Australian Information Security Manual
Guidelines for system hardening

Australian Information Security Manual ISM-1235: Restricting add-ons, extensions and plug-ins

Add-ons, extensions and plug-ins for office productivity suites, web browsers, email clients, PDF applications and security products are restricted to an organisation-approved set.

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What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 2 controls across 2 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

CIS Controls v8 · 1 control

  • CIS-9.4 Restrict Unnecessary or Unauthorized Browser and Email Client Extensions

ISO 27002:2022 · 1 control

  • 8.19 Installation of software on operational systems

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.

Other controls in Guidelines for system hardening

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The graph holds this control, the 2 it maps to, and the evidence behind each claim, over MCP and REST.