PCI DSS Milestones Reporting

BigFix Compliance PCI Add-on provides additional reports to show a cumulative compliance state of your endpoints based on the PCI DSS Milestones.

The PCI DSS Milestones reports are generated based on the Prioritized Approach for PCI DSS document. The mapping was used in creating the checklists for the prioritized approach.
Figure 1. PCI DSS Milestone mapping

PCI DSS Milestone mapping

Each milestone has a corresponding checklist and is intended to provide a roadmap to address risks in a prioritized order. Milestones enable merchants to demonstrate progress on compliance process.

To view the list of checklists, click Reports > Checklists. There are 7 milestone checklists in total, including the milestone summary checklist.

You can view more information about a checklist by clicking the checklist name from the Checklist view.
Figure 2. PCI DSS Milestone Checklist List

PCI DSS Milestone Checklist List

Milestones Summary Checklist Overview

To view the Milestones Summary checklist, click Reports > Checklists. Then, select PCIDSS_Milestones.

This view shows a summary of all six milestones in a graphic representation of compliance history, computers by compliance quartile, and check results history with an overall compliance percentage shown in the top left corner of the console.

From this view, you can:
  • View the list of checks by clicking on the number of checks available.
  • View the list of computers by clicking on the number of computers available.
  • View the list of checks and computers based on their compliance status.
Figure 3. PCI DSS Milestone Summary Checklist Overview

PCI DSS Milestone Summary Checklist Overview

Checklist Overview

To view an overview of a specific milestone checklist, click Reports > Checklists. Then, select a milestone: PCIDSS_Milestone_<number>.

The Overview presents a graphic representation of compliance history, computers by compliance quartile, and check results history with an overall compliance percentage shown in the top left corner of the console.

From this view, you can:
  • View the list of checks by clicking on the number of checks available.
  • View the list of computers by clicking on the number of computers available.
  • View the list of checks and computers based on their compliance status.
In this example, you can see the overview of the PCIDSS_Milestone_1 checklist.
Figure 4. PCI DSS Milestone Checklist Overview

PCI DSS Milestone Checklist Overview

Checks List

You can view the available checks in a checklist in detail by drilling down to the checks. You can do this by clicking the number of checks displayed on the Checklist Overview page.
Figure 5. PCI DSS Milestone Checklist Overview - Checks Link

PCI DSS Milestone Checklist Overview - Checks Link
The Checks List report shows the list of checks in the given scope together with attributes of each check and the overall, historical aggregate compliance results (the aggregate of all visible computer’s pass and fail score) of each check.
Figure 6. PCI DSS Milestone Check List

PCI DSS Milestone Check List

List of Computers

You can view the list of computers that are relevant to a specific milestone. To view this report, click the number of computers displayed on the Checklist Overview page.
Figure 7. PCI DSS Milestone Check Overview - Computers Link

PCI DSS Milestone Checklist Overview - Computers Link
This view lists all the computers that are applicable to a particular milestone checklist, in this case, milestone 1.
Figure 8. PCI DSS Milestone Check Overview - Computers Link

PCI DSS Milestone Checklist Overview - Computers Link

List of compliant checks and computers

You can configure the view according to what information you want to display by using the Configure View option.
Figure 9. Configure View Option

Configure View Option
In this example, use Filters to specify that you want to view only the checks and computers that compliant to PCI DSS milestone 1.
Figure 10. Configure View Dialog

Configure View Dialog
This view shows which computers and checks are in compliance with a particular milestone checklist, in this case, milestone 1.
Figure 11. Report configured to show compliance to a specific requirement

Report configured to show compliance to a specific requirement

You can also configure the view to show computers and checks that are not in compliance with a particular milestone checklist.