CIS Controls v8
CIS Control 3: Data Protection

CIS Controls v8 CIS-3.8: Document Data Flows

Record how data flows, including flows involving service providers, with the records grounded in the enterprise data management process. Revisit the documentation each year, or sooner when a major change in the enterprise could affect this Safeguard.

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This control maps to 44 controls across 20 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 27001:2022 · 5 controls

  • 5.14 Information transfer
  • 5.19 Information security in supplier relationships
  • 5.22 Monitoring, review and change management of supplier services
  • 5.37 Documented operating procedures
  • 5.9 Inventory of information and other associated assets

ISO 27701:2019 · 5 controls

  • 5.2.2 Understanding the needs and expectations of interested parties
  • 6.10.2 Information transfer
  • 7.2.8 Records related to processing PII
  • 8.2.6 Records related to processing PII
  • 8.5 PII sharing, transfer, and disclosure

SOC 2 · 5 controls

  • SOC2-C1.1 C1.1 Identifying and maintaining confidential information
  • SOC2-CC2.1 CC2.1 Relevant, quality information to support internal control (COSO principle 13)
  • SOC2-CC3.4 CC3.4 Identifying and assessing significant changes (COSO principle 9)
  • SOC2-P6.2 P6.2 Record of authorised disclosures
  • SOC2-P6.4 P6.4 Privacy commitments from vendors and third parties

FedRAMP High · 4 controls

  • AC-4 Information Flow Enforcement
  • CM-12 Information Location (CM-12)
  • PL-8 Security and Privacy Architectures
  • SA-2 Allocation of Resources

FedRAMP Moderate · 4 controls

  • AC-4 Information Flow Enforcement
  • CM-12 Information Location (CM-12)
  • PL-8 Security and Privacy Architectures
  • SA-2 Allocation of Resources

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 · 3 controls

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 · 3 controls

ISO/IEC 42001:2023 · 2 controls

  • 7.5.1 General
  • 8.4 AI system impact assessment
  • ANSSI-HYG-04 Identify the Most Sensitive Information and Servers and Maintain a Network Diagram
  • CPS230-P27 Comprehensive Assessment of the Operational Risk Profile
  • SEC07-BP04 Define scalable data lifecycle management
  • MYHR-CUD-4 Records not held or taken outside Australia

C5 (Germany) · 1 control

  • C5-COS-07 Documentation of the network topology

CIS Controls v8.1 · 1 control

  • 3.8 Document Data Flows

CMMC 2.0 · 1 control

  • NIST-CSF-ID.AM-03 Representations of the organization's authorized network communication and internal and external network data flows are maintained

NIST SP 800-172 · 1 control

  • 3.1.3e Employ Secure Information Transfer Solutions

PCI DSS 4.0 · 1 control

  • 1.2.4 1.2.4 Accurate data-flow diagram for account data

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

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