The PCI Card Production and Provisioning Security Requirements mandate a formal, annual security awareness program for all personnel. A key component of this program, as stipulated in Requirement A.2.2, is educating personnel on how to recognize and report potential security incidents. Training on common attack methods, such as phishing, social engineering, and malware, is fundamental to an individual's ability to recognize such incidents. Therefore, this training is an essential and required part of the annual security awareness program for compliance.

B. Annual training on use of mantraps: This is too specific. Training on physical security controls like mantraps is only required for personnel whose roles involve their use, not for all staff annually.

C. Security awareness exams for all personnel: The standard requires personnel to acknowledge that they have read and understood the security policy annually, but it does not explicitly mandate a formal exam to test comprehension.

D. Security posters must be placed in the facility: The standard requires using multiple communication methods for awareness and lists posters as an example, not a mandatory requirement.

1. PCI Security Standards Council, "PCI Card Production and Provisioning - Logical Security Requirements, Version 3.0," November 2020.

Requirement A.2.1: "Educate personnel upon hire and at least annually." This establishes the annual frequency.

Requirement A.2.2: "Personnel are educated about procedures for recognizing and reporting potential security incidents." This directly supports that training must cover topics like common attack methods, which are the primary source of security incidents that personnel would need to recognize.

Requirement A.2.1 (Note): "Multiple methods of communication must be used to ensure personnel are educated (for example, posters, letters, memos, web-based training, meetings, and promotions)." This shows that posters (Option D) are an example, not a mandate.

Requirement A.2.1: "Personnel must acknowledge, in writing or electronically, that they have read and understood the information security policy at least annually." This specifies acknowledgment, not an exam (Option C).