--- title: you don't have 30 days. #springofficehours | daily.dev description: A candid discussion challenging the common assumption that teams have 30 days to patch critical vulnerabilities under PCI compliance. The conversation argues... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/you-don-t-have-30-days-springofficehours-szitwlarm twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: you don't have 30 days. #springofficehours | daily.dev og:description: A candid discussion challenging the common assumption that teams have 30 days to patch critical vulnerabilities under PCI compliance. The conversation argues... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/you-don-t-have-30-days-springofficehours-szitwlarm og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/sZiTwlArM.png og:image:alt: you don't have 30 days. #springofficehours og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # you don't have 30 days. #springofficehours **[Coffee \+ Software](https://daily.dev/sources/coffee-software)** · 1 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A candid discussion challenging the common assumption that teams have 30 days to patch critical vulnerabilities under PCI compliance. The conversation argues that practically speaking, security patching should begin immediately when vulnerabilities are disclosed — not after a 30-day window. It emphasizes that shipping new features should take a back seat to ensuring existing systems are secure, and highlights how proactive developers set up CVE alerts and daily scanning routines. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Does PCI DSS still allow 30 days to patch high and critical vulnerabilities? The traditional practice of treating 30 days as an acceptable window to patch high and critical vulnerabilities under PCI DSS is no longer the case; the spec has moved away from allowing that grace period. Security-conscious teams are advised to treat vulnerability disclosures as immediate action items rather than waiting out the full window, using alert triggers and daily scanning routines instead. _Teams tightening patch SLAs under PCI DSS can track vulnerability and compliance discussions on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Microsoft’s 3-day patching directive comes with added operational risk](https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-s-3-day-patching-directive-comes-with-added-operational-risk-hbmjvytiq) · CSO Online · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [the 90 day disclosure policy is dead](https://daily.dev/posts/the-90-day-disclosure-policy-is-dead-gnbby7qsj) · Lobsters · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [What Zero-Day Response Should Be in the Post-Mythos Era](https://daily.dev/posts/what-zero-day-response-should-be-in-the-post-mythos-era-sy5pwxui7) · BleepingComputer · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [The 72-Hour Rule: CISA Just Turned Patch Management Into a Ticking Clock](https://daily.dev/posts/the-72-hour-rule-cisa-just-turned-patch-management-into-a-ticking-clock-d9yn7xfqn) · Security Boulevard · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [When Attacks Come Faster Than Patches: Why 2026 Will be the Year of Machine-Speed Security](https://daily.dev/posts/when-attacks-come-faster-than-patches-why-2026-will-be-the-year-of-machine-speed-security-ox6dyhwob) · The Hacker News · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#security](https://daily.dev/tags/security) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/you-don-t-have-30-days-springofficehours-szitwlarm) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"you don't have 30 days. #springofficehours","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/you-don-t-have-30-days-springofficehours-szitwlarm","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/you-don-t-have-30-days-springofficehours-szitwlarm"},"datePublished":"2026-08-05T15:12:17.608Z","dateModified":"2026-09-14T07:41:08.629Z","description":"A candid discussion challenging the common assumption that teams have 30 days to patch critical vulnerabilities under PCI compliance. 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