CIS Controls v8
CIS Control 3: Data Protection

CIS Controls v8 CIS-3.4: Enforce Data Retention

Keep data for the periods set by the enterprise data management process, with retention defined by both a shortest and a longest period.

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

What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 35 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.

ISO 27002:2022 · 4 controls

  • 5.31 Legal, statutory, regulatory and contractual requirements
  • 5.33 Protection of records
  • 8.10 Information deletion
  • 8.13 Information backup

ISO 27701:2019 · 4 controls

  • 7.4.5 PII de-identification and deletion at the end of processing
  • 7.4.7 Retention
  • 8.3 Obligations to PII principals
  • 8.4.2 Return, transfer or disposal of PII

PCI DSS 4.0 · 3 controls

  • 10.5.1 10.5.1 Keep logs 12 months, latest three months online
  • 12.3.1 12.3.1 Targeted risk analysis for flexible-frequency requirements
  • 3.2.1 3.2.1 Data retention and disposal minimise stored account data

APPI · 2 controls

  • APPI-A22 Accuracy and Deletion of Personal Data
  • APPI-A41 Preparation and Handling of Pseudonymized Personal Information

ISO 27001:2022 · 2 controls

  • 5.33 Protection of records
  • 8.10 Information deletion

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 · 2 controls

SOC 2 · 2 controls

  • SOC2-C1.2 C1.2 Disposing of confidential information
  • SOC2-P4.2 P4.2 Retaining personal information
  • E8-BACKUP-ML1 Regular Backups (ML1)
  • SEC07-BP04 Define scalable data lifecycle management
  • AUCDR-PS-12 Privacy Safeguard 12 - Security of CDR data and destruction or de-identification of redundant CDR data
  • MYHR-GOV-5 Retention, destruction and correction obligations of the System Operator

C5 (Germany) · 1 control

DORA · 1 control

FedRAMP High · 1 control

  • SI-12 Information Management and Retention

FedRAMP Moderate · 1 control

  • SI-12 Information Management and Retention

HIPAA Security Rule · 1 control

  • 03.14.08 Information Management and Retention

NIST SP 800-172 · 1 control

  • 3.14.5e Review Persistent Storage and Remove CUI No Longer Needed

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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