CFTC System Safeguards (17 CFR 37, 38, 39, 49)
CFTC System Safeguards: Cybersecurity Testing

CFTC System Safeguards (17 CFR 37, 38, 39, 49) CFTC-SS-34: Internal Penetration Testing

Conduct internal penetration testing of a scope sufficient to satisfy the scope requirement, at a frequency determined by an appropriate risk analysis and no less frequently than annually for covered entities, performed by independent contractors or by employees not responsible for development or operation of the systems tested.

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What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 20 controls across 14 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 · 2 controls

  • CIS-18.1 Establish and Maintain a Penetration Testing Program
  • CIS-18.5 Perform Periodic Internal Penetration Tests

FedRAMP High · 2 controls

  • CA-8 Penetration Testing
  • CA-8(2) Penetration Testing | Red Team Exercises (CA-8(2))

FedRAMP Moderate · 2 controls

  • CA-8 Penetration Testing
  • CA-8(2) Penetration Testing | Red Team Exercises (CA-8(2))

NIST SP 800-161 Rev 1 · 2 controls

PCI DSS 4.0 · 2 controls

  • 11.4.1 11.4.1 Penetration testing methodology defined and implemented
  • 11.4.2 11.4.2 Internal penetration testing annually and after change

C5 (Germany) · 1 control

  • C5-OPS-19 Managing Vulnerabilities, Malfunctions and Errors - Penetration Tests

DORA · 1 control

HIPAA Security Rule · 1 control

SOC 2 · 1 control

  • SOC2-CC4.1 CC4.1 Ongoing and separate evaluations of control (COSO principle 16)

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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