FedRAMP High
CA - Assessment, Authorization, and Monitoring

FedRAMP High CA-8(1): Penetration Testing | Independent Penetration Testing Agent or Team (CA-8(1))

Penetration Testing | Independent Penetration Testing Agent or Team. Employ an independent penetration testing agent or team to perform penetration testing on the system or system components

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What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 25 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.

CIS Controls v8 · 4 controls

  • CIS-16.13 Conduct Application Penetration Testing
  • CIS-18.1 Establish and Maintain a Penetration Testing Program
  • CIS-18.2 Perform Periodic External Penetration Tests
  • CIS-18.5 Perform Periodic Internal Penetration Tests

DORA · 3 controls

  • DORA-Art.25 Testing of ICT tools and systems
  • DORA-Art.26 Advanced testing of ICT tools, systems and processes based on TLPT
  • DORA-Art.27 Requirements for testers for the carrying out of TLPT

PCI DSS 4.0 · 3 controls

  • 11.4.1 11.4.1 Penetration testing methodology defined and implemented
  • 11.4.3 11.4.3 External penetration testing annually and after change
  • 11.4.6 11.4.6 Service provider segmentation testing every six months

ISO 27002:2022 · 2 controls

  • 5.35 Independent review of information security
  • 8.29 Security testing in development and acceptance

SOC 2 · 2 controls

  • SOC2-CC4.1 CC4.1 Ongoing and separate evaluations of control (COSO principle 16)
  • SOC2-CC9.1 CC9.1 Mitigating risks of business disruption

C5 (Germany) · 1 control

  • C5-OPS-19 Managing Vulnerabilities, Malfunctions and Errors - Penetration Tests

ISO 27001:2022 · 1 control

  • 5.35 Independent review of information security

NIST SP 800-172 · 1 control

  • 3.12.1e Penetration Testing by Independent Agents
  • CA-8(1) CA-8(1) Penetration Testing | Independent Penetration Testing Agent or Team
  • 53A-D Penetration Testing

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 CA - Assessment, Authorization, and Monitoring

You are reading one control. How much of FedRAMP High have you already done?

FedRAMP High CA-8(1) is one control. If you already hold one of the frameworks below, a reviewed crosswalk already says how much of FedRAMP High your existing evidence covers. Hold C5 (Germany) and 119 of 410 FedRAMP High 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. 6 were rejected on the C5 (Germany) pair alone.

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