ISO 27001:2022
Technological controls – ISO 27001:2022

ISO 27001:2022 8.16: Monitoring activities

Monitor networks, systems and applications for anomalies and act on potential incidents.

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This control maps to 231 controls across 34 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

FedRAMP High · 31 controls

  • AC-17(1) Monitoring and Control
  • AC-2(12) Account Monitoring for Atypical Usage
  • AC-2(7) Privileged User Accounts
  • AU-6 Audit Record Review, Analysis, and Reporting
  • AU-6(1) Automated Process Integration
  • AU-6(3) Correlate Audit Record Repositories
  • AU-7 Audit Record Reduction and Report Generation
  • AU-7(1) Automatic Processing
  • CA-7 Continuous Monitoring
  • CA-8(2) Penetration Testing | Red Team Exercises. Employ the following red-team exercises to simulate attempts by adversaries to compromise organizational systems in accordance with applicable rules of engagement: [Assignment: organization-defined red team exercises]
  • CM-12(1) Information Location | Automated Tools to Support Information Location. Use automated tools to identify [Assignment: organization-defined information by information type] on [Assignment: organization-defined system components] to ensure controls are in place to protect organizational
  • CM-8(3) Automated Unauthorized Component Detection
  • IR-1 Policy and Procedures
  • IR-4(1) Automated Incident Handling Processes
  • IR-5 Incident Monitoring
  • IR-6(1) Automated Reporting
  • IR-7(1) Incident Response Assistance | Automation Support for Availability of Information and Support. Increase the availability of incident response information and support using [Assignment: organization-defined automated mechanisms]
  • MA-4 Nonlocal Maintenance
  • SA-1 Policy and Procedures
  • SA-2 Allocation of Resources
  • SC-7 Boundary Protection
  • SI-4 System Monitoring
  • SI-4(1) System Monitoring | System-wide Intrusion Detection System. Connect and configure individual intrusion detection tools into a system-wide intrusion detection system
  • SI-4(16) System Monitoring | Correlate Monitoring Information. Correlate information from monitoring tools and mechanisms employed throughout the system
  • SI-4(18) System Monitoring | Analyze Traffic and Covert Exfiltration. Analyze outbound communications traffic at external interfaces to the system and at the following interior points to detect covert exfiltration of information: [Assignment: organization-defined interior points
  • SI-4(2) Automated Tools and Mechanisms for Real-Time Analysis
  • SI-4(23) System Monitoring | Host-based Devices. Implement the following host-based monitoring mechanisms at [Assignment: organization-defined system components]: [Assignment: organization-defined host-based monitoring mechanisms]
  • SI-4(5) System-Generated Alerts
  • SI-5 Security Alerts, Advisories, and Directives
  • SI-7(7) Integration of Detection and Response
  • SR-10 Inspection of Systems or Components (SR-10)

