FedRAMP High
SA - System and Services Acquisition

FedRAMP High SA-9(5): External System Services | Processing, Storage, and Service Location (SA-9(5))

External System Services | Processing, Storage, and Service Location. Restrict the location of [Selection (one or more): information processing; information or data; system services] to [Assignment: organization-defined locations] based on [Assignment: organization-defined requirements or

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What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 28 controls across 16 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 · 4 controls

  • 5.20 Addressing information security within supplier agreements
  • 5.21 Managing information security in the information and communication technology (ICT) supply chain
  • 5.23 Information security for use of cloud services
  • 5.31 Legal, statutory, regulatory and contractual requirements

ISO 27002:2022 · 4 controls

  • 5.20 Addressing information security within supplier agreements
  • 5.21 Managing information security in the ICT supply chain
  • 5.23 Information security for use of cloud services
  • 5.31 Legal, statutory, regulatory and contractual requirements

SOC 2 · 4 controls

  • SOC2-C1.1 C1.1 Identifying and maintaining confidential information
  • SOC2-CC6.4 CC6.4 Restricting physical access to facilities and assets
  • SOC2-P6.4 P6.4 Privacy commitments from vendors and third parties
  • SOC2-P6.5 P6.5 Vendor commitments to report unauthorised disclosures

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 · 3 controls

APPI · 1 control

  • APPI-A28 Provision to Third Parties in Foreign Countries
  • CPS230-P59 APRA Notification of Service Agreements and Offshoring
  • AUCDR-PS-8 Privacy Safeguard 8 - Overseas disclosure of CDR data
  • MYHR-CUD-4 Records not held or taken outside Australia
  • APP-8 APP 8 - Cross-border disclosure of personal information

C5 (Germany) · 1 control

  • C5-PSS-12 Locations of Data Processing and Storage

CIS Controls v8 · 1 control

  • CIS-15.4 Ensure Service Provider Contracts Include Security Requirements

GDPR · 1 control

ISO 27701:2019 · 1 control

  • 7.5.2 Countries and international organizations to which PII can be transferred

PCI DSS 4.0 · 1 control

  • 12.5.2 12.5.2 Annual and change-driven scope confirmation

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 SA - System and Services Acquisition

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

FedRAMP High SA-9(5) 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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