CIS Controls v8
CIS Control 2: Inventory and Control of Software Assets

CIS Controls v8 CIS-2.6: Allowlist Authorized Libraries

Apply technical measures so that a system process can load only authorised software libraries (for example particular .dll, .ocx or .so files, among others), and stop unauthorised libraries from loading. Reassess at least twice a year.

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What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 35 controls across 19 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 · 5 controls

HIPAA Security Rule · 4 controls

NIST SP 800-66 Rev 2 · 4 controls

FedRAMP High · 3 controls

  • CM-7(5) Authorized Software Allow-by-Exception
  • SI-7 Software, Firmware, and Information Integrity
  • SI-7(1) Integrity Checks

FedRAMP Moderate · 3 controls

  • CM-7(5) Authorized Software Allow-by-Exception
  • SI-7 Software, Firmware, and Information Integrity
  • SI-7(1) Integrity Checks

Azure Security Benchmark · 2 controls

  • ASBv3-AM-5 Use only approved applications in virtual machine
  • DS-2 Ensure software supply chain security

NIST SP 800-161 Rev 1 · 2 controls

ACSC Essential Eight · 1 control

  • E8-APP-ML1 Application Control (ML1)

ASD Strategies to Mitigate Cyber Security Incidents · 1 control

  • ASD37-01 Application control (Essential)

AWS Well-Architected Security Pillar · 1 control

  • SEC11-BP05 Centralize services for packages and dependencies

Australian Information Security Manual · 1 control

  • ISM-1657 Application control scope of file types

CMMC 2.0 · 1 control

ISO 27001:2022 · 1 control

  • 8.19 Installation of software on operational systems

ISO 27002:2022 · 1 control

  • 8.19 Installation of software on operational systems

NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 · 1 control

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 · 1 control

  • 03.04.08 Authorized Software - Allow by Exception

NIST SP 800-172 · 1 control

  • 3.4.1e Authoritative Source for Software and Firmware

SOC 2 · 1 control

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

UK Cyber Essentials · 1 control

  • CE-MP.4 Application Allowlisting (Alternative)

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 2: Inventory and Control of Software Assets

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

CIS Controls v8 CIS-2.6 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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