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SOC for Cybersecurity - Cybersecurity Risk Management Examination

United States (AICPA); used internationally
vDC section 200 (15 April 2017), with the Trust Services Criteria (2017, revised points of focus) as the usual control criteria
8 domains
22 controls

The AICPA SOC for Cybersecurity examination: an entity describes its cybersecurity risk management program against the nineteen AICPA description criteria (DC section 200: business and sensitive information, cybersecurity objectives, inherent risk factors and significant incidents, governance, risk assessment including vendors, communications, monitoring and control processes) and asserts that controls were effective against chosen control criteria, usually the Trust Services Criteria; a CPA opines on both in a general-use report. Built from DC 200, read in full; paraphrased.

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SOC for Cybersecurity - Cybersecurity Risk Management Examination is a compliance framework from United States (AICPA); used internationally with 8 domains and 22 controls that map to 149 other frameworks. The largest domains are Cybersecurity risk governance structure (DC7 to DC10) – SOC for Cybersecurity - Cybersecurity Risk Management Examination (4 controls), Nature of business, information at risk and objectives (DC1 to DC4) – SOC for Cybersecurity - Cybersecurity Risk Management Examination (4 controls), Cybersecurity control processes (DC17 to DC19) – SOC for Cybersecurity - Cybersecurity Risk Management Examination (3 controls). Every control below carries what it requires and what an assessor expects to see.

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Framework Domains (8)

Communications and quality of information (DC13, DC14) – SOC for Cybersecurity - Cybersecurity Risk Management Examination

2 controls
Controls in the Communications and quality of information (DC13, DC14) – SOC for Cybersecurity - Cybersecurity Risk Management Examination domain of SOC for Cybersecurity - Cybersecurity Risk Management Examination: 2 controls
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soc-for-cybersecurity-cybersecurity-risk-management-examination::DC13DC13 Process for internal communication of cybersecurity objectives, responsibilities and incident thresholds
soc-for-cybersecurity-cybersecurity-risk-management-examination::DC14DC14 Process for communicating with external parties about matters affecting the program

Cybersecurity control processes (DC17 to DC19) – SOC for Cybersecurity - Cybersecurity Risk Management Examination

3 controls
Controls in the Cybersecurity control processes (DC17 to DC19) – SOC for Cybersecurity - Cybersecurity Risk Management Examination domain of SOC for Cybersecurity - Cybersecurity Risk Management Examination: 3 controls
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soc-for-cybersecurity-cybersecurity-risk-management-examination::DC17DC17 Process for developing responses to assessed risks, including designing and implementing controls
soc-for-cybersecurity-cybersecurity-risk-management-examination::DC18DC18 Summary of the IT infrastructure and its network architectural characteristics
soc-for-cybersecurity-cybersecurity-risk-management-examination::DC19DC19 Key security policies and processes: prevention, detection and response, capacity, environmental events and back-up, and confidential information retention

Cybersecurity risk assessment process (DC11, DC12) – SOC for Cybersecurity - Cybersecurity Risk Management Examination

2 controls
Controls in the Cybersecurity risk assessment process (DC11, DC12) – SOC for Cybersecurity - Cybersecurity Risk Management Examination domain of SOC for Cybersecurity - Cybersecurity Risk Management Examination: 2 controls
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soc-for-cybersecurity-cybersecurity-risk-management-examination::DC11DC11 Process for identifying cybersecurity risks and significant changes and assessing risks to the objectives
soc-for-cybersecurity-cybersecurity-risk-management-examination::DC12DC12 Process for identifying, assessing and managing vendor and business partner risks

Cybersecurity risk governance structure (DC7 to DC10) – SOC for Cybersecurity - Cybersecurity Risk Management Examination

4 controls
Controls in the Cybersecurity risk governance structure (DC7 to DC10) – SOC for Cybersecurity - Cybersecurity Risk Management Examination domain of SOC for Cybersecurity - Cybersecurity Risk Management Examination: 4 controls
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soc-for-cybersecurity-cybersecurity-risk-management-examination::DC10DC10 Process to hire and develop competent people and contractors and hold them accountable
soc-for-cybersecurity-cybersecurity-risk-management-examination::DC7DC7 Process for establishing, maintaining and communicating integrity and ethical values
soc-for-cybersecurity-cybersecurity-risk-management-examination::DC8DC8 Process for board oversight of the program
soc-for-cybersecurity-cybersecurity-risk-management-examination::DC9DC9 Established cybersecurity accountability and reporting lines

