UK Cyber Essentials
Malware Protection

UK Cyber Essentials CE-MP.1: Anti-Malware Software Deployed

Implement anti-malware on all in-scope devices: anti-malware software (signature/heuristic), application allowlisting, or sandboxing of untrusted code.

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

What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 33 controls across 19 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

  • ASD37-01 Application control (Essential)
  • ASD37-05 Automated dynamic analysis of email and web content (Excellent)
  • ASD37-12 Antivirus software with heuristics (Very Good)
  • ASD37-16 Antivirus software with signatures (Limited)
  • ASD37-24 Non-persistent virtualised sandboxed environment (Very Good)
  • ASBv3-AM-5 Use only approved applications in virtual machine
  • ASBv3-GS-9 Define and implement endpoint security strategy
  • ES-1 Use Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)
  • ES-2 Use modern anti-malware software

PCI DSS 4.0 · 3 controls

  • 5.3.5 5.3.5 Users cannot disable or alter anti-malware
  • 5.2.1 5.2.1 Anti-malware deployed on all system components
  • 5.2.2 5.2.2 Anti-malware detects and handles all known malware

C5 (Germany) · 2 controls

  • C5-OPS-04 Protection Against Malware - Concept
  • C5-OPS-05 Protection Against Malware - Implementation

ISO 27001:2022 · 2 controls

  • 8.1 User end point devices
  • 8.7 Protection against malware

ISO 27002:2022 · 2 controls

  • 8.1 User endpoint devices
  • 8.7 Protection against malware
  • ANSSI-HYG-15 Protect Against Threats Related to Removable Media

CIS Controls v8 · 1 control

  • CIS-10.1 Deploy and Maintain Anti-Malware Software

CMMC 2.0 · 1 control

FedRAMP High · 1 control

  • SI-3 Malicious Code Protection

FedRAMP Moderate · 1 control

  • SI-3 Malicious Code Protection

HIPAA Security Rule · 1 control

  • NIST-CSF-DE.CM-09 Computing hardware and software, runtime environments, and their data are monitored to find potentially adverse events

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.

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