FedRAMP Moderate
CM - Configuration Management

FedRAMP Moderate CM-8(3): Automated Unauthorized Component Detection

Employ automated mechanisms to detect unauthorized components at FedRAMP-defined frequency; HIGH only continuous.

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

What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 35 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.

CIS Controls v8 · 6 controls

  • CIS-1.2 Address Unauthorized Assets
  • CIS-1.3 Utilize an Active Discovery Tool
  • CIS-1.5 Use a Passive Asset Discovery Tool
  • CIS-13.3 Deploy a Network Intrusion Detection Solution
  • CIS-13.6 Collect Network Traffic Flow Logs
  • CIS-2.4 Utilize Automated Software Inventory Tools

ISO 27001:2022 · 4 controls

  • 5.9 Inventory of information and other associated assets
  • 8.16 Monitoring activities
  • 8.7 Protection against malware
  • 8.9 Configuration management

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 · 4 controls

PCI DSS 4.0 · 4 controls

  • 1.2.5 1.2.5 Allowed services, protocols and ports justified
  • 11.2.1 11.2.1 Detect authorized and rogue wireless access points
  • 11.5.1 11.5.1 IDS/IPS monitoring of CDE traffic
  • 11.5.2 11.5.2 Change detection on critical files

SOC 2 · 4 controls

  • SOC2-CC5.2 CC5.2 General controls over technology (COSO principle 11)
  • SOC2-CC6.8 CC6.8 Preventing and detecting unauthorised or malicious software
  • SOC2-CC7.1 CC7.1 Detecting configuration changes and new vulnerabilities
  • SOC2-CC7.2 CC7.2 Monitoring system components for anomalies
  • AM-2 Use only approved services
  • ASBv3-AM-1 Track asset inventory and their risks

ISO 27002:2022 · 2 controls

  • 5.9 Inventory of information and other associated assets
  • 8.19 Installation of software on operational systems
  • E8-PATCHAPP-ML1 Patch Applications (ML1)
  • ANSSI-HYG-07 Authorise Network Connection Only for Managed Equipment

CMMC 2.0 · 1 control

  • NIST-CSF-DE.CM-09 Computing hardware and software, runtime environments, and their data are monitored to find potentially adverse events

NIST SP 800-172 · 1 control

  • 3.4.2e Automated Detection and Remediation of Unauthorized Software
  • CM-8(3) CM-8(3) System Component Inventory | Automated Unauthorized Component Detection
  • CM-8(3) CM-8(3) System Component Inventory | Automated Unauthorized Component Detection

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 CM - Configuration Management

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

FedRAMP Moderate CM-8(3) 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.

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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