UK Cyber Essentials
Scope

UK Cyber Essentials CE-SCOPE.2: Cloud Services in Scope

All cloud services (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) used by the organisation must be in scope and the applicant retains responsibility for CE controls regardless of cloud provider.

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What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 26 controls across 18 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

  • ASBv3-AM-1 Track asset inventory and their risks
  • GS-1 Align organization roles, responsibilities and accountabilities

C5 (Germany) · 2 controls

  • C5-SSO-03 Directory of service providers and suppliers
  • C5-SSO-04 Monitoring of compliance with requirements

FedRAMP High · 2 controls

  • AC-20 Use of External Systems
  • SA-9 External System Services

FedRAMP Moderate · 2 controls

  • AC-20 Use of External Systems
  • SA-9 External System Services

NIST SP 800-161 Rev 1 · 2 controls

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 · 2 controls

PCI DSS 4.0 · 2 controls

  • 12.5.2 12.5.2 Annual and change-driven scope confirmation
  • 12.8.1 12.8.1 List of third-party service providers
  • ANSSI-HYG-03 Control the Risks of Outsourced Information System Management

CIS Controls v8 · 1 control

  • CIS-15.1 Establish and Maintain an Inventory of Service Providers

CMMC 2.0 · 1 control

HIPAA Security Rule · 1 control

  • 164.308(b)(1) Business Associate Contracts and Other Arrangements (Standard)

ISO 27001:2022 · 1 control

  • 5.23 Information security for use of cloud services

ISO 27002:2022 · 1 control

  • 5.23 Information security for use of cloud services
  • 164.308(b)(1) Business Associate Contracts and Other Arrangements (Standard)

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.

Other controls in Scope

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

UK Cyber Essentials CE-SCOPE.2 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.

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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