Australian Information Security Manual
Guidelines for system hardening

Australian Information Security Manual ISM-1657: Application control scope of file types

Application control restricts the execution of executables, libraries, scripts, installers, compiled HTML, HTML applications and control panel applets to an organisation-approved set.

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What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 9 controls across 4 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

ACSC Essential Eight · 4 controls

  • E8-APP-ML1 Application Control (ML1)
  • E8-APP-ML2 Application Control (ML2)
  • E8-APP-ML3 Application Control (ML3)
  • E8-APP-ISM-1657 Application control (ISM-1657): Application control restricts the execution of executables, software libraries, scripts, installers, compiled HTML, HTML applications and control panel applets to an organisation-approved set

CIS Controls v8 · 3 controls

  • CIS-2.5 Allowlist Authorized Software
  • CIS-2.6 Allowlist Authorized Libraries
  • CIS-2.7 Allowlist Authorized Scripts

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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