Inherent risk factors and significant incidents (DC5, DC6) – SOC for Cybersecurity - Cybersecurity Risk Management Examination

2 controls
Controls in the Inherent risk factors and significant incidents (DC5, DC6) – SOC for Cybersecurity - Cybersecurity Risk Management Examination domain of SOC for Cybersecurity - Cybersecurity Risk Management Examination: 2 controls
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soc-for-cybersecurity-cybersecurity-risk-management-examination::DC5DC5 Factors significantly affecting inherent cybersecurity risk: technology and connectivity, organisation and users, and changes in the period
soc-for-cybersecurity-cybersecurity-risk-management-examination::DC6DC6 Significant security incidents of the preceding 12 months: nature, timing, extent and disposition

Management's responsibilities in the examination (DC 200 .03 to .20) – SOC for Cybersecurity - Cybersecurity Risk Management Examination

3 controls
Controls in the Management's responsibilities in the examination (DC 200 .03 to .20) – SOC for Cybersecurity - Cybersecurity Risk Management Examination domain of SOC for Cybersecurity - Cybersecurity Risk Management Examination: 3 controls
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soc-for-cybersecurity-cybersecurity-risk-management-examination::MGT-1MGT-1 Management prepares a description of the program that addresses every criterion without omission or distortion
soc-for-cybersecurity-cybersecurity-risk-management-examination::MGT-2MGT-2 Management asserts on the description and on control effectiveness against suitable control criteria it selects
soc-for-cybersecurity-cybersecurity-risk-management-examination::MGT-3MGT-3 When only part of the entity is in scope, describe that portion and the entity-wide elements it relies on

Monitoring of the program (DC15, DC16) – SOC for Cybersecurity - Cybersecurity Risk Management Examination

2 controls
Controls in the Monitoring of the program (DC15, DC16) – SOC for Cybersecurity - Cybersecurity Risk Management Examination domain of SOC for Cybersecurity - Cybersecurity Risk Management Examination: 2 controls
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soc-for-cybersecurity-cybersecurity-risk-management-examination::DC15DC15 Process for ongoing and periodic evaluations of key control effectiveness
soc-for-cybersecurity-cybersecurity-risk-management-examination::DC16DC16 Process to evaluate and communicate threats, vulnerabilities and control deficiencies for timely correction

Nature of business, information at risk and objectives (DC1 to DC4) – SOC for Cybersecurity - Cybersecurity Risk Management Examination

4 controls
Controls in the Nature of business, information at risk and objectives (DC1 to DC4) – SOC for Cybersecurity - Cybersecurity Risk Management Examination domain of SOC for Cybersecurity - Cybersecurity Risk Management Examination: 4 controls
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soc-for-cybersecurity-cybersecurity-risk-management-examination::DC1DC1 Nature of business and operations, principal products or services and how they are distributed
soc-for-cybersecurity-cybersecurity-risk-management-examination::DC2DC2 Principal types of sensitive information created, collected, transmitted, used or stored
soc-for-cybersecurity-cybersecurity-risk-management-examination::DC3DC3 Principal cybersecurity objectives for availability, confidentiality, integrity of data and integrity of processing
soc-for-cybersecurity-cybersecurity-risk-management-examination::DC4DC4 Process for establishing, maintaining and approving cybersecurity objectives

Your Compliance Coverage

If you comply with SOC for Cybersecurity - Cybersecurity Risk Management Examination, you already cover:

