AWS Well-Architected Security Pillar
Data Protection

AWS Well-Architected Security Pillar SEC07-BP01: Understand your data classification scheme

Understand and document the classification scheme that applies to the data the workload processes, including handling requirements, storage locations, owners and the legal obligations attached to each class.

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What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 42 controls across 20 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

Cloud Security Alliance Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) v4.0.1 · 5 controls

ISO 27001:2022 · 5 controls

  • 5.12 Classification of information
  • 5.13 Labelling of information
  • 5.31 Legal, statutory, regulatory and contractual requirements
  • 5.34 Privacy and protection of personal identifiable information (PII)
  • 5.9 Inventory of information and other associated assets

FedRAMP High · 3 controls

  • CM-12 Information Location (CM-12)
  • MP-3 Media Marking
  • RA-2 Security Categorization

FedRAMP Moderate · 3 controls

  • CM-12 Information Location (CM-12)
  • MP-3 Media Marking
  • RA-2 Security Categorization

ISO 27002:2022 · 3 controls

  • 5.12 Classification of information
  • 5.31 Legal, statutory, regulatory and contractual requirements
  • 5.9 Inventory of information and other associated assets

NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 · 3 controls

  • NIST-CSF-GV.OC-03 Legal, regulatory, and contractual requirements regarding cybersecurity - including privacy and civil liberties obligations - are understood and managed
  • NIST-CSF-ID.AM-05 Assets are prioritized based on classification, criticality, resources, and impact on the mission
  • NIST-CSF-ID.AM-07 Inventories of data and corresponding metadata for designated data types are maintained

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 · 3 controls

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 · 3 controls

Azure Security Benchmark · 2 controls

  • ASBv3-DP-1 Discover, classify, and label sensitive data
  • ASBv3-GS-3 Define and implement data protection strategy

CIS Controls v8 · 2 controls

  • CIS-3.1 Establish and Maintain a Data Management Process
  • CIS-3.7 Establish and Maintain a Data Classification Scheme

ANSSI Guide d'hygiene informatique (42 mesures, v2.0) · 1 control

  • ANSSI-HYG-04 Identify the Most Sensitive Information and Servers and Maintain a Network Diagram

Australia Consumer Data Right - Banking (CDR) · 1 control

  • AUCDR-IS-STEP2 Step 2 - Define the boundaries of the CDR data environment

C5 (Germany) · 1 control

  • C5-AM-06 Asset Classification and Labelling

CMMC 2.0 · 1 control

HIPAA Security Rule · 1 control

ISO 27701:2019 · 1 control

  • 6.5.2 Information classification

NIST SP 800-161 Rev 1 · 1 control

NIST SP 800-66 Rev 2 · 1 control

PCI DSS 4.0 · 1 control

  • 9.4.2 9.4.2 Classification of media by data sensitivity

SOC 2 · 1 control

  • SOC2-C1.1 C1.1 Identifying and maintaining confidential information

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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AWS Well-Architected Security Pillar SEC07-BP01 is one control. If you already hold one of the frameworks below, a reviewed crosswalk already says how much of AWS Well-Architected Security Pillar your existing evidence covers. Hold NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 and 52 of 63 AWS Well-Architected Security Pillar controls already carry evidence.

If you hold NIST SP 800-53 Rev 582.5% covered · 11 gapsIf you hold Cloud Security Alliance Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) v4.0.174.6% covered · 16 gapsIf you hold ISO 27002:202273% covered · 17 gapsIf you hold FedRAMP Moderate69.8% covered · 19 gapsIf you hold Azure Security Benchmark65.1% covered · 22 gapsIf you hold PCI DSS 4.063.5% covered · 23 gaps

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