CIS Controls v8
CIS Control 14: Security Awareness and Skills Training

CIS Controls v8 CIS-14.4: Train Workforce on Data Handling Best Practices

Teach the workforce how to recognise sensitive data and how to store, transfer, archive and destroy it correctly. Include clear screen and clear desk practice, for example locking the screen when leaving an enterprise asset, wiping physical and virtual whiteboards after meetings, and keeping data and assets stored securely.

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What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 40 controls across 22 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

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 · 4 controls

PCI DSS 4.0 · 4 controls

  • 12.2.1 12.2.1 Rules for acceptable use of end-user technology
  • 12.6.3 12.6.3 Security awareness training on hire and annually with acknowledgment
  • 12.6.3.2 12.6.3.2 Awareness training covers acceptable use of end-user technologies
  • 9.4.3 9.4.3 Securing media sent outside the facility

SOC 2 · 4 controls

  • SOC2-C1.1 C1.1 Identifying and maintaining confidential information
  • SOC2-C1.2 C1.2 Disposing of confidential information
  • SOC2-CC2.2 CC2.2 Internal communication of objectives and control responsibilities (COSO principle 14)
  • SOC2-P4.3 P4.3 Securely disposing of personal information

ISO 27001:2022 · 3 controls

  • 5.10 Acceptable use of information and other associated assets
  • 6.3 Information security awareness, education and training
  • 7.7 Clear desk and clear screen

ISO 27002:2022 · 3 controls

  • 5.10 Acceptable use of information and other associated assets
  • 6.3 Information security awareness, education and training
  • 7.7 Clear desk and clear screen

ISO 22301:2019 · 2 controls

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

  • ANSSI-HYG-02 Raise User Awareness of Basic Security Practice

APPI · 1 control

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

  • AUCDR-IS-6 Information security training and awareness program

Australia My Health Records Act 2012 · 1 control

Australian Information Security Manual · 1 control

  • ISM-0824 Sending and receiving files via online services

C5 (Germany) · 1 control

  • C5-AM-02 Acceptable Use and Safe Handling of Assets Policy

CIS Controls v8.1 · 1 control

  • 14.4 Train Workforce on Data Handling Best Practices

Cloud Security Alliance Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) v4.0.1 · 1 control

  • CCM-HRS-12 Personal and Sensitive Data Awareness and Training

FedRAMP High · 1 control

  • AT-2 Literacy Training and Awareness

FedRAMP Moderate · 1 control

  • AT-2 Literacy Training and Awareness

HIPAA Security Rule · 1 control

ISO 27701:2019 · 1 control

NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 · 1 control

  • NIST-CSF-PR.AT-01 Personnel are provided with awareness and training so that they possess the knowledge and skills to perform general tasks with cybersecurity risks in mind

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 · 1 control

  • 03.02.01 Literacy Training and Awareness

NIST SP 800-66 Rev 2 · 1 control

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.

Other controls in CIS Control 14: Security Awareness and Skills Training

You are reading one control. How much of CIS Controls v8 have you already done?

CIS Controls v8 CIS-14.4 is one control. If you already hold one of the frameworks below, a reviewed crosswalk already says how much of CIS Controls v8 your existing evidence covers. Hold ISO 27001:2022 and 102 of 153 CIS Controls v8 controls already carry evidence.

If you hold ISO 27001:202266.7% covered · 51 gapsIf you hold FedRAMP Moderate62.7% covered · 57 gapsIf you hold NIST SP 800-53 Rev 557.5% covered · 65 gapsIf you hold NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.050.3% covered · 76 gapsIf you hold ISO 27002:202249.7% covered · 77 gapsIf you hold Azure Security Benchmark49% covered · 78 gaps

Each report names every control your existing framework evidences, every one it does not, the reasoning behind each claim, and the claims that were argued against and rejected. 240 were rejected on the ISO 27001:2022 pair alone.

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