---
id: 8406
title: "Risk, Security and Subjectivity Within PCI"
source_domain: netspi.com
source_url: "https://www.netspi.com/blog/technical-blog/vulnerability-management/risk-security-and-subjectivity-within-pci/"
published_at: "2010-04-02T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["compliance", "risk-management", "pci-dss", "pci", "qsa", "compensating-controls"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/8406"
lang: en
---

# Risk, Security and Subjectivity Within PCI

## Summary

A Ponemon report shows only 2% of organizations fail PCI audits while 40% rely on compensating controls, exposing the standard's subjectivity and how often compliance substitutes for real security.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** netspi.com
- **Published:** 2010-04-02T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.netspi.com/blog/technical-blog/vulnerability-management/risk-security-and-subjectivity-within-pci/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/8406