HIPAA Security Rule
Administrative

HIPAA Security Rule 164.308(b)(2): Subcontractor Arrangements

A business associate may permit a business associate that is a subcontractor to create, receive, maintain, or transmit electronic protected health information on its behalf only if the business associate obtains satisfactory assurances, in accordance with 164.314(a), that the subcontractor will appropriately safeguard the information.

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This control maps to 36 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.

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 · 6 controls

  • NIST800-PM-17 PM-17 Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information on External Systems
  • NIST800-SA-9 SA-9 External System Services
  • NIST800-SR-2 SR-2 Supply Chain Risk Management Plan
  • NIST800-SR-3 SR-3 Supply Chain Controls and Processes
  • NIST800-SR-6 SR-6 Supplier Assessments and Reviews
  • SP800-53-SR Supply Chain Risk Management Family

ISO 27001:2022 · 4 controls

  • 5.19 Information security in supplier relationships
  • 5.21 Managing information security in the information and communication technology (ICT) supply chain
  • 5.23 Information security for use of cloud services
  • 8.30 Outsourced development

ISO 27701:2019 · 3 controls

  • 7.2.6 Contracts with PII processors
  • 8.5.7 Engagement of a subcontractor to process PII
  • 8.5.8 Change of subcontractor to process PII

NIST SP 800-161 Rev 1 · 3 controls

SOC 2 · 3 controls

  • SOC2-CC9.2 CC9.2 Assessing and managing vendor and business partner risk
  • SOC2-P6.4 P6.4 Privacy commitments from vendors and third parties
  • SOC2-P6.5 P6.5 Vendor commitments to report unauthorised disclosures

APRA CPS 234 · 2 controls

  • CPS234-16 Assessment of Related Party and Third Party Capability
  • CPS234-27 Internal Audit Assessment of Third Party Control Assurance

FedRAMP High · 2 controls

  • SA-9 External System Services
  • SR-3 Supply Chain Controls and Processes (SR-3)

FedRAMP Moderate · 2 controls

  • SA-9 External System Services
  • SR-3 Supply Chain Controls and Processes (SR-3)

ISO 27002:2022 · 2 controls

  • 5.21 Managing information security in the ICT supply chain
  • 8.30 Outsourced development
  • CPS230-P48 Required Content of the Service Provider Management Policy
  • MYHR-REG-8 Copyright conditions on handling old records for operators and service providers

C5 (Germany) · 1 control

  • C5-SSO-02 Risk assessment of service providers and suppliers

CIS Controls v8 · 1 control

  • NIST-CSF-GV.SC-05 Requirements to address cybersecurity risks in supply chains are established, prioritized, and integrated into contracts and other types of agreements with suppliers and other relevant third parties

PCI DSS 4.0 · 1 control

  • 12.8.5 12.8.5 Responsibility allocation between entity and TPSPs

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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