ASD Strategies to Mitigate Cyber Security Incidents
Preventing Malware Delivery and Execution

ASD Strategies to Mitigate Cyber Security Incidents ASD37-01: Application control (Essential)

Application control to prevent execution of unapproved/malicious programs including .exe, DLL, scripts and installers.

Maintained by Gerard BlokdykVerified against the published standard Control text last updated

What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 53 controls across 21 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

CMMC 2.0 · 5 controls

CIS Controls v8 · 4 controls

  • CIS-2.3 Address Unauthorized Software
  • CIS-2.5 Allowlist Authorized Software
  • CIS-2.6 Allowlist Authorized Libraries
  • CIS-2.7 Allowlist Authorized Scripts

FedRAMP High · 4 controls

  • AC-6(10) Prohibit Non-Privileged Users from Executing Privileged Functions
  • CM-11 User-Installed Software
  • CM-7(2) Prevent Program Execution
  • CM-7(5) Authorized Software Allow-by-Exception

FedRAMP Moderate · 4 controls

  • AC-6(10) Prohibit Non-Privileged Users from Executing Privileged Functions
  • CM-11 User-Installed Software
  • CM-7(2) Prevent Program Execution
  • CM-7(5) Authorized Software Allow-by-Exception

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 · 4 controls

ACSC Essential Eight · 3 controls

  • E8-APP-ML1 Application Control (ML1)
  • E8-APP-ML2 Application Control (ML2)
  • E8-APP-ML3 Application Control (ML3)

ISO 27001:2022 · 3 controls

  • 8.18 Use of privileged utility programs
  • 8.19 Installation of software on operational systems
  • 8.7 Protection against malware

ISO 27002:2022 · 3 controls

  • 8.18 Use of privileged utility programs
  • 8.19 Installation of software on operational systems
  • 8.7 Protection against malware

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 · 3 controls

  • 03.01.07 Least Privilege - Privileged Functions
  • 03.04.08 Authorized Software - Allow by Exception
  • 03.14.02 Malicious Code Protection

Azure Security Benchmark · 2 controls

  • ASBv3-AM-5 Use only approved applications in virtual machine
  • ASBv3-PV-4 Audit and enforce secure configurations for compute resources

Cloud Security Alliance Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) v4.0.1 · 2 controls

HIPAA Security Rule · 2 controls

NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 · 2 controls

NIST SP 800-161 Rev 1 · 2 controls

NIST SP 800-66 Rev 2 · 2 controls

PCI DSS 4.0 · 2 controls

  • 2.2.4 2.2.4 Only necessary functionality enabled
  • 5.2.1 5.2.1 Anti-malware deployed on all system components

UK Cyber Essentials · 2 controls

  • CE-MP.1 Anti-Malware Software Deployed
  • CE-MP.4 Application Allowlisting (Alternative)

ASIC Cyber Resilience Good Practices · 1 control

AWS Well-Architected Security Pillar · 1 control

C5 (Germany) · 1 control

  • C5-OPS-23 Managing Vulnerabilities, Malfunctions and Errors - System Hardening

SOC 2 · 1 control

  • SOC2-CC6.8 CC6.8 Preventing and detecting unauthorised or malicious software

Every mapping shown was judged rather than inferred from wording similarity, and the ones that failed review are published too. See the coverage reports and what was rejected.

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ASD Strategies to Mitigate Cyber Security Incidents ASD37-01 is one control. If you already hold one of the frameworks below, a reviewed crosswalk already says how much of ASD Strategies to Mitigate Cyber Security Incidents your existing evidence covers. Hold NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 and 32 of 37 ASD Strategies to Mitigate Cyber Security Incidents controls already carry evidence.

If you hold NIST SP 800-53 Rev 586.5% covered · 5 gapsIf you hold FedRAMP Moderate83.8% covered · 6 gapsIf you hold ISO 27001:202278.4% covered · 8 gapsIf you hold ISO 27002:202278.4% covered · 8 gapsIf you hold CMMC 2.075.7% covered · 9 gapsIf you hold NIST SP 800-171 Rev 370.3% covered · 11 gaps

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