FedRAMP Moderate
CM - Configuration Management

FedRAMP Moderate CM-11: User-Installed Software

Establish policies governing installation of software by users; enforce; monitor compliance.

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

What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 38 controls across 25 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 · 5 controls

  • CIS-2.3 Address Unauthorized Software
  • CIS-2.4 Utilize Automated Software Inventory Tools
  • CIS-2.5 Allowlist Authorized Software
  • CIS-8.8 Collect Command-Line Audit Logs
  • CIS-9.4 Restrict Unnecessary or Unauthorized Browser and Email Client Extensions

ISO 27001:2022 · 4 controls

  • 5.1 Policies for information security
  • 8.19 Installation of software on operational systems
  • 8.3 Information access restriction
  • 8.7 Protection against malware

SOC 2 · 3 controls

  • SOC2-CC5.3 CC5.3 Deploying controls through policies and procedures (COSO principle 12)
  • SOC2-CC6.8 CC6.8 Preventing and detecting unauthorised or malicious software
  • SOC2-CC7.2 CC7.2 Monitoring system components for anomalies

ISO 27002:2022 · 2 controls

  • 8.1 User endpoint devices
  • 8.19 Installation of software on operational systems

ISO 27701:2019 · 2 controls

  • 6.9.5 Control of operational software
  • 6.9.6 Technical vulnerability management

NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 · 2 controls

  • NIST-CSF-DE.CM-09 Computing hardware and software, runtime environments, and their data are monitored to find potentially adverse events
  • NIST-CSF-PR.PS-05 Installation and execution of unauthorized software are prevented

PCI DSS 4.0 · 2 controls

  • 5.3.5 5.3.5 Users cannot disable or alter anti-malware
  • 6.4.3 6.4.3 Payment page script management

ACSC Essential Eight · 1 control

  • E8-APP-ML1 Application Control (ML1)

ANSSI Guide d'hygiene informatique (42 mesures, v2.0) · 1 control

  • ANSSI-HYG-29 Limit Administration Rights on Workstations to Operational Need

ASD Strategies to Mitigate Cyber Security Incidents · 1 control

  • ASD37-01 Application control (Essential)

AWS Well-Architected Security Pillar · 1 control

Australia Consumer Data Right - Banking (CDR) · 1 control

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

Azure Security Benchmark · 1 control

  • ASBv3-AM-5 Use only approved applications in virtual machine

C5 (Germany) · 1 control

  • C5-PSS-11 Images for Virtual Machines and Containers

CFTC System Safeguards (17 CFR 37, 38, 39, 49) · 1 control

CMMC 2.0 · 1 control

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

NIST SP 800-161 Rev 1 · 1 control

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 · 1 control

  • 03.04.08 Authorized Software - Allow by Exception

NIST SP 800-172 · 1 control

  • 3.4.2e Automated Detection and Remediation of Unauthorized Software

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 · 1 control

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 HIGH · 1 control

  • CM-11 CM-11 User-installed Software

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 LOW · 1 control

  • CM-11 CM-11 User-installed Software

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 MODERATE · 1 control

  • CM-11 CM-11 User-installed Software

UK Cyber Essentials · 1 control

  • CE-MP.4 Application Allowlisting (Alternative)

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

FedRAMP Moderate CM-11 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 gapsIf you hold PCI DSS 4.051.1% covered · 158 gapsIf you hold ISO 27001:202249.8% covered · 162 gapsIf you hold NIST SP 800-171 Rev 345.5% covered · 176 gapsIf you hold C5 (Germany)37.2% covered · 203 gapsIf 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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