NIST SP 800-161 Rev 1
C-SCRM Family: System and Information Integrity

NIST SP 800-161 Rev 1 161R1-SI-3: Malicious Code Protection

Protects against malicious code introduced through delivered components, updates and supplier channels.

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

What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 35 controls across 23 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

  • ASD37-06 Email content filtering (Excellent)
  • ASD37-12 Antivirus software with heuristics (Very Good)
  • ASD37-16 Antivirus software with signatures (Limited)

CMMC 2.0 · 3 controls

PCI DSS 4.0 · 3 controls

  • 5.2.1 5.2.1 Anti-malware deployed on all system components
  • 5.3.1 5.3.1 Anti-malware kept current through automatic updates
  • 5.3.3 5.3.3 Anti-malware covers removable electronic media

UK Cyber Essentials · 3 controls

  • CE-MP.1 Anti-Malware Software Deployed
  • CE-MP.2 Anti-Malware Signatures Updated
  • CE-MP.3 Anti-Malware Scans Files on Access and Web Pages
  • ASBv3-ES-3 Ensure anti-malware software and signatures are updated
  • ES-2 Use modern anti-malware software

CIS Controls v8 · 2 controls

  • CIS-10.1 Deploy and Maintain Anti-Malware Software
  • CIS-10.2 Configure Automatic Anti-Malware Signature Updates
  • CBPR-PR-32 Detection, prevention and response measures
  • AUCDR-IS-5 Limit, prevent, detect and remove malware

C5 (Germany) · 1 control

  • C5-OPS-05 Protection Against Malware - Implementation

FedRAMP High · 1 control

  • SI-3 Malicious Code Protection

FedRAMP Moderate · 1 control

  • SI-3 Malicious Code Protection

HIPAA Security Rule · 1 control

ISO 27001:2022 · 1 control

  • 8.7 Protection against malware

ISO 27002:2022 · 1 control

  • 8.7 Protection against malware

ISO 27701:2019 · 1 control

  • 6.9.2 Protection from malware

NIST SP 800-172 · 1 control

  • 3.13.1e Create Diversity in System Components to Limit Malicious Code Propagation

SOC 2 · 1 control

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

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: System and Information Integrity

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-SI-3 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.

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.

Query this from an agent

The graph holds this control, the 35 it maps to, and the evidence behind each claim, over MCP and REST.