ISO 27701:2019
PIMS-specific guidance related to ISO/IEC 27002, ISO 27701:2019

ISO 27701:2019 6.9.5: Control of operational software

Control over the installation of software on operational systems applies as the base guidance requires, read as protecting systems that process personal data from unreviewed change.

Maintained by Gerard Blokdyk

What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 41 controls across 17 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

PCI DSS 4.0 · 5 controls

  • 2.2.4 2.2.4 Only necessary functionality enabled
  • 9.4.4 9.4.4 Management approval for media leaving facility
  • 5.2.1 5.2.1 Anti-malware deployed on all system components
  • 6.3.3 6.3.3 Timely installation of security patches
  • 6.5.1 6.5.1 Change control procedure for production

CIS Controls v8 · 4 controls

  • CIS-2.1 Establish and Maintain a Software Inventory
  • CIS-2.3 Address Unauthorized Software
  • CIS-2.5 Allowlist Authorized Software
  • CIS-4.6 Securely Manage Enterprise Assets and Software

ISO 27001:2022 · 4 controls

  • 8.19 Installation of software on operational systems
  • 8.32 Change management
  • 8.8 Management of technical vulnerabilities
  • 8.9 Configuration management

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-CC8.1 CC8.1 Managing changes to procedures, software, data and infrastructure

NIST SP 800-161 Rev 1 · 3 controls

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 · 3 controls

  • NIST800-CM-7 CM-7 Least Functionality
  • NIST800-SA-10 SA-10 Developer Configuration Management
  • SP800-53-CM Configuration Management Family

C5 (Germany) · 2 controls

  • C5-AM-02 Acceptable Use and Safe Handling of Assets Policy
  • C5-DEV-09 Approvals for provision in the production environment

CMMC 2.0 · 2 controls

FedRAMP High · 2 controls

  • CM-11 User-Installed Software
  • CM-5 Access Restrictions for Change

FedRAMP Moderate · 2 controls

  • CM-11 User-Installed Software
  • CM-5 Access Restrictions for Change
  • ASBv3-AM-5 Use only approved applications in virtual machine

ISO 27017:2015 · 1 control

  • 12.5 Control of operational software

ISO 27018:2019 · 1 control

  • 12.5 Control of operational software
  • 03.04.08 Authorized Software - Allow by Exception

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 PIMS-specific guidance related to ISO/IEC 27002, ISO 27701:2019

You are reading one control. How much of ISO 27701:2019 have you already done?

ISO 27701:2019 6.9.5 is one control. If you already hold one of the frameworks below, a reviewed crosswalk already says how much of ISO 27701:2019 your existing evidence covers. Hold SOC 2 and 58 of 108 ISO 27701:2019 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. 289 were rejected on the SOC 2 pair alone.

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The graph holds this control, the 41 it maps to, and the evidence behind each claim, over MCP and REST.