FedRAMP Moderate 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

What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 24 controls across 14 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 Penetration testing methodology defined
11.4.3 External penetration testing annually
11.4.6 Segmentation testing (service providers) every 6 months

CFTC System Safeguards (17 CFR 37, 38, 39, 49) · 2 controls

CFTC-SS-14 External Penetration Testing
CFTC-SS-18 Independence of Testers

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 COSO principle 16: Selects and develops ongoing and separate evaluations
SOC2-CC9.1 Identifies, selects and develops risk mitigation activities

AWS Well-Architected Security Pillar · 1 control

SEC11-BP03 Perform regular penetration testing

Azure Security Benchmark · 1 control

ASBv3-PV-7 Conduct regular red team operations

C5 (Germany) · 1 control

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

Cloud Security Alliance Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) v4.0.1 · 1 control

CCM-TVM-06 Penetration Testing

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

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 · 1 control

NIST800-CA-8 Penetration testing

NIST SP 800-53A Rev. 5 · 1 control

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.

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

FedRAMP Moderate CA-8(1) is one control. If you already hold one of the frameworks below, a reviewed crosswalk already says how much of FedRAMP Moderate your existing evidence covers. Hold ISO 27002:2022 and 182 of 323 FedRAMP Moderate controls already carry evidence.

If you hold ISO 27002:202256.3% covered · 141 gaps If you hold PCI DSS 4.051.1% covered · 158 gaps If you hold ISO 27001:202249.8% covered · 162 gaps If you hold NIST SP 800-171 Rev 345.5% covered · 176 gaps If you hold C5 (Germany)37.2% covered · 203 gaps If you hold CMMC 2.035% covered · 210 gaps

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. 348 were rejected on the ISO 27002:2022 pair alone.

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