FedRAMP Moderate · 31 controls

  • AC-17(1) Monitoring and Control
  • AC-2(12) Account Monitoring for Atypical Usage
  • AC-2(7) Privileged User Accounts
  • AU-6 Audit Record Review, Analysis, and Reporting
  • AU-6(1) Automated Process Integration
  • AU-6(3) Correlate Audit Record Repositories
  • AU-7 Audit Record Reduction and Report Generation
  • AU-7(1) Automatic Processing
  • CA-7 Continuous Monitoring
  • CA-8(2) Penetration Testing | Red Team Exercises. Employ the following red-team exercises to simulate attempts by adversaries to compromise organizational systems in accordance with applicable rules of engagement: [Assignment: organization-defined red team exercises]
  • CM-12(1) Information Location | Automated Tools to Support Information Location. Use automated tools to identify [Assignment: organization-defined information by information type] on [Assignment: organization-defined system components] to ensure controls are in place to protect organizational
  • CM-8(3) Automated Unauthorized Component Detection
  • IR-1 Policy and Procedures
  • IR-4(1) Automated Incident Handling Processes
  • IR-5 Incident Monitoring
  • IR-6(1) Automated Reporting
  • IR-7(1) Incident Response Assistance | Automation Support for Availability of Information and Support. Increase the availability of incident response information and support using [Assignment: organization-defined automated mechanisms]
  • MA-4 Nonlocal Maintenance
  • SA-1 Policy and Procedures
  • SA-2 Allocation of Resources
  • SC-7 Boundary Protection
  • SI-4 System Monitoring
  • SI-4(1) System Monitoring | System-wide Intrusion Detection System. Connect and configure individual intrusion detection tools into a system-wide intrusion detection system
  • SI-4(16) System Monitoring | Correlate Monitoring Information. Correlate information from monitoring tools and mechanisms employed throughout the system
  • SI-4(18) System Monitoring | Analyze Traffic and Covert Exfiltration. Analyze outbound communications traffic at external interfaces to the system and at the following interior points to detect covert exfiltration of information: [Assignment: organization-defined interior points
  • SI-4(2) Automated Tools and Mechanisms for Real-Time Analysis
  • SI-4(23) System Monitoring | Host-based Devices. Implement the following host-based monitoring mechanisms at [Assignment: organization-defined system components]: [Assignment: organization-defined host-based monitoring mechanisms]
  • SI-4(5) System-Generated Alerts
  • SI-5 Security Alerts, Advisories, and Directives
  • SI-7(7) Integration of Detection and Response
  • SR-10 Inspection of Systems or Components (SR-10)

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 · 19 controls

  • NIST800-AC-23 Data Mining Protection. Employ [organization-defined] for [organization-defined] to detect and protect against unauthorized data mining
  • NIST800-AU-14 Session Audit. Provide and implement the capability for [organization-defined] to [organization-defined] the content of a user session under [organization-defined] ; and Develop, integrate, and use session auditing activities in consultation with legal counsel and
  • NIST800-AU-6 Audit record review, analysis, and reporting
  • NIST800-AU-7 Audit record reduction and report generation
  • NIST800-CA-1 Policy and procedures for assessment, authorization, and monitoring
  • NIST800-CA-7 Continuous monitoring
  • NIST800-IR-5 Incident monitoring
  • NIST800-PM-14 Testing, Training, and Monitoring. Implement a process for ensuring that organizational plans for conducting security and privacy testing, training, and monitoring activities associated with organizational systems: Are developed and maintained; and Continue to be
  • NIST800-PM-31 Continuous Monitoring Strategy. Develop an organization-wide continuous monitoring strategy and implement continuous monitoring programs that include: Establishing the following organization-wide metrics to be monitored: [organization-defined]; Establishing [organization-defined] and [organization-defined] for control effectiveness; Ongoing monitoring
  • NIST800-PM-32 Purposing. Analyze [organization-defined] supporting mission essential services or functions to ensure that the information resources are being used consistent with their intended purpose
  • NIST800-PM-6 Measures of Performance. Develop, monitor, and report on the results of information security and privacy measures of performance
  • NIST800-RA-10 Threat hunting
  • NIST800-SC-42 Sensor Capability and Data. Prohibit [organization-defined] ; and Provide an explicit indication of sensor use to [organization-defined]
  • NIST800-SI-4 System monitoring
  • NIST800-SI-5 Security alerts, advisories, and directives
  • NIST800-SI-6 Security and Privacy Function Verification. Verify the correct operation of [organization-defined]; Perform the verification of the functions specified in SI-6a [organization-defined]; Alert [organization-defined] to failed security and privacy verification tests; and [organization-defined] when anomalies
  • NIST800-SR-10 Inspection of systems or components
  • SP800-53-CA Assessment, Authorization, and Monitoring Family
  • SP800-53-SI System and Information Integrity Family
  • AC-17(1) Monitoring and Control
  • AC-2(12) Account Monitoring for Atypical Usage
  • AU-6 Audit Record Review, Analysis, and Reporting
  • AU-6(1) Automated Process Integration
  • AU-6(3) Correlate Audit Record Repositories
  • AU-7 Audit Record Reduction and Report Generation
  • AU-7(1) Automatic Processing
  • CA-7 Continuous Monitoring
  • CM-12(1) Information Location | Automated Tools to Support Information Location. Use automated tools to identify [Assignment: organization-defined information by information type] on [Assignment: organization-defined system components] to ensure controls are in place to protect organizational
  • CM-8(3) Automated Unauthorized Component Detection
  • IR-1 Policy and Procedures
  • IR-5 Incident Monitoring
  • MA-4 Nonlocal Maintenance
  • SA-1 Policy and Procedures
  • SA-2 Allocation of Resources
  • SC-7 Boundary Protection
  • SI-4 System Monitoring
  • SI-5 Security Alerts, Advisories, and Directives
  • SR-10 Inspection of Systems or Components (SR-10)
  • AC-17(1) Monitoring and Control
  • AU-6 Audit Record Review, Analysis, and Reporting
  • AU-6(1) Automated Process Integration
  • AU-6(3) Correlate Audit Record Repositories
  • AU-7 Audit Record Reduction and Report Generation
  • AU-7(1) Automatic Processing
  • CA-7 Continuous Monitoring
  • CM-12(1) Information Location | Automated Tools to Support Information Location. Use automated tools to identify [Assignment: organization-defined information by information type] on [Assignment: organization-defined system components] to ensure controls are in place to protect organizational
  • CM-8(3) Automated Unauthorized Component Detection
  • IR-1 Policy and Procedures
  • IR-5 Incident Monitoring
  • MA-4 Nonlocal Maintenance
  • SA-1 Policy and Procedures
  • SA-2 Allocation of Resources
  • SC-7 Boundary Protection
  • SI-4 System Monitoring
  • SI-5 Security Alerts, Advisories, and Directives
  • SR-10 Inspection of Systems or Components (SR-10)

