payment software ⓘ |
| supports | risk-based security approach for payment software ⓘ |
| supportsComplianceWith | PCI DSS requirements for payment software ⓘ |
| targetsAudience |
assessors of payment software security
ⓘ
payment software vendors ⓘ software developers of payment applications ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: PCI Software Security Framework Description of subject: The PCI Software Security Framework is a set of standards and validation programs from the PCI Security Standards Council that define modern security requirements and lifecycle practices for payment software to protect cardholder data.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: PCI Software Security Framework