HIPAA Security Rule
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HIPAA Security Rule 164.308(a)(7)(ii)(A): Data Backup Plan (Required)

Establish procedures to create and maintain retrievable exact copies of ePHI. NIST recommends offline or immutable backups, encryption, and regular restoration testing.

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What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 45 controls across 22 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-11.1 Establish and Maintain a Data Recovery Process
  • CIS-11.2 Perform Automated Backups
  • CIS-11.3 Protect Recovery Data
  • CIS-11.4 Establish and Maintain an Isolated Instance of Recovery Data
  • CIS-11.5 Test Data Recovery

SOC 2 · 5 controls

  • SOC2-A1.2 A1.2 Environmental protection, backup and recovery infrastructure
  • SOC2-A1.3 A1.3 Testing recovery plan procedures
  • SOC2-CC5.2 CC5.2 General controls over technology (COSO principle 11)
  • SOC2-CC6.5 CC6.5 Protecting data on assets until disposal
  • SOC2-PI1.1 PI1.1 Quality information about processing objectives, data definitions and specifications

ACSC Essential Eight · 3 controls

  • E8-BACKUP-ML1 Regular Backups (ML1)
  • E8-BACKUP-ML2 Regular Backups (ML2)
  • E8-BACKUP-ML3 Regular Backups (ML3)

C5 (Germany) · 3 controls

  • C5-OPS-06 Data Backup and Recovery - Concept
  • C5-OPS-08 Data Backup and Recovery - Regular Testing
  • C5-OPS-09 Data Backup and Recovery - Storage

CFTC System Safeguards (17 CFR 37, 38, 39, 49) · 3 controls

  • CFTC-SS-11 Testing and Review of Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Capabilities
  • CFTC-SS-37 Protection of Swap Data Repository Data
  • CFTC-SS-8 Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Plan and Resources

FedRAMP High · 3 controls

  • CP-9 System Backup
  • CP-9(1) Testing for Reliability and Integrity
  • CP-9(8) System Backup | Cryptographic Protection (CP-9(8))

FedRAMP Moderate · 3 controls

  • CP-9 System Backup
  • CP-9(1) Testing for Reliability and Integrity
  • CP-9(8) System Backup | Cryptographic Protection (CP-9(8))

Azure Security Benchmark · 2 controls

  • BR-1 Ensure regular automated backups
  • BR-2 Protect backup and recovery data

ISO 22301:2019 · 2 controls

  • 8.3.4 Resource requirements
  • 8.3.5 Implementation of solutions

ISO 27002:2022 · 2 controls

  • 8.13 Information backup
  • 8.27 Secure system architecture and engineering principles

NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 · 2 controls

  • NIST-CSF-PR.DS-11 Backups of data are created, protected, maintained, and tested
  • NIST-CSF-RC.RP-03 The integrity of backups and other restoration assets is verified before using them for restoration

PCI DSS 4.0 · 2 controls

  • 12.3.1 12.3.1 Targeted risk analysis for flexible-frequency requirements
  • 9.4.1.1 9.4.1.1 Secure storage location for offline backups

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

  • ANSSI-HYG-37 Define and Apply a Backup Policy for Critical Components

APRA CPS 230 Operational Risk Management · 1 control

  • CPS230-26 Critical Operations Register, Continuity Plan and Activation

ASD Strategies to Mitigate Cyber Security Incidents · 1 control

CMMC 2.0 · 1 control

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

ISO 27001:2022 · 1 control

  • 8.13 Information backup

ISO 27701:2019 · 1 control

NIST SP 800-161 Rev 1 · 1 control

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 · 1 control

  • 03.08.09 System Backup - Cryptographic Protection

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 · 1 control

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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HIPAA Security Rule 164.308(a)(7)(ii)(A) is one control. If you already hold one of the frameworks below, a reviewed crosswalk already says how much of HIPAA Security Rule your existing evidence covers. Hold ISO 27001:2022 and 53 of 67 HIPAA Security Rule controls already carry evidence.

If you hold ISO 27001:202279.1% covered · 14 gapsIf you hold ISO 27002:202279.1% covered · 14 gapsIf you hold FedRAMP Moderate77.6% covered · 15 gapsIf you hold NIST SP 800-53 Rev 577.6% covered · 15 gapsIf you hold C5 (Germany)76.1% covered · 16 gapsIf you hold Cloud Security Alliance Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) v4.0.167.2% covered · 22 gaps

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