Maps to 149 other frameworks

44 total controls
SSAE 18 - Attestation Standards (SOC Reporting)
10 source controls mapped|14 target controls covered
23%
TISAX - Trusted Information Security Assessment Exchange
9 source controls mapped|7 target controls covered
20%
NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5
9 source controls mapped|21 target controls covered
20%
Singapore Government Instruction Manual on ICT&SS Management (IM8)
9 source controls mapped|11 target controls covered
20%
South Korea ISMS-P
9 source controls mapped|10 target controls covered
20%
NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0
8 source controls mapped|14 target controls covered
18%
API 1164
8 source controls mapped|9 target controls covered
18%
Annex 11 to EU GMP - Computerised Systems
8 source controls mapped|5 target controls covered
18%
ISO/IEC 27019:2024
8 source controls mapped|9 target controls covered
18%
IEC 62443
8 source controls mapped|9 target controls covered
18%
NIST SP 1800-32
8 source controls mapped|9 target controls covered
18%
UK AI Regulation Framework
7 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
16%
FFIEC IT Examination Handbook
7 source controls mapped|10 target controls covered
16%
PCI P2PE
7 source controls mapped|10 target controls covered
16%
PCI SSF
7 source controls mapped|11 target controls covered
16%
PCI PIN Security
7 source controls mapped|12 target controls covered
16%
Security of Critical Infrastructure Act 2018 (SOCI)
7 source controls mapped|9 target controls covered
16%
FBI CJIS Security Policy
6 source controls mapped|5 target controls covered
14%
ISO/IEC 23894:2023
6 source controls mapped|7 target controls covered
14%
SASB Standards
6 source controls mapped|7 target controls covered
14%
FFIEC Cybersecurity Assessment Tool (CAT)
6 source controls mapped|6 target controls covered
14%
SOC 2
6 source controls mapped|11 target controls covered
14%
ISO 28001:2007 Supply Chain Security Management
6 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
14%
APRA CPS 230 Operational Risk Management
6 source controls mapped|6 target controls covered
14%
Virginia CDPA
5 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
11%
Uruguay DPL
5 source controls mapped|4 target controls covered
11%
Texas Data Privacy and Security Act (TDPSA)
5 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
11%
Taiwan PDPA
5 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
11%
FTC GLBA Safeguards Rule (16 CFR Part 314)
5 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
11%
11%
BSI IT-Grundschutz
5 source controls mapped|11 target controls covered
11%
Bahrain PDPL
5 source controls mapped|9 target controls covered
11%
NIST SP 800-190
5 source controls mapped|7 target controls covered
11%
Saudi Arabia PDPL
5 source controls mapped|7 target controls covered
11%
Switzerland New Federal Act on Data Protection (nFADP/nDSG, 2023)
5 source controls mapped|15 target controls covered
11%
Telecommunications Sector Security Reforms (TSSR)
5 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
11%
BS 65000:2014 - Guidance on Organizational Resilience
5 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
11%
APRA CPS 234
5 source controls mapped|6 target controls covered
11%
ICAO Annex 17 - Aviation Security (AVSEC)
5 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
11%
ISO/IEC 27557:2022 - Organisational Privacy Risk Management
5 source controls mapped|7 target controls covered
11%
EASA Part-IS - Information Security in Aviation
5 source controls mapped|8 target controls covered
11%
ISO 22320:2018
5 source controls mapped|4 target controls covered
11%
UK GDPR (UK General Data Protection Regulation)
4 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
9%
UK Open Banking Standard
4 source controls mapped|6 target controls covered
9%
ISO/IEC 27400:2022
4 source controls mapped|7 target controls covered
9%
ASD Strategies to Mitigate Cyber Security Incidents
4 source controls mapped|8 target controls covered
9%
Barbados Data Protection Act 2019
4 source controls mapped|6 target controls covered
9%
APPI
4 source controls mapped|7 target controls covered
9%
ISO/IEC 27010:2015
4 source controls mapped|6 target controls covered
9%
UK Security and Emergency Measures Direction (SEMD) - Water Industry
4 source controls mapped|5 target controls covered
9%
ITIL 4
4 source controls mapped|4 target controls covered
9%
ASIS SPC.1-2009 - Organizational Resilience Standard
4 source controls mapped|6 target controls covered
9%
ISO/IEC 20000-1:2018
4 source controls mapped|4 target controls covered
9%
9%
IEC 62304:2015 Medical Device Software Lifecycle Processes
4 source controls mapped|5 target controls covered
9%
Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) Programmes - Global Standards
4 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
9%
Kuwait National Cybersecurity Framework
4 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
9%
UAE Virtual Asset Regulatory Authority (VARA) Regulations
4 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
9%
ISO/IEC 27003:2017
4 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
9%
AML/CTF Act 2006 (Australia)
4 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
9%
APRA SPS 220 Risk Management (Superannuation)
4 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
9%
Trinidad and Tobago Data Protection Act 2011
3 source controls mapped|4 target controls covered
7%
Tanzania Personal Data Protection Act 2022
3 source controls mapped|4 target controls covered
7%
ISO/SAE 21434
3 source controls mapped|8 target controls covered
7%
ISO/IEC 27043:2015
3 source controls mapped|8 target controls covered
7%
ISO/IEC 27011:2024
3 source controls mapped|8 target controls covered
7%
US Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSC) Manufacturer and Importer Duties
3 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
7%
ISO 27799:2025
3 source controls mapped|9 target controls covered
7%
GDPR
3 source controls mapped|8 target controls covered
7%
UK Defence Standard 05-138 - Cyber Security for Defence Suppliers
3 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
7%
Austria Data Protection Act (Datenschutzgesetz, DSG, amended 2018)
3 source controls mapped|7 target controls covered
7%
IEC 62351 - Power Systems Communication Security
3 source controls mapped|4 target controls covered
7%
UK Age Appropriate Design Code (Children's Code)
3 source controls mapped|6 target controls covered
7%
ITU-T X.805 - Security Architecture for End-to-End Communications
3 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
7%
ISO/IEC 27031:2011
