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

CIS Controls v8 CIS-9.7: Deploy and Maintain Email Server Anti-Malware Protections

Put in place and maintain anti-malware protection on email servers, for example scanning of attachments and/or sandboxing.

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This control maps to 29 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.

PCI DSS 4.0 · 5 controls

  • 5.4.1 5.4.1 Mechanisms detect and protect against phishing
  • 5.2.1 5.2.1 Anti-malware deployed on all system components
  • 5.3.1 5.3.1 Anti-malware kept current through automatic updates
  • 5.3.2 5.3.2 Periodic and real-time scans or continuous behavioural analysis
  • 5.3.3 5.3.3 Anti-malware covers removable electronic media
  • ASD37-05 Automated dynamic analysis of email and web content (Excellent)
  • ASD37-06 Email content filtering (Excellent)
  • ISM-1288 Multi-engine antivirus scanning of transferred files
  • ISM-1389 Sandboxing imported executable files

FedRAMP High · 2 controls

  • SI-3 Malicious Code Protection
  • SI-8 Spam Protection

FedRAMP Moderate · 2 controls

  • SI-3 Malicious Code Protection
  • SI-8 Spam Protection

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 · 2 controls

  • AUCDR-IS-5 Limit, prevent, detect and remove malware

C5 (Germany) · 1 control

  • C5-OPS-05 Protection Against Malware - Implementation

CIS Controls v8.1 · 1 control

  • 9.7 Deploy and Maintain Email Server Anti-Malware Protections

CMMC 2.0 · 1 control

  • CCM-TVM-02 Malware Protection Policy and Procedures

HIPAA Security Rule · 1 control

ISO 27001:2022 · 1 control

  • 8.7 Protection against malware

ISO 27002:2022 · 1 control

  • 8.7 Protection against malware

ISO 27701:2019 · 1 control

  • 6.9.2 Protection from malware
  • NIST-CSF-DE.CM-09 Computing hardware and software, runtime environments, and their data are monitored to find potentially adverse events

SOC 2 · 1 control

  • SOC2-CC6.8 CC6.8 Preventing and detecting unauthorised or malicious software

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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