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According to the PCI Card Production and Provisioning – Physical Security Requirements, the Security Manager is the person who is responsible for approving visitor entry to the High Security Area (HSA) or cloud-based provisioning environment. The HSA is the area where card production and provisioning activities take place, such as card manufacturing, personalization, PIN generation and printing, and fulfillment. The cloud-based provisioning environment is the logical equivalent of the HSA for entities that provide over-the-air (OTA) provisioning or host card emulation (HCE) provisioning services. The Security Manager must ensure that visitors have a legitimate business need toenter the HSA or cloud-based provisioning environment, and must authorize their access in advance. The Security Manager must also maintain a visitor log that records the visitor’s name, company, date, time, and purpose of visit, as well as the escort’s name and signature. The Security Manager must also ensure that visitors are escorted by authorized personnel at all times, and that they wear a distinctive visitor badge. The head of the vendor facility, the Production Manager, or any other person is not required to approve visitor entry to the HSA or cloud-based provisioning environment, unless they are also designated as the Security Manager by the vendor. References:

• Payment Card Industry (PCI) Card Production and Provisioning – Physical Security Requirements, Section 3.1.1 and 3.1.2
• Payment Card Industry (PCI) Card Production and Provisioning – Glossary of Terms, Abbreviations, and Acronyms, Definitions of Security Manager, High Security Area, Cloud-Based Provisioning Environment, OTA Provisioning, and HCE Provisioning

 Card personalization is the process of transferring cardholder information, such as account number, name, expiration date, and other data, to a payment card. This can be done by various methods, such as magnetic stripe encoding, embossing, laser engraving, or chip programming. Chip programming is the method of personalizing a card that has an embedded microchip that can store and process data. Chip cards can support contact or contactless transactions, depending on the chip type and the terminal capabilities. Contact transactions require the card to be inserted into a reader, while contactless transactions use radio frequency (RF) communication between the card and the reader. The vendor in the question is performing card personalization by programming the chip and verifying the data on the card. References:

• Payment Card Industry (PCI) Card Production and Provisioning – Logical Security Requirements, Section 1.1.1
• Payment Card Industry (PCI) Card Production and Provisioning – Physical Security Requirements, Section 1.1.1
• Payment Card Industry (PCI) Card Production and Provisioning – Glossary of Terms, Abbreviations, and Acronyms, Definitions of Card Personalization, Chip Card, Contact Card, and Contactless Card

The PCI SSC (Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council) is the organization that develops and maintains the PCI Card Production Standards and related validation requirements, programs, and supporting documentation. The PCI SSC also provides training and qualification for CPSA Companies and CPSA Employees to perform PCI Card Production Assessments. The PCI SSC is the best source of guidance and clarification for any questions or issues related to the assessment process, testing methods, reporting requirements, and interpretation of the standards. The assessor can contact the PCI SSC by email, phone, or online form, as specified in the CPSA Program Guide1. The payment brands, issuing banks, and vendors are not responsible for defining or explaining the assessment requirements or testing methods, and may not have the same level of expertise or authority as the PCI SSC. References:

• Card Production Security Assessor (CPSA) Program Guide, Section 2.1 and 5.1
• Card Production Security Assessor (CPSA) Qualification Requirements, Section 1.1 and 2.1

According to the PCI Card Production and Provisioning Physical Security Requirements, the vendor must have an alarm system that monitors and detects unauthorized access to the card production and provisioning facilities, and that alerts the security control room or a central monitoring service. The alarm system must also be able to identify the location and cause of the alarm, and allow authorized personnel to reset it. The alarm system must be operational 24/7, and must be tested at least annually. The vendor must also have procedures to respond to alarms and incidents, and to report them to the relevant parties. If the alarm system does not send alerts to the security control room, or a central monitoring service, during working hours, the vendor may not be able to comply with these requirements, and may not be able to prevent, detect, or respond to unauthorized access or security breaches. This may cause a problem for their assessment, as they may not meet the PCI Card Production and Provisioning Physical Security Requirements. References: PCI Card Production and Provisioning Physical Security Requirements and Test Procedures v3.0, January 2022, pages 9-101

According to the PCI Card Production and Provisioning Physical Security Requirements, the vendor must have a secure inner shipping delivery room that is equipped with an alarm system and an access-control system. The alarm system must be triggered when any door of the inner shipping delivery room is opened without proper authorization. The access-control system must only allow the opening of the last activated door to liberate a person detected inside of the inner shipping delivery room and stop the alarm. This is to prevent unauthorized access or exit from the inner shipping delivery room, and to ensure that only one door can be opened at a time. References: PCI Card Production and Provisioning Physical Security Requirements and Test Procedures v3.0, January 2022, pages 18-191