3 source controls mapped|7 target controls covered
7%
DAMA-DMBOK2 - Data Management Body of Knowledge (2nd Edition)
3 source controls mapped|4 target controls covered
7%
Singapore AI Governance Framework
3 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
7%
AS9100D - Aerospace Quality Management System
3 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
7%
IAIS Insurance Core Principles (ICPs)
3 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
7%
IEC 60601-1 - Medical Electrical Equipment Safety
3 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
7%
Solvency II
3 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
7%
Aged Care Quality Standards 2019 (repealed edition)
3 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
7%
ISO 20400:2017 - Sustainable Procurement
3 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
7%
SANS Incident Handler's Handbook and PICERL Methodology
3 source controls mapped|6 target controls covered
7%
NFPA 1600 - Standard on Continuity, Emergency, and Crisis Management
3 source controls mapped|6 target controls covered
7%
AICPA Privacy Management Framework (PMF)
3 source controls mapped|5 target controls covered
7%
UNESCO Recommendation on the Ethics of AI
2 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
5%
Student Privacy Pledge 2020
2 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
5%
Florida Digital Bill of Rights (FDBR)
2 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
5%
CISA Cross-Sector Cybersecurity Performance Goals (CPG) 2.0
2 source controls mapped|5 target controls covered
5%
FedRAMP Rev 5
2 source controls mapped|4 target controls covered
5%
Azerbaijan Law on Personal Data (2010)
2 source controls mapped|4 target controls covered
5%
Albania Law No. 124/2024 on Personal Data Protection
2 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
5%
US ITAR and EAR - Export Control and Data Security
2 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
5%
Sweden Data Protection Act (Dataskyddslag, 2018:218)
2 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
5%
Uganda Data Protection and Privacy Act (2019)
2 source controls mapped|5 target controls covered
5%
UK FCA/PRA Operational Resilience Framework
2 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
5%
NRC 10 CFR 73.54 - Nuclear Facility Cybersecurity
2 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
5%
Canada ITSG-33 - IT Security Risk Management
2 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
5%
COSO Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013)
2 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
5%
UK Telecommunications (Security) Act 2021
2 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
5%
ISO/IEC 29134:2023
2 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
5%
ISO 26262:2018 - Functional Safety for Road Vehicles
2 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
5%
ISO 22313:2020 - Guidance on Business Continuity Management Systems
2 source controls mapped|4 target controls covered
5%
Sigstore - Software Artifact Signing and Verification
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
2%
2%
Nebraska Data Privacy Act
1 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
2%
NSA Guidance for Transition to Quantum-Resistant Cryptography
1 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
2%
ISO/IEC 23837:2023
1 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
2%
ISO/IEC 29115:2013 - Entity Authentication Assurance Framework
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
2%
ISO 26000:2010
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
2%
Secure by Design: A Guide for Manufacturers (CISA)
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
2%
3GPP 5G Security Architecture (TS 33.501)
1 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
2%
W3C Verifiable Credentials (VC) Data Model 2.0
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
2%
TEFCA - Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
2%
COBIT 2019
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
2%
ISO/IEC 27007:2020
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
2%
US EPA Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) - Cybersecurity Requirements
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
2%
ISO/IEC 25012:2008 - Data Quality Model
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
2%
Nevada Gaming Control Board Cybersecurity Requirements
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
2%
ISO/IEC 30111:2019
1 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
2%
Space ISAC (Information Sharing and Analysis Center) - Threat Framework
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
2%
21 CFR Part 58 - Good Laboratory Practice (GLP)
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
2%
Australian Privacy Principles (APPs)
1 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
2%
Armenia Law on Protection of Personal Data (2015)
1 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
2%
WHO Global Strategy on Digital Health 2020-2025
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
2%
ISO/IEC 29100:2024
1 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
2%
Azure Security Benchmark
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
2%
Connecticut Data Privacy Act (CTDPA)
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
2%
Estonia Personal Data Protection Act (Isikuandmete kaitse seadus, 2019)
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
2%
Rhode Island Data Transparency and Privacy Protection Act (RIDTPPA)
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
2%
UK Data Protection Act 2018
1 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
2%
ISO 30401
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
2%
ISO 9001:2015
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
2%
FedRAMP High
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
2%
FedRAMP Moderate
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
2%
2%
ISO/IEC 29147:2018
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
2%
Singapore Cybersecurity Act 2018
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
2%
SQF Code Edition 9 - Safe Quality Food
1 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
2%
ISO 22000:2018
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
2%
UK Modern Slavery Act 2015
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
2%
ISO/TS 22318:2021
1 source controls mapped|5 target controls covered
2%
ISO/TS 22317:2021
1 source controls mapped|5 target controls covered
2%
ISO 22316
1 source controls mapped|5 target controls covered
2%

