PCI DSS 4.0 vs SOC 2
What is the difference between PCI DSS 4.0 and SOC 2?
PCI DSS 4.0 is a financial services framework applying in International, with 249 controls across 12 domains. SOC 2 is a other framework applying in the United States, with 61 controls across 5 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.
PCI DSS 4.0 into SOC 2
37.7%23 of 61 SOC 2 controls carry evidence from PCI DSS 4.0, leaving 38 to satisfy separately.
121 candidate mappings were examined and 56 were rejected on review, signed off 2026-08-19.
Read the full crosswalk, including every rejected mapping →SOC 2 into PCI DSS 4.0
16.1%40 of 249 PCI DSS 4.0 controls carry evidence from SOC 2, leaving 209 to satisfy separately.
753 candidate mappings were examined and 620 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 SOC 2
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