SOC 2 SOC2-P6.4: P6.4 Privacy commitments from vendors and third parties
Privacy commitments are obtained from vendors and others outside the organisation that can reach personal information, their compliance is assessed periodically and as needed, and corrective action is taken where necessary. Points of focus: information goes only to third parties with agreements to protect it consistently with the notice, whose controls are evaluated; and misuse by a third party that received information triggers remedial action. As revised in 2022, the organisation also has procedures to evaluate whether third parties meet their privacy commitments.
This control maps to 164 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.
NIST-CSF-DE.CM-06 External service provider activities and services are monitored to find potentially adverse events
NIST-CSF-GV.OC-02 Internal and external stakeholders are understood, and their needs and expectations regarding cybersecurity risk management are understood and considered
NIST-CSF-GV.SC-01 A cybersecurity supply chain risk management program, strategy, objectives, policies, and processes are established and agreed to by organizational stakeholders
NIST-CSF-GV.SC-02 Cybersecurity roles and responsibilities for suppliers, customers, and partners are established, communicated, and coordinated internally and externally
NIST-CSF-GV.SC-03 Cybersecurity supply chain risk management is integrated into cybersecurity and enterprise risk management, risk assessment, and improvement processes
NIST-CSF-GV.SC-05 Requirements to address cybersecurity risks in supply chains are established, prioritized, and integrated into contracts and other types of agreements with suppliers and other relevant third parties
NIST-CSF-GV.SC-06 Planning and due diligence are performed to reduce risks before entering into formal supplier or other third-party relationships
NIST-CSF-GV.SC-07 The risks posed by a supplier, their products and services, and other third parties are understood, recorded, prioritized, assessed, responded to, and monitored over the course of the relationship
NIST-CSF-GV.SC-09 Supply chain security practices are integrated into cybersecurity and enterprise risk management programs, and their performance is monitored throughout the technology product and service life cycle
NIST-CSF-ID.AM-04 Inventories of services provided by suppliers are maintained
NIST-CSF-ID.RA-10 Critical suppliers are assessed prior to acquisition
You are reading one control. How much of SOC 2 have you already done?
SOC 2 SOC2-P6.4 is one control. If you already hold one of the frameworks below, a reviewed crosswalk already says how much of SOC 2 your existing evidence covers. Hold NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 and 49 of 61 SOC 2 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. 193 were rejected on the NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 pair alone.