Cardholder card environment

The area of a computer system that owns cardholder data or sensitive authentication data, and systems and segments that directly support processing, storing or transmitting the cardholder.

A reasonable network segmentation that isolates systems that store, process, or transmit cardholder data from others can reduce the range of cardholder card environment and thus the range of PCI DSS ratings.


Cardholder card environment

The area of a computer system that owns cardholder data or sensitive authentication data, and systems and segments that directly support processing, storing or transmitting the cardholder.

A reasonable network segmentation that isolates systems that store, process, or transmit cardholder data from others can reduce the range of cardholder card environment and thus the range of PCI DSS ratings.

Used in methodology