CIS Controls v8
CIS Control 11: Data Recovery

CIS Controls v8 CIS-11.3: Protect Recovery Data

Give recovery data protection equal to that of the original data, drawing on encryption or data separation as the requirements dictate.

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What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 55 controls across 23 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 · 8 controls

ISO 27001:2022 · 5 controls

  • 5.29 Information security during disruption
  • 7.10 Storage media
  • 8.13 Information backup
  • 8.24 Use of cryptography
  • 8.33 Test information

FedRAMP High · 4 controls

  • AU-9 Protection of Audit Information
  • CP-9 System Backup
  • CP-9(8) System Backup | Cryptographic Protection (CP-9(8))
  • MP-4 Media Storage

FedRAMP Moderate · 4 controls

  • AU-9 Protection of Audit Information
  • CP-9 System Backup
  • CP-9(8) System Backup | Cryptographic Protection (CP-9(8))
  • MP-4 Media Storage

ISO 27002:2022 · 4 controls

  • 5.33 Protection of records
  • 7.10 Storage media
  • 8.13 Information backup
  • 8.24 Use of cryptography

PCI DSS 4.0 · 4 controls

  • 1.2.8 1.2.8 NSC configuration files secured and consistent
  • 10.3.2 10.3.2 Audit log files protected from modification
  • 3.6.1.3 3.6.1.3 Cleartext key component access limited to minimum custodians
  • 9.4.1.1 9.4.1.1 Secure storage location for offline backups

SOC 2 · 4 controls

  • SOC2-A1.2 A1.2 Environmental protection, backup and recovery infrastructure
  • SOC2-C1.1 C1.1 Identifying and maintaining confidential information
  • SOC2-CC6.4 CC6.4 Restricting physical access to facilities and assets
  • SOC2-CC6.7 CC6.7 Restricting and protecting information in transmission, movement and removal
  • ISM-1707 Privileged accounts prevented from altering backups
  • ISM-1811 Secure and resilient retention of backups
  • ISM-1814 Unprivileged accounts prevented from altering backups

HIPAA Security Rule · 2 controls

ISO 22301:2019 · 2 controls

  • 8.3.4 Resource requirements
  • 8.3.5 Implementation of solutions
  • NIST-CSF-PR.DS-11 Backups of data are created, protected, maintained, and tested
  • NIST-CSF-RC.RP-03 The integrity of backups and other restoration assets is verified before using them for restoration

NIST SP 800-66 Rev 2 · 2 controls

  • E8-BACKUP-ML2 Regular Backups (ML2)
  • ANSSI-HYG-31 Encrypt Sensitive Data, in Particular on Equipment That May Be Lost
  • BR-2 Protect backup and recovery data

C5 (Germany) · 1 control

  • CFTC-SS-37 Protection of Swap Data Repository Data

CMMC 2.0 · 1 control

DORA · 1 control

  • DORA-Art.12 Backup policies and procedures, restoration and recovery

ISO 27701:2019 · 1 control

  • 03.08.09 System Backup - Cryptographic Protection

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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