CIS Controls v8 CIS-3.7: Establish and Maintain a Data Classification Scheme
Set up and keep a single data classification scheme for the enterprise. Labels such as Public, Confidential and Sensitive may be used, with data classified against them. Revisit the scheme each year, or sooner when a major change in the enterprise could affect this Safeguard.
Maintained by Gerard Blokdyk·Verified against the published standard ·Control text last updated
What else in your programme already covers this
This control maps to 50 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.
NIST-CSF-GV.PO-01 Policy for managing cybersecurity risks is established based on organizational context, cybersecurity strategy, and priorities and is communicated and enforced
NIST-CSF-ID.AM-05 Assets are prioritized based on classification, criticality, resources, and impact on the mission
NIST-CSF-ID.AM-07 Inventories of data and corresponding metadata for designated data types are maintained
NIST-CSF-PR.DS-01 The confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data-at-rest are protected
You are reading one control. How much of CIS Controls v8 have you already done?
CIS Controls v8 CIS-3.7 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.
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.