UK Cyber Essentials
Secure Configuration

UK Cyber Essentials CE-SC.3: Disable Auto-Run Features

Disable auto-run or auto-play features that automatically execute code without user authorisation on removable media or network shares.

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

What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 31 controls across 15 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

CMMC 2.0 · 3 controls

FedRAMP High · 3 controls

  • CM-6 Configuration Settings
  • CM-7 Least Functionality
  • SC-18 Mobile Code

FedRAMP Moderate · 3 controls

  • CM-6 Configuration Settings
  • CM-7 Least Functionality
  • SC-18 Mobile Code

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 · 3 controls

  • CM-6 Configuration Settings
  • CM-7 Least Functionality
  • SC-18 Mobile Code
  • CM-6 Configuration Settings
  • CM-7 Least Functionality
  • SC-18 Mobile Code
  • ANSSI-HYG-14 Apply a Minimum Security Level Across the Whole Estate
  • ANSSI-HYG-15 Protect Against Threats Related to Removable Media
  • ASD37-11 Operating system hardening (Very Good)
  • ASD37-13 Control removable storage media (Very Good)

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 · 2 controls

  • NIST800-CM-6 Configuration settings
  • NIST800-SC-18 Mobile Code. Define acceptable and unacceptable mobile code and mobile code technologies; and Authorize, monitor, and control the use of mobile code within the system
  • CM-6 Configuration Settings
  • CM-7 Least Functionality
  • ASBv3-PV-3 Define and establish secure configurations for compute resources

C5 (Germany) · 1 control

  • C5-OPS-23 Managing Vulnerabilities, Malfunctions and Errors - System Hardening

CIS Controls v8 · 1 control

  • CIS-10.3 Disable Autorun and Autoplay for Removable Media

SOC 2 · 1 control

  • SOC2-CC6.7 Transmission of data is restricted to authorized users

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-SC.3 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.

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