CIS Controls v8
CIS Control 9: Email and Web Browser Protections

CIS Controls v8 CIS-9.2: Use DNS Filtering Services

Apply DNS filtering services on every enterprise asset so that known malicious domains cannot be reached.

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

What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 26 controls across 15 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

FedRAMP High · 4 controls

  • SC-21 Secure Name/Address Resolution Service (Recursive or Caching Resolver)
  • SC-7 Boundary Protection
  • SC-7(8) Route Traffic to Authenticated Proxy Servers
  • SI-8 Spam Protection

FedRAMP Moderate · 4 controls

  • SC-21 Secure Name/Address Resolution Service (Recursive or Caching Resolver)
  • SC-7 Boundary Protection
  • SC-7(8) Route Traffic to Authenticated Proxy Servers
  • SI-8 Spam Protection

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 · 3 controls

ISO 27001:2022 · 2 controls

  • 8.23 Web filtering
  • 8.7 Protection against malware

ISO 27002:2022 · 2 controls

  • 8.23 Web filtering
  • 8.7 Protection against malware

SOC 2 · 2 controls

  • SOC2-CC6.6 CC6.6 Protection against threats from outside the system boundary
  • SOC2-CC6.8 CC6.8 Preventing and detecting unauthorised or malicious software
  • ASD37-07 Web content filtering (Excellent)
  • AUCDR-IS-5 Limit, prevent, detect and remove malware
  • ISM-1782 Protective DNS for malicious domains

CIS Controls v8.1 · 1 control

  • 9.2 Use DNS Filtering Services
  • NIST-CSF-DE.CM-01 Networks and network services are monitored to find potentially adverse events

PCI DSS 4.0 · 1 control

  • 5.4.1 5.4.1 Mechanisms detect and protect against phishing

UK Cyber Essentials · 1 control

  • CE-MP.3 Anti-Malware Scans Files on Access and Web Pages

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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