CIS Controls v8
CIS Control 10: Malware Defenses

CIS Controls v8 CIS-10.4: Configure Automatic Anti-Malware Scanning of Removable Media

Set anti-malware software to scan removable media automatically.

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

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This control maps to 29 controls across 17 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 · 5 controls

FedRAMP High · 3 controls

  • MA-3(2) Maintenance Tools | Inspect Media (MA-3(2))
  • MP-7 Media Use
  • SI-3 Malicious Code Protection

FedRAMP Moderate · 3 controls

  • MA-3(2) Maintenance Tools | Inspect Media (MA-3(2))
  • MP-7 Media Use
  • SI-3 Malicious Code Protection

ISO 27001:2022 · 2 controls

  • 7.10 Storage media
  • 8.7 Protection against malware
  • NIST-CSF-DE.CM-09 Computing hardware and software, runtime environments, and their data are monitored to find potentially adverse events
  • NIST-CSF-PR.DS-01 The confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data-at-rest are protected

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 · 2 controls

PCI DSS 4.0 · 2 controls

  • 5.3.2 5.3.2 Periodic and real-time scans or continuous behavioural analysis
  • 5.3.3 5.3.3 Anti-malware covers removable electronic media
  • ANSSI-HYG-15 Protect Against Threats Related to Removable Media
  • ASD37-13 Control removable storage media (Very Good)
  • ISM-1417 Antivirus application configuration

HIPAA Security Rule · 1 control

ISO 27002:2022 · 1 control

  • 8.7 Protection against malware

ISO 27701:2019 · 1 control

SOC 2 · 1 control

  • SOC2-CC6.8 CC6.8 Preventing and detecting unauthorised or malicious software

UK Cyber Essentials · 1 control

  • CE-MP.3 Anti-Malware Scans Files on Access and Web Pages

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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