UK Cyber Essentials
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UK Cyber Essentials CE-MP.4: Application Allowlisting (Alternative)

Where allowlisting is used instead of AV, only approved applications (signed or hash-listed) can execute. List must be actively maintained.

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

What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 30 controls across 16 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

CIS Controls v8 · 3 controls

  • CIS-2.5 Allowlist Authorized Software
  • CIS-2.6 Allowlist Authorized Libraries
  • CIS-2.7 Allowlist Authorized Scripts

Cloud Security Alliance Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) v4.0.1 · 3 controls

FedRAMP High · 3 controls

  • CM-11 User-Installed Software
  • CM-7(2) Prevent Program Execution
  • CM-7(5) Authorized Software Allow-by-Exception

FedRAMP Moderate · 3 controls

  • CM-11 User-Installed Software
  • CM-7(2) Prevent Program Execution
  • CM-7(5) Authorized Software Allow-by-Exception

C5 (Germany) · 2 controls

  • C5-OPS-05 Protection Against Malware - Implementation
  • C5-PSS-11 Images for Virtual Machines and Containers

CMMC 2.0 · 2 controls

ISO 27001:2022 · 2 controls

  • 8.19 Installation of software on operational systems
  • 8.7 Protection against malware

ISO 27002:2022 · 2 controls

  • 8.19 Installation of software on operational systems
  • 8.7 Protection against malware

NIST SP 800-161 Rev 1 · 2 controls

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 · 2 controls

ASD Strategies to Mitigate Cyber Security Incidents · 1 control

  • ASD37-01 Application control (Essential)

AWS Well-Architected Security Pillar · 1 control

Azure Security Benchmark · 1 control

  • ASBv3-AM-5 Use only approved applications in virtual machine

NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 · 1 control

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 · 1 control

  • 03.04.08 Authorized Software - Allow by Exception

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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You are reading one control. How much of UK Cyber Essentials have you already done?

UK Cyber Essentials CE-MP.4 is one control. If you already hold one of the frameworks below, a reviewed crosswalk already says how much of UK Cyber Essentials your existing evidence covers. Hold FedRAMP Moderate and 29 of 36 UK Cyber Essentials controls already carry evidence.

If you hold FedRAMP Moderate80.6% covered · 7 gapsIf you hold NIST SP 800-171 Rev 375% covered · 9 gapsIf you hold Azure Security Benchmark55.6% covered · 16 gapsIf you hold ANSSI Guide d'hygiene informatique (42 mesures, v2.0)50% covered · 18 gapsIf you hold ASD Strategies to Mitigate Cyber Security Incidents50% covered · 18 gapsIf you hold C5 (Germany)50% covered · 18 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 FedRAMP Moderate pair alone.

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