FedRAMP Moderate
CM - Configuration Management

FedRAMP Moderate CM-10: Software Usage Restrictions

Use software in accordance with contracts and copyright laws; track licenses; document peer-to-peer file sharing controls.

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

What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 28 controls across 17 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

  • 5.10 Acceptable use of information and other associated assets
  • 5.31 Legal, statutory, regulatory and contractual requirements
  • 5.32 Intellectual property rights
  • 8.19 Installation of software on operational systems

ISO 27002:2022 · 4 controls

  • 5.10 Acceptable use of information and other associated assets
  • 5.31 Legal, statutory, regulatory and contractual requirements
  • 5.32 Intellectual property rights
  • 8.19 Installation of software on operational systems
  • NIST-CSF-DE.CM-09 Computing hardware and software, runtime environments, and their data are monitored to find potentially adverse events
  • NIST-CSF-GV.OC-03 Legal, regulatory, and contractual requirements regarding cybersecurity - including privacy and civil liberties obligations - are understood and managed
  • NIST-CSF-ID.AM-02 Inventories of software, services, and systems managed by the organization are maintained
  • NIST-CSF-PR.PS-05 Installation and execution of unauthorized software are prevented

CIS Controls v8 · 2 controls

  • CIS-2.2 Ensure Authorized Software is Currently Supported
  • CIS-2.5 Allowlist Authorized Software

PCI DSS 4.0 · 2 controls

  • 12.2.1 Acceptable use policies for end-user technologies
  • 6.3.2 An inventory of bespoke and custom software, and third-party software components incorporated into bespoke and custom software is maintained to facilitate vulnerability and patch management
  • SEC11-BP05 Centralize services for packages and dependencies
  • AUCDR-IS-5 Limit, prevent, detect and remove malware
  • AM-2 Use only approved services

CMMC 2.0 · 1 control

NIST SP 800-172 · 1 control

  • 3.4.1e Authoritative Source for Software and Firmware

NIST SP 800-218 · 1 control

SOC 2 · 1 control

  • SOC2-CC6.8 Controls to prevent or detect unauthorized or malicious software

UK Cyber Essentials · 1 control

  • CE-SU.1 Software Licensed and Supported

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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