NIST SP 800-218
NIST SP 800-218: Information Security Policies

NIST SP 800-218 SP800-218-PO.4.2: Gather and Safeguard Security Check Information

Implement processes, mechanisms, etc. to gather and safeguard the necessary information in support of the criteria for software security checks.

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

What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 20 controls across 13 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

C5 (Germany) · 3 controls

  • C5-DEV-06 Testing changes
  • C5-DEV-09 Approvals for provision in the production environment
  • C5-OPS-14 Logging and Monitoring - Storage of the Logging Data

Azure Security Benchmark · 2 controls

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

ISO 27001:2022 · 2 controls

  • 8.15 Logging
  • 8.29 Security testing in development and acceptance

NIST SP 800-161 Rev 1 · 2 controls

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 · 2 controls

AWS Well-Architected Security Pillar · 1 control

  • SEC04-BP02 Capture logs, findings, and metrics in standardized locations

BSIMM · 1 control

  • SM2.2 Enforce gates with measurements and track exceptions

FedRAMP High · 1 control

  • SA-11 Developer Testing and Evaluation

FedRAMP Moderate · 1 control

  • SA-11 Developer Testing and Evaluation

ISO 27002:2022 · 1 control

NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 · 1 control

  • NIST-CSF-PR.PS-04 Log records are generated and made available for continuous monitoring

SOC 2 · 1 control

  • SOC2-PI1.1 PI1.1 Quality information about processing objectives, data definitions and specifications

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 NIST SP 800-218: Information Security Policies

You are reading one control. How much of NIST SP 800-218 have you already done?

NIST SP 800-218 SP800-218-PO.4.2 is one control. If you already hold one of the frameworks below, a reviewed crosswalk already says how much of NIST SP 800-218 your existing evidence covers. Hold NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 and 30 of 42 NIST SP 800-218 controls already carry evidence.

If you hold NIST SP 800-53 Rev 571.4% covered · 12 gapsIf you hold C5 (Germany)61.9% covered · 16 gapsIf you hold NIST SP 800-161 Rev 161.9% covered · 16 gapsIf you hold Cloud Security Alliance Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) v4.0.152.4% covered · 20 gapsIf you hold ISO 27002:202252.4% covered · 20 gapsIf you hold Azure Security Benchmark50% covered · 21 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 NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 pair alone.

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