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APRA CPS 234Cloud Security Alliance Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) v4.0.1

APRA CPS 234 covers 13.2% of Cloud Security Alliance Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) v4.0.1

26 of the 197 controls in Cloud Security Alliance Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) v4.0.1 are already satisfied by evidence you collected for APRA CPS 234. 171 are genuine gaps. Every claim below was judged against both control sets and then argued against; the ones that did not survive are published further down with the reason each failed.

13.2%
of the target already covered
26
controls evidenced
171
genuine gaps
0
claims rejected in review

This number is directional. It says how much of Cloud Security Alliance Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) v4.0.1 your APRA CPS 234 evidence satisfies. The reverse pair is a different number, often very different, because a security standard has enormous depth for access control and almost none for lawful basis or data subject rights.

46 candidate mappings were examined and 0 were removed. Signed off 2026-08-19, review level machine verified. Mappings were judged by Claude Code rather than read line by line by a practitioner. Every claim shows its reasoning so you can check it. Ask and a practitioner will review this pair.

Where the gaps are

Coverage is never evenly spread. A source standard usually satisfies one part of a target almost completely and barely touches another, and which part is which is the thing worth knowing before you plan the work.

A&A - Audit & Assurance5 of 6 evidenced, 1 to do
SEF - Security Incident Management, E-Discovery & Cloud Forensics6 of 8 evidenced, 2 to do
STA - Supply Chain Management, Transparency & Accountability9 of 14 evidenced, 5 to do
GRC - Governance, Risk & Compliance3 of 8 evidenced, 5 to do
DSP - Data Security & Privacy Lifecycle Management3 of 19 evidenced, 16 to do
AIS - Application & Interface Security0 of 7 evidenced, 7 to do
BCR - Business Continuity Management & Operational Resilience0 of 11 evidenced, 11 to do
CCC - Change Control & Configuration Management0 of 9 evidenced, 9 to do
CEK - Cryptography, Encryption & Key Management0 of 21 evidenced, 21 to do
DCS - Datacenter Security0 of 15 evidenced, 15 to do
HRS - Human Resources Security0 of 13 evidenced, 13 to do
IAM - Identity & Access Management0 of 16 evidenced, 16 to do
IPY - Interoperability & Portability0 of 4 evidenced, 4 to do
IVS - Infrastructure & Virtualization Security0 of 9 evidenced, 9 to do
LOG - Logging & Monitoring0 of 13 evidenced, 13 to do
TVM - Threat & Vulnerability Management0 of 10 evidenced, 10 to do
UEM - Universal Endpoint Management0 of 14 evidenced, 14 to do

Theme level, not control level, deliberately. The per-control list of what is evidenced and what is a gap is the report itself, so publishing it here would be publishing the thing being sold.

Claims that held

A sample. Each one names the control whose evidence does the work, the control it satisfies, and why.

CPS 234 para 27CCM-A&A-01argued against and upheld
Audit and Assurance Policy and Procedures

A documented systematic control testing programme is the audit and assurance procedure required.

CPS 234 para 30CCM-A&A-02argued against and upheld
Independent Assessments

Assessments must be performed by skilled specialists functionally independent of the activity examined.

CPS 234 para 32CCM-A&A-02argued against and upheld
Independent Assessments

Internal audit must review design and operating effectiveness of information security controls.

CPS 234 para 27CCM-A&A-03argued against and upheld
Risk Based Planning Assessment

Testing nature and frequency must reflect threat change, asset criticality and incident consequences.

CPS 234 para 31CCM-A&A-03argued against and upheld
Risk Based Planning Assessment

Programme sufficiency is reviewed annually and whenever assets or environment materially change.

CPS 234 para 27CCM-A&A-05argued against and upheld
Audit Management Process

The testing programme defines scope, frequency and the factors that drive assessment planning.

CPS 234 para 29CCM-A&A-06argued against and upheld
Remediation

Deficiencies that cannot be remediated in a timely way must be escalated and reported to the Board.

CPS 234 para 20CCM-DSP-01argued against and upheld
Security and Privacy Policy and Procedures

Classification of information assets by criticality and sensitivity is the required handling policy basis.

Claims that did not hold

Nothing proposed for this pair was rejected in review. That is unusual and worth knowing rather than hiding: it means the candidate set was small and every candidate held.

The full report

Everything above is a sample. The report is every evidenced control and every gap, with the reasoning and the source document behind each one, in a form you can hand to an assessor. $299, emailed immediately.

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