FedRAMP Moderate
PL - Planning

FedRAMP Moderate PL-1: Policy and Procedures

Develop, document, disseminate and review the policy for planning, and its procedures, on the FedRAMP-defined cadence: policy at least annually under High and at least every three years under Moderate, procedures at least annually and after significant changes under both.

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What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 41 controls across 21 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

HIPAA Security Rule · 5 controls

  • NIST-CSF-GV.OC-03 Legal, regulatory, and contractual requirements regarding cybersecurity - including privacy and civil liberties obligations - are understood and managed
  • NIST-CSF-GV.PO-01 Policy for managing cybersecurity risks is established based on organizational context, cybersecurity strategy, and priorities and is communicated and enforced
  • NIST-CSF-GV.PO-02 Policy for managing cybersecurity risks is reviewed, updated, communicated, and enforced to reflect changes in requirements, threats, technology, and organizational mission
  • NIST-CSF-GV.RR-02 Roles, responsibilities, and authorities related to cybersecurity risk management are established, communicated, understood, and enforced

SOC 2 · 4 controls

  • SOC2-CC3.4 CC3.4 Identifying and assessing significant changes (COSO principle 9)
  • SOC2-CC4.1 CC4.1 Ongoing and separate evaluations of control (COSO principle 16)
  • SOC2-CC4.2 CC4.2 Evaluating and communicating control deficiencies (COSO principle 17)
  • SOC2-CC5.3 CC5.3 Deploying controls through policies and procedures (COSO principle 12)

C5 (Germany) · 3 controls

  • C5-OIS-02 Information Security Policy
  • C5-SP-01 Documentation, communication and provision of policies and instructions
  • C5-SP-02 Review and Approval of Policies and Instructions

NIST SP 800-66 Rev 2 · 3 controls

PCI DSS 4.0 · 3 controls

  • 12.1.1 12.1.1 Overall information security policy established and disseminated
  • 12.1.2 12.1.2 Security policy reviewed annually and updated as needed
  • 12.1.4 12.1.4 Executive ownership of information security formally assigned
  • AUCDR-IS-STEP1 Step 1 - Define and implement security governance for CDR data
  • AUCDR-PS-1 Privacy Safeguard 1 - Open and transparent management of CDR data

ISO 27701:2019 · 2 controls

  • 6.15.1 Compliance with legal and contractual requirements
  • 6.2.1 Management direction for information security

APRA CPS 234 · 1 control

  • CPS234-19 Information Security Policy Framework
  • GS-1 Align organization roles, responsibilities and accountabilities

ISO 27001:2022 · 1 control

  • 5.1 Policies for information security

ISO 27002:2022 · 1 control

  • 5.1 Policies for information security

NIS2 Directive · 1 control

  • Art.21.2.a Policies on risk analysis and on information system security
  • PL-1 PL-1 Policy and Procedures
  • PL-1 PL-1 Policy and Procedures
  • PL-1 PL-1 Policy and Procedures

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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