NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5
SC - System and Communications Protection

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 NIST800-SC-38: SC-38 Operations Security

Employ the following operations security controls to protect key organizational information throughout the system development life cycle: [Assignment: organization-defined operations security controls].

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This control maps to 38 controls across 11 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

ISO 27701:2019 · 6 controls

  • 5.6 Operation
  • 6.11.2 Security in development and support processes
  • 6.9 Operations security
  • 6.9.1 Operational procedures and responsibilities
  • 6.9.4 Logging and monitoring
  • 6.9.6 Technical vulnerability management

CIS Controls v8 · 5 controls

  • CIS-16.1 Establish and Maintain a Secure Application Development Process
  • CIS-16.12 Implement Code-Level Security Checks
  • CIS-16.14 Conduct Threat Modeling
  • CIS-16.8 Separate Production and Non-Production Systems
  • CIS-3.7 Establish and Maintain a Data Classification Scheme

HIPAA Security Rule · 4 controls

ISO 27001:2022 · 4 controls

  • 8.15 Logging
  • 8.25 Secure development life cycle
  • 8.31 Separation of development, test and production environments
  • 8.32 Change management
  • NIST-CSF-DE.CM-09 Computing hardware and software, runtime environments, and their data are monitored to find potentially adverse events
  • NIST-CSF-ID.AM-08 Systems, hardware, software, services, and data are managed throughout their life cycles
  • NIST-CSF-PR.DS-11 Backups of data are created, protected, maintained, and tested
  • NIST-CSF-PR.PS-06 Secure software development practices are integrated, and their performance is monitored throughout the software development life cycle

NIST SP 800-66 Rev 2 · 4 controls

SOC 2 · 4 controls

  • SOC2-C1.1 C1.1 Identifying and maintaining confidential information
  • SOC2-C1.2 C1.2 Disposing of confidential information
  • SOC2-CC6.3 CC6.3 Role-based access, least privilege and segregation of duties
  • SOC2-CC7.1 CC7.1 Detecting configuration changes and new vulnerabilities

PCI DSS 4.0 · 3 controls

  • 6.2.1 6.2.1 Secure development of bespoke and custom software
  • 6.5.1 6.5.1 Change control procedure for production
  • 6.5.2 6.5.2 Confirm PCI DSS controls after significant change

NIST SP 800-161 Rev 1 · 2 controls

ISO 27002:2022 · 1 control

  • 8.29 Security testing in development and acceptance

ISO/IEC 42001:2023 · 1 control

  • A.6.2.6 AI system operation and monitoring

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.

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