Azure Security Benchmark
Asset Management

Azure Security Benchmark AM-3: Ensure security of asset lifecycle management

Tag resources, track ownership, and decommission unused resources securely with documented lifecycle procedures.

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

What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 70 controls across 29 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

C5 (Germany) · 4 controls

CIS Controls v8 · 4 controls

  • CIS-1.1 Establish and Maintain Detailed Enterprise Asset Inventory
  • CIS-1.2 Address Unauthorized Assets
  • CIS-15.7 Securely Decommission Service Providers
  • CIS-3.5 Securely Dispose of Data

Cloud Security Alliance Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) v4.0.1 · 4 controls

FedRAMP High · 4 controls

  • CM-8 System Component Inventory
  • CM-8(1) Updates During Installation and Removal
  • MP-6 Media Sanitization
  • SR-12 Component Disposal (SR-12)

FedRAMP Moderate · 4 controls

  • CM-8 System Component Inventory
  • CM-8(1) Updates During Installation and Removal
  • MP-6 Media Sanitization
  • SR-12 Component Disposal (SR-12)

ISO 27001:2022 · 4 controls

  • 5.23 Information security for use of cloud services
  • 5.9 Inventory of information and other associated assets
  • 7.14 Secure disposal or re-use of equipment
  • 8.10 Information deletion

ISO 27002:2022 · 4 controls

  • 5.23 Information security for use of cloud services
  • 5.9 Inventory of information and other associated assets
  • 7.14 Secure disposal or re-use of equipment
  • 8.10 Information deletion

UK Cyber Essentials · 4 controls

  • CE-FW.5 Remove or Disable Unused Rules
  • CE-SC.1 Remove or Disable Unused Software
  • CE-SU.1 Software Licensed and Supported
  • CE-SU.4 Remove Out-of-Support Software

CMMC 2.0 · 3 controls

HIPAA Security Rule · 3 controls

NIST SP 800-161 Rev 1 · 3 controls

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 · 3 controls

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 · 3 controls

NIST SP 800-66 Rev 2 · 3 controls

Australia Consumer Data Right - Banking (CDR) · 2 controls

  • AUCDR-IS-3 Securely manage information assets over their lifecycle
  • AUCDR-PS-12 Privacy Safeguard 12 - Security of CDR data and destruction or de-identification of redundant CDR data

ISO 27701:2019 · 2 controls

NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 · 2 controls

  • NIST-CSF-ID.AM-08 Systems, hardware, software, services, and data are managed throughout their life cycles
  • NIST-CSF-PR.PS-02 Software is maintained, replaced, and removed commensurate with risk

PCI DSS 4.0 · 2 controls

  • 9.4.7 9.4.7 Destruction of electronic media
  • 3.2.1 3.2.1 Data retention and disposal minimise stored account data

SOC 2 · 2 controls

  • SOC2-C1.2 C1.2 Disposing of confidential information
  • SOC2-CC6.5 CC6.5 Protecting data on assets until disposal

ACSC Essential Eight · 1 control

  • E8-PATCHAPP-ML1 Patch Applications (ML1)

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

  • ANSSI-HYG-35 Anticipate the End of Maintenance of Software and Systems

APEC Cross-Border Privacy Rules (CBPR) System · 1 control

APRA CPS 230 Operational Risk Management · 1 control

  • CPS230-P25 Information and Technology Capability and Asset Health

APRA CPS 234 · 1 control

  • CPS234-21 Implementation of Information Security Controls

ASD Strategies to Mitigate Cyber Security Incidents · 1 control

  • ASD37-19 Patch operating systems (Essential)

AWS Well-Architected Security Pillar · 1 control

  • SEC07-BP04 Define scalable data lifecycle management

CFTC System Safeguards (17 CFR 37, 38, 39, 49) · 1 control

ISO/IEC 42001:2023 · 1 control

  • A.4.2 Resource documentation

NIST SP 800-172 · 1 control

  • 3.4.3e Automated Inventory of System Components

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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You are reading one control. How much of Azure Security Benchmark have you already done?

Azure Security Benchmark AM-3 is one control. If you already hold one of the frameworks below, a reviewed crosswalk already says how much of Azure Security Benchmark your existing evidence covers. Hold NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 and 71 of 85 Azure Security Benchmark controls already carry evidence.

If you hold NIST SP 800-53 Rev 583.5% covered · 14 gapsIf you hold FedRAMP Moderate78.8% covered · 18 gapsIf you hold Cloud Security Alliance Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) v4.0.172.9% covered · 23 gapsIf you hold ISO 27002:202269.4% covered · 26 gapsIf you hold C5 (Germany)65.9% covered · 29 gapsIf you hold ISO 27001:202261.2% covered · 33 gaps

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