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What is SOC for Cybersecurity - Cybersecurity Risk Management Examination and who does it apply to?

SOC for Cybersecurity - Cybersecurity Risk Management Examination is a compliance framework from United States (AICPA); used internationally with 8 domains and 22 controls. The AICPA SOC for Cybersecurity examination: an entity describes its cybersecurity risk management program against the nineteen AICPA description criteria (DC section 200: business and sensitive information, cybersecurity objectives, inherent risk factors and significant incidents, governance, risk assessment including vendors, communications, monitoring and control processes) and asserts that controls were effective against chosen control criteria, usually the Trust Services Criteria; a CPA opines on both in a general-use report. Built from DC 200, read in full; paraphrased. It is used by organisations to establish and maintain compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements.

What does SOC for Cybersecurity - Cybersecurity Risk Management Examination actually require?

SOC for Cybersecurity - Cybersecurity Risk Management Examination has 22 controls organised across 8 domains. The largest domains are Cybersecurity risk governance structure (DC7 to DC10) – SOC for Cybersecurity - Cybersecurity Risk Management Examination (4 controls), Nature of business, information at risk and objectives (DC1 to DC4) – SOC for Cybersecurity - Cybersecurity Risk Management Examination (4 controls), Cybersecurity control processes (DC17 to DC19) – SOC for Cybersecurity - Cybersecurity Risk Management Examination (3 controls). Each control defines specific requirements that organisations must implement to achieve compliance.

If I already comply with another framework, how much of SOC for Cybersecurity - Cybersecurity Risk Management Examination do I already cover?

SOC for Cybersecurity - Cybersecurity Risk Management Examination maps to 149 other compliance frameworks. The top mapping partners are SSAE 18 - Attestation Standards (SOC Reporting) (23% coverage), TISAX - Trusted Information Security Assessment Exchange (20% coverage), NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 (20% coverage). Use our comparison tool to explore control-level mappings between frameworks.

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