PCI DSS 4.0 vs C5 (Germany)
What is the difference between PCI DSS 4.0 and C5 (Germany)?
PCI DSS 4.0 is a financial services framework applying in International, with 249 controls across 12 domains. C5 (Germany) is a other framework applying in Germany, with 121 controls across 17 domains. They govern different subjects, so the overlap is limited to the governance requirements they share. The mapping below shows where that is.
Measured coverage between these frameworks
We map controls between these two frameworks in a knowledge graph and have a person review every mapping before it is published. Below is what that review found. The figures are read live from the graph, not written by hand.
C5 (Germany) into PCI DSS 4.0
35.7%89 of 249 PCI DSS 4.0 controls carry evidence from C5 (Germany), leaving 160 to satisfy separately.
182 candidate mappings were examined and 4 were rejected on review, signed off 2026-08-19.
Read the full crosswalk, including every rejected mapping →PCI DSS 4.0 into C5 (Germany)
42.1%51 of 121 C5 (Germany) controls carry evidence from PCI DSS 4.0, leaving 70 to satisfy separately.
131 candidate mappings were examined and 8 were rejected on review, signed off 2026-08-19.
Read the full crosswalk, including every rejected mapping →Coverage is directional. Mapping A into B is a different measurement from B into A, because the two standards do not carry the same depth on the same subjects.
Questions people ask about PCI DSS 4.0 and C5 (Germany)
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