PCI DSS 4.0 · 16 controls

  • 10.4.1 Daily log review for critical systems
  • 10.4.1.1 Automated mechanisms for log review
  • 10.4.2 Periodic review of other system component logs
  • 10.4.3 Exceptions and anomalies addressed
  • 10.7.1 Critical security control failure detection (SP)
  • 10.7.2 Critical security control failure detection (all entities)
  • 11.4.5 Segmentation testing
  • 11.4.6 Segmentation testing (service providers) every 6 months
  • 11.5.1 IDS/IPS in place
  • 11.5.1.1 Covert malware channel detection (SP)
  • 11.6.1 Payment page change and tamper detection
  • 12.10.5 IRP includes monitoring and response to security control alerts
  • 12.4.2.1 Documentation of quarterly reviews (SP)
  • 6.4.2 For public-facing web applications, an automated technical solution is deployed that continually detects and prevents web-based attacks, with at least the following: • Is installed in front of public-facing web applications and is configured
  • 9.2.3 Physical access to networking and telecommunications hardware restricted
  • 6.4.3 All payment page scripts that are loaded and executed in the consumer's browser are managed as follows: • A method is implemented to confirm that each script is authorized. • A method is implemented

CMMC 2.0 · 11 controls

  • AU-6 Audit Record Review, Analysis, and Reporting
  • CA-7 Continuous Monitoring
  • IR-1 Policy and Procedures
  • IR-5 Incident Monitoring
  • MA-4 Nonlocal Maintenance
  • SA-1 Policy and Procedures
  • SA-2 Allocation of Resources
  • SC-7 Boundary Protection
  • SI-4 System Monitoring
  • SI-5 Security Alerts, Advisories, and Directives
  • SR-10 Inspection of Systems or Components (SR-10)

