Using Okta Adaptive MFA for PCI 3.2

PCI DSS, or the Payment Credit Industry Data Security Standard, is an industry regulation that applies to any company that accepts credit cards for payments processing. The goal of the standard is to establish best practices in securing consumer information to prevent broad scale breaches of credit card and personal information.

As identity is a key component of a PCI security program, Okta frequently helps companies meet these requirements. In particular, many organisations leverage Okta’s Adaptive Multi-Factor Authentication solution for achieving PCI compliance. Okta AMFA is the preferred solution for companies that need to protect critical data and assets with strong authentication, while maintaining a great end user experience.

With the release of PCI-DSS 3.2 standard and the guidance around MFA, we have seen a lot of questions from customers and prospective customers around what is required, wha