CIS Controls v8
CIS Control 15: Service Provider Management

CIS Controls v8 CIS-15.6: Monitor Service Providers

Monitor service providers in line with the enterprise service provider management policy, which may involve reassessing their compliance from time to time, following their release notes, and monitoring the dark web.

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What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 72 controls across 25 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 · 9 controls

FedRAMP High · 7 controls

  • AC-20(1) Limits on Authorized Use
  • CA-7(4) Continuous Monitoring | Risk Monitoring (CA-7(4))
  • IR-6(3) Incident Reporting | Supply Chain Coordination (IR-6(3))
  • SA-9 External System Services
  • SR-2 Supply Chain Risk Management Plan (SR-2)
  • SR-3 Supply Chain Controls and Processes (SR-3)
  • SR-6 Supplier Assessments and Reviews (SR-6)

FedRAMP Moderate · 7 controls

  • AC-20(1) Limits on Authorized Use
  • CA-7(4) Continuous Monitoring | Risk Monitoring (CA-7(4))
  • IR-6(3) Incident Reporting | Supply Chain Coordination (IR-6(3))
  • SA-9 External System Services
  • SR-2 Supply Chain Risk Management Plan (SR-2)
  • SR-3 Supply Chain Controls and Processes (SR-3)
  • SR-6 Supplier Assessments and Reviews (SR-6)

ISO 27701:2019 · 6 controls

  • 5.7.1 Monitoring, measurement, analysis and evaluation
  • 6.12 Supplier relationships
  • 6.12.1 Information security in supplier relationships
  • 6.12.2 Supplier service delivery management
  • 6.15.2 Information security reviews
  • 8.5.6 Disclosure of subcontractors used to process PII

NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 · 6 controls

  • NIST-CSF-DE.CM-06 External service provider activities and services are monitored to find potentially adverse events
  • NIST-CSF-GV.SC-03 Cybersecurity supply chain risk management is integrated into cybersecurity and enterprise risk management, risk assessment, and improvement processes
  • NIST-CSF-GV.SC-05 Requirements to address cybersecurity risks in supply chains are established, prioritized, and integrated into contracts and other types of agreements with suppliers and other relevant third parties
  • NIST-CSF-GV.SC-07 The risks posed by a supplier, their products and services, and other third parties are understood, recorded, prioritized, assessed, responded to, and monitored over the course of the relationship
  • NIST-CSF-GV.SC-09 Supply chain security practices are integrated into cybersecurity and enterprise risk management programs, and their performance is monitored throughout the technology product and service life cycle
  • NIST-CSF-ID.RA-10 Critical suppliers are assessed prior to acquisition

APRA CPS 234 · 4 controls

  • CPS234-16 Assessment of Related Party and Third Party Capability
  • CPS234-27 Internal Audit Assessment of Third Party Control Assurance
  • CPS234-P22 Evaluation of Third Party Control Design
  • CPS234-P28 Assessment of Reliance on Third Party Control Testing

ISO 27001:2022 · 4 controls

  • 5.19 Information security in supplier relationships
  • 5.20 Addressing information security within supplier agreements
  • 5.21 Managing information security in the information and communication technology (ICT) supply chain
  • 5.22 Monitoring, review and change management of supplier services

Cloud Security Alliance Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) v4.0.1 · 3 controls

ISO 27002:2022 · 3 controls

  • 5.19 Information security in supplier relationships
  • 5.22 Monitoring, review and change management of supplier services
  • 5.23 Information security for use of cloud services

NIST SP 800-161 Rev 1 · 3 controls

PCI DSS 4.0 · 3 controls

  • 12.4.2 12.4.2 Quarterly reviews that personnel follow security procedures
  • 12.8.4 12.8.4 Annual monitoring of TPSP compliance status
  • 8.2.7 8.2.7 Third-party remote access accounts controlled

APRA CPS 230 Operational Risk Management · 2 controls

  • CPS230-46 Ongoing Risk Management of Each Material Arrangement
  • CPS230-47 Monitoring and Senior Management Reporting on Material Arrangements

SOC 2 · 2 controls

  • SOC2-CC9.2 CC9.2 Assessing and managing vendor and business partner risk
  • SOC2-P6.4 P6.4 Privacy commitments from vendors and third parties

APPI · 1 control

Australia My Health Records Act 2012 · 1 control

  • MYHR-REG-8 Copyright conditions on handling old records for operators and service providers

Australian Information Security Manual · 1 control

  • ISM-1738 Exercising the right to verify compliance

C5 (Germany) · 1 control

  • C5-SSO-04 Monitoring of compliance with requirements

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

  • CFTC-SS-30 Outsourcing with Retention of Complete Responsibility

DORA · 1 control

HIPAA Security Rule · 1 control

  • 164.308(b)(1) Business Associate Contracts and Other Arrangements (Standard)

ISO/IEC 42001:2023 · 1 control

  • A.10 Third-party and customer relationships

NIS2 Directive · 1 control

  • Art.21.2.d Supply chain security, covering the relationship with each direct supplier and service provider

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 · 1 control

NIST SP 800-172 · 1 control

  • 3.11.6e Supply Chain Risk Assessment, Response, and Monitoring

NIST SP 800-66 Rev 2 · 1 control

  • 164.308(b)(1) Business Associate Contracts and Other Arrangements (Standard)

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 15: Service Provider Management

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

CIS Controls v8 CIS-15.6 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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