AWS Well-Architected Security Pillar
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AWS Well-Architected Security Pillar SEC01-BP01: Separate workloads using accounts

Use AWS Organizations and multiple AWS accounts to separate workloads, environments and data classifications, enforcing isolation boundaries that contain blast radius and simplify governance.

What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 65 controls across 24 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 · 6 controls

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 · 6 controls

  • NIST800-AC-5 Separation of duties
  • NIST800-AU-9 Protection of audit information
  • NIST800-PL-8 Security and privacy architectures
  • NIST800-SC-3 Security Function Isolation. Isolate security functions from nonsecurity functions
  • NIST800-SC-32 System Partitioning. Partition the system into [organization-defined] residing in separate [organization-defined] domains or environments based on [organization-defined]
  • NIST800-SC-7 Boundary protection

FedRAMP High · 5 controls

  • AC-4(21) Physical or Logical Separation of Information Flows
  • AC-5 Separation of Duties
  • AU-9 Protection of Audit Information
  • SC-2 Separation of System and User Functionality
  • SC-7 Boundary Protection

FedRAMP Moderate · 5 controls

  • AC-4(21) Physical or Logical Separation of Information Flows
  • AC-5 Separation of Duties
  • AU-9 Protection of Audit Information
  • SC-2 Separation of System and User Functionality
  • SC-7 Boundary Protection

ISO 27001:2022 · 4 controls

  • 5.23 Information security for use of cloud services
  • 5.3 Segregation of duties
  • 8.22 Segregation of networks
  • 8.31 Separation of development, test and production environments
  • AC-5 Separation of Duties
  • AU-9 Protection of Audit Information
  • SC-2 Separation of System and User Functionality
  • SC-7 Boundary Protection
  • AC-5 Separation of Duties
  • AU-9 Protection of Audit Information
  • SC-2 Separation of System and User Functionality
  • SC-7 Boundary Protection

C5 (Germany) · 3 controls

  • C5-COS-06 Segregation of data traffic in jointly used network environments
  • C5-DEV-10 Separation of environments
  • C5-OPS-24 Separation of Datasets in the Cloud Infrastructure

ISO 27002:2022 · 3 controls

  • 5.23 Information security for use of cloud services
  • 8.22 Segregation of networks
  • 8.31 Separation of development, test and production environments

NIST SP 800-161 Rev 1 · 3 controls

PCI DSS 4.0 · 3 controls

  • 2.2.3 Primary functions isolated or secured to highest level
  • 6.5.3 Pre-production environments are separated from production environments and the separation is enforced with access controls
  • 6.5.4 Roles and functions are separated between production and pre-production environments to provide accountability such that only reviewed and approved changes are deployed
  • ANSSI-HYG-19 Segment the Network and Partition the Zones
  • ANSSI-HYG-28 Use a Dedicated and Partitioned Network for Administration
  • ASBv3-GS-2 Define and implement enterprise segmentation/separation of duties strategy
  • NS-1 Establish network segmentation boundaries

CIS Controls v8 · 2 controls

  • CIS-16.8 Separate Production and Non-Production Systems
  • CIS-3.12 Segment Data Processing and Storage Based on Sensitivity

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 · 2 controls

  • AU-9 Protection of Audit Information
  • SC-7 Boundary Protection
  • AUCDR-IS-STEP2 Step 2 - Define the boundaries of the CDR data environment

HIPAA Security Rule · 1 control

ISO 27701:2019 · 1 control

  • 6.9.1 Operational procedures and responsibilities
  • NIST-CSF-PR.IR-01 Networks and environments are protected from unauthorized logical access and usage

SOC 2 · 1 control

  • SOC2-CC6.1 Implements logical access security software, infrastructure and architectures over protected information assets

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