CIS Controls v8 · 9 controls

  • CIS-1.2 Address Unauthorized Assets
  • CIS-13.1 Centralize Security Event Alerting
  • CIS-13.11 Tune Security Event Alerting Thresholds
  • CIS-13.2 Deploy a Host-Based Intrusion Detection Solution
  • CIS-13.3 Deploy a Network Intrusion Detection Solution
  • CIS-13.6 Collect Network Traffic Flow Logs
  • CIS-8.11 Conduct Audit Log Reviews
  • CIS-8.2 Collect Audit Logs
  • CIS-8.9 Centralize Audit Logs
  • NIST-CSF-DE.AE-02 Potentially adverse events are analyzed to better understand associated activities
  • NIST-CSF-DE.AE-03 Information is correlated from multiple sources
  • NIST-CSF-DE.CM-01 Networks and network services are monitored to find potentially adverse events
  • NIST-CSF-DE.CM-03 Personnel activity and technology usage are monitored to find potentially adverse events
  • 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-04 Log records are generated and made available for continuous monitoring
  • NIST-CSF-RS.AN-08 An incident's magnitude is estimated and validated

SOC 2 · 6 controls

  • SOC2-CC4.1 COSO principle 16: Selects and develops ongoing and separate evaluations
  • SOC2-CC4.2 COSO principle 17: Evaluates and communicates deficiencies in a timely manner
  • SOC2-CC7.1 Detection and monitoring procedures for security events are in place
  • SOC2-CC7.2 Monitors system components for anomalies indicating malicious acts
  • SOC2-CC7.3 Evaluates security events to determine incident status
  • SOC2-CC7.4 Responds to identified security incidents through defined procedures
  • ASBv3-LT-1 Enable threat detection capabilities
  • ASBv3-LT-2 Enable threat detection for identity and access management
  • ASBv3-NS-4 Deploy intrusion detection/intrusion prevention systems (IDS/IPS)
  • DP-2 Monitor anomalies and threats targeting sensitive data
  • LT-5 Centralize security log management and analysis

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 · 5 controls

  • 03.03.04 Response to Audit Logging Process Failures
  • 03.03.05 Audit Record Review, Analysis, and Reporting
  • 03.03.06 Audit Record Reduction and Report Generation
  • 03.12.03 Continuous Monitoring
  • 03.14.06 System Monitoring
  • ASD37-28 Continuous incident detection and response (Excellent)
  • ASD37-29 Host-based IDS/IPS (Very Good)
  • ASD37-30 Endpoint detection and response (Very Good)
  • ASD37-32 Network-based IDS/IPS (Limited)

C5 (Germany) · 4 controls

  • C5-COS-01 Technical safeguards
  • C5-COS-03 Monitoring of connections in the Cloud Service Provider's network
  • C5-OPS-13 Logging and Monitoring - Identification of Events
  • C5-OPS-16 Logging and Monitoring - Configuration

HIPAA Security Rule · 4 controls

NIST SP 800-66 Rev 2 · 4 controls

  • SEC04-BP02 Capture logs, findings, and metrics in standardized locations
  • SEC04-BP03 Correlate and enrich security alerts
  • SEC04-BP04 Initiate remediation for non-compliant resources

DORA · 2 controls

EU AI Act · 2 controls

  • EUAI-Art.26 Obligations of deployers of high-risk AI systems
  • EUAI-Art.72 Post-market monitoring by providers and post-market monitoring plan for high-risk AI systems

ISO/IEC 42001:2023 · 2 controls

  • 9.1 Monitoring, measurement, analysis and evaluation
  • A.6.2.6 AI system operation and monitoring

NIST SP 800-172 · 2 controls

  • 3.11.2e Threat Hunting
  • 3.14.2e Monitor Organizational Systems with Specialized Capabilities
  • ANSSI-HYG-36 Enable and Configure Logging on the Most Important Components

APRA CPS 234 · 1 control

  • AUCDR-IS-1 Limit risk of unauthorised access to the CDR data environment

ISO 22301:2019 · 1 control

  • 9.1 Monitoring, measurement, analysis and evaluation

ISO 27002:2022 · 1 control

  • 8.16 Monitoring activities

ISO 27701:2019 · 1 control

  • 6.9.4 Logging and monitoring

NIS2 Directive · 1 control

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