SIG (Shared Assessments)
The Shared Assessments Standardized Information Gathering (SIG) questionnaire for third-party risk due diligence: 21 risk domains in the 2024 release (enterprise risk management, Nth party management, information assurance, asset and information management, HR, physical, IT operations, access control, application security, incident management, operational resilience, compliance management, endpoint, network, ESG, privacy, AI, supply chain, threat management, server security, cloud hosting), scoped as SIG Lite, SIG Core or custom to inherent risk, answered with explanations and verified through a Standardized Control Assessment. 25 leaves.
SIG (Shared Assessments) is a compliance framework from International with 2 domains and 25 controls that map to 130 other frameworks. The largest domains are SIG risk domains (2024 release) – SIG (Shared Assessments) (21 controls), Using the SIG: scoping, responding, verifying, mapping – SIG (Shared Assessments) (4 controls). Every control below carries what it requires and what an assessor expects to see.
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Framework Domains (2)
SIG risk domains (2024 release) – SIG (Shared Assessments)
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| sig-shared-assessments::A | Operate an enterprise risk management and risk governance program |
| sig-shared-assessments::B | Manage the risk of the third party's own vendors (fourth and Nth parties) |
| sig-shared-assessments::C | Maintain an information security program, policy and organisation |
| sig-shared-assessments::D | Inventory, classify and handle information assets through their lifecycle |
| sig-shared-assessments::E | Apply personnel controls before, during and after employment |
| sig-shared-assessments::F | Protect facilities and equipment that support the service |
| sig-shared-assessments::G | Run controlled IT operations: change, patch, capacity, database, problem and monitoring processes |
| sig-shared-assessments::H | Control logical access across endpoints with authentication, least privilege and privileged access management |
| sig-shared-assessments::I | Build and maintain applications securely through the development lifecycle |
| sig-shared-assessments::J | Detect, contain, respond to and notify security and privacy incidents |
| sig-shared-assessments::K | Maintain business continuity and disaster recovery that meet recovery objectives |
| sig-shared-assessments::L | Identify and manage legal, regulatory and contractual compliance obligations |
| sig-shared-assessments::M | Secure end user devices that access the service |
| sig-shared-assessments::N | Design, protect and monitor the network and data flows |
| sig-shared-assessments::O | Answer the ESG risk domain |
| sig-shared-assessments::P | Run a privacy program for personal data processed in the service |
| sig-shared-assessments::R | Govern the third party's use of artificial intelligence in the service |
| sig-shared-assessments::S | Manage cybersecurity risk in the technology supply chain |
| sig-shared-assessments::T | Identify and remediate threats and vulnerabilities |
| sig-shared-assessments::U | Harden, configure and monitor servers supporting the service |
| sig-shared-assessments::V | Control cloud-hosted services and shared responsibilities |
Using the SIG: scoping, responding, verifying, mapping – SIG (Shared Assessments)
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| sig-shared-assessments::U1 | Scope each SIG to the third party's inherent risk: SIG Lite, SIG Core or a custom SIG |
| sig-shared-assessments::U2 | Answer every scoped SIG question completely, with explanations and supporting detail |
| sig-shared-assessments::U3 | Verify SIG answers through a Standardized Control Assessment engagement run to the SCA guidelines |
| sig-shared-assessments::U4 | Use SIG mapping references and keep the questionnaire on the current release |
Your Compliance Coverage
If you comply with SIG (Shared Assessments), you already cover:
ISO/IEC 27010:2015
7%
4 controls mapped
Compare →ISO/SAE 21434
7%
4 controls mapped
Compare →NIST SP 800-124 Revision 2 - Guidelines for Managing the Security of Mobile Devices
7%
4 controls mapped
Compare →+ 127 more: ISO/IEC 27043:2015 (7%), CISA Cross-Sector Cybersecurity Performance Goals (CPG) 2.0 (7%)
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Coverage is not the same as your position
This page shows what SIG (Shared Assessments) overlaps with in general. Where your organisation actually stands, against the standard you are going for and the certifications you already hold, is a different question. Same graph and the same recorded refutations, scoped to you rather than to a pair.
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SIG (Shared Assessments) maps to 130 other compliance frameworks. The top mapping partners are ISO/IEC 27010:2015 (7% coverage), ISO/SAE 21434 (7% coverage), NIST SP 800-124 Revision 2 - Guidelines for Managing the Security of Mobile Devices (7% coverage). Use our comparison tool to explore control-level mappings between frameworks.
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