NIST SP 800-161 Rev 1
C-SCRM Family: Configuration Management

NIST SP 800-161 Rev 1 161R1-CM-11: User-Installed Software

Prevents users and integrators from installing software of unverified origin onto organizational systems.

Maintained by Gerard BlokdykVerified against the published standard Control text last updated

What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 26 controls across 20 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 · 3 controls

  • CIS-2.3 Address Unauthorized Software
  • CIS-2.5 Allowlist Authorized Software
  • CIS-2.7 Allowlist Authorized Scripts

ACSC Essential Eight · 2 controls

  • E8-APP-ML1 Application Control (ML1)
  • E8-APP-ML2 Application Control (ML2)

AWS Well-Architected Security Pillar · 2 controls

  • SEC06-BP02 Provision compute from hardened images
  • SEC11-BP05 Centralize services for packages and dependencies

Cloud Security Alliance Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) v4.0.1 · 2 controls

NIST SP 800-172 · 2 controls

  • 3.4.1e Authoritative Source for Software and Firmware
  • 3.4.2e Automated Detection and Remediation of Unauthorized Software

ASD Strategies to Mitigate Cyber Security Incidents · 1 control

  • ASD37-01 Application control (Essential)

Australia Consumer Data Right - Banking (CDR) · 1 control

  • AUCDR-IS-5 Limit, prevent, detect and remove malware

Azure Security Benchmark · 1 control

  • ASBv3-AM-5 Use only approved applications in virtual machine

C5 (Germany) · 1 control

  • C5-AM-02 Acceptable Use and Safe Handling of Assets Policy

CMMC 2.0 · 1 control

FedRAMP High · 1 control

  • CM-11 User-Installed Software

FedRAMP Moderate · 1 control

  • CM-11 User-Installed Software

ISO 27001:2022 · 1 control

  • 8.19 Installation of software on operational systems

ISO 27002:2022 · 1 control

  • 8.19 Installation of software on operational systems

ISO 27701:2019 · 1 control

  • 6.9.5 Control of operational software

NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 · 1 control

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 · 1 control

  • 03.04.08 Authorized Software - Allow by Exception

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 · 1 control

SOC 2 · 1 control

  • SOC2-CC6.8 CC6.8 Preventing and detecting unauthorised or malicious software

UK Cyber Essentials · 1 control

  • CE-MP.4 Application Allowlisting (Alternative)

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 C-SCRM Family: Configuration Management

You are reading one control. How much of NIST SP 800-161 Rev 1 have you already done?

NIST SP 800-161 Rev 1 161R1-CM-11 is one control. If you already hold one of the frameworks below, a reviewed crosswalk already says how much of NIST SP 800-161 Rev 1 your existing evidence covers. Hold C5 (Germany) and 94 of 191 NIST SP 800-161 Rev 1 controls already carry evidence.

If you hold C5 (Germany)49.2% covered · 97 gapsIf you hold NIST SP 800-171 Rev 338.2% covered · 118 gapsIf you hold Cloud Security Alliance Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) v4.0.137.2% covered · 120 gapsIf you hold NIST SP 800-17221.5% covered · 150 gapsIf you hold AWS Well-Architected Security Pillar20.9% covered · 151 gapsIf you hold DORA17.3% covered · 158 gaps

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. 0 were rejected on the C5 (Germany) pair alone.

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