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12.10.5The security incident response plan includes monitoring and responding to alerts from security monitoring systems, including but not limited to: Intrusion-detection and intrusion-prevention systems.

>Requirement Description

The security incident response plan includes monitoring and responding to alerts from security monitoring systems, including but not limited to: Intrusion-detection and intrusion-prevention systems. Network security controls. Change-detection mechanisms for critical files. The change-and tamper-detection mechanism for payment pages. This bullet is a best practice until its effective date; refer to Applicability Notes below for details. Detection of unauthorized wireless access points. Applicability Notes The bullet above (for monitoring and responding to alerts from a change- and tamper-detection mechanism for payment pages) is a best practice until 31 March 2025, after which it will be required as part of Requirement 12.10.5 and must be fully considered during a PCI DSS assessment.

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