CIS Controls v8
CIS Control 3: Data Protection

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 BlokdykVerified 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 SP 800-53 Rev 5 · 10 controls

ISO 27701:2019 · 4 controls

  • 6.5 Asset management
  • 6.5.2 Information classification
  • 7.4 Privacy by design and privacy by default
  • 8.4 Privacy by design and privacy by default
  • 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

SOC 2 · 4 controls

  • SOC2-C1.1 C1.1 Identifying and maintaining confidential information
  • SOC2-CC5.1 CC5.1 Selecting control activities that mitigate risk (COSO principle 10)
  • SOC2-P3.1 P3.1 Collecting personal information consistent with objectives
  • SOC2-P4.2 P4.2 Retaining personal information

ISO 27002:2022 · 3 controls

  • 5.12 Classification of information
  • 5.13 Labelling of information
  • 5.34 Privacy and protection of PII
  • SEC07-BP01 Understand your data classification scheme
  • SEC07-BP02 Apply data protection controls based on data sensitivity
  • ASBv3-DP-1 Discover, classify, and label sensitive data
  • ASBv3-GS-3 Define and implement data protection strategy

CMMC 2.0 · 2 controls

FedRAMP High · 2 controls

  • MP-3 Media Marking
  • RA-2 Security Categorization

FedRAMP Moderate · 2 controls

  • MP-3 Media Marking
  • RA-2 Security Categorization

ISO 27001:2022 · 2 controls

  • 5.12 Classification of information
  • 5.13 Labelling of information

ISO/IEC 42001:2023 · 2 controls

  • 7.5.3 Control of documented information
  • 8.4 AI system impact assessment
  • ANSSI-HYG-04 Identify the Most Sensitive Information and Servers and Maintain a Network Diagram

APRA CPS 234 · 1 control

  • CPS234-20 Information Asset Classification
  • ISM-0393 Classifying databases and their contents

C5 (Germany) · 1 control

  • C5-AM-06 Asset Classification and Labelling

CIS Controls v8.1 · 1 control

  • 3.7 Establish and Maintain a Data Classification Scheme

DORA · 1 control

PCI DSS 4.0 · 1 control

  • 9.4.2 9.4.2 Classification of media by data sensitivity

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 3: Data Protection

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.

Query this from an agent

The graph holds this control, the 50 it maps to, and the evidence behind each claim, over MCP and REST.