CIS Controls v8
Center for Internet Security Critical Security Controls - prioritized set of actions to protect organizations and data from known cyber attack vectors
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Framework Domains (36)
Access Control Management
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| 6.1 | Malware Protection |
| 6.2 | Approach selection |
| 6.3 | Information security awareness, education and training |
| 6.4 | Logging and Monitoring |
| 6.5 | Preparing and Distributing Audit Report |
| 6.6 | Confidentiality or non-disclosure agreements |
| 6.7 | Conducting Audit Follow-up |
| 6.8 | Externally Provided Products and Services |
Account Management
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| 5.1 | Logical Access Control |
| 5.2 | Token Management |
| 5.3 | Determining and Evaluating Audit Programme Risks |
| 5.4 | Establishing Audit Programme |
| 5.5 | Implementing Audit Programme |
| 5.6 | Monitoring Audit Programme |
Application Software Security
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| 16.1 | Establish and Maintain a Secure Application Development Process |
| 16.10 | Apply Secure Design Principles in Application Architectures |
| 16.11 | Leverage Vetted Modules or Services for Application Security Components |
| 16.12 | Implement Code-Level Security Checks |
| 16.13 | Conduct Application Penetration Testing |
| 16.14 | Conduct Threat Modeling |
| 16.2 | Establish and Maintain a Process to Accept and Address Software Vulnerabilities |
| 16.3 | Perform Root Cause Analysis on Security Vulnerabilities |
| 16.4 | Establish and Manage an Inventory of Third-Party Software Components |
| 16.5 | Use Up-to-Date and Trusted Third-Party Software Components |
| 16.6 | Establish and Maintain a Severity Rating System and Process for Application Vulnerabilities |
| 16.7 | Use Standard Hardening Configuration Templates for Application Infrastructure |
| 16.8 | Separate Production and Non-Production Systems |
| 16.9 | Train Developers in Application Security Concepts and Secure Coding |
Audit Log Management
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| 8.1 | Risk treatment selection |
| 8.10 | Retain Audit Logs |
| 8.11 | Conduct Audit Log Reviews |
| 8.12 | Data leakage prevention |
| 8.2 | Risk treatment plan |
| 8.3 | Statement of Applicability linkage |
| 8.4 | Residual risk acceptance |
| 8.5 | Control effectiveness review |
| 8.6 | Release of products and services |
| 8.7 | Protection against malware |
| 8.8 | Management of technical vulnerabilities |
| 8.9 | Management Reviews |
CIS 01 - Inventory and Control of Enterprise Assets
Actively manage all enterprise assets connected to the network
CIS 02 - Inventory and Control of Software Assets
Actively manage all software on the network
CIS 03 - Data Protection
Develop processes and technical controls to identify, classify, handle and dispose of data
CIS 04 - Secure Configuration
Establish and maintain secure configuration of enterprise assets and software
CIS 05 - Account Management
Use processes and tools to assign and manage authorization to credentials
CIS 06 - Access Control Management
Use processes and tools to create, assign, manage, and revoke access credentials
CIS 07 - Continuous Vulnerability Management
Develop a plan to continuously assess and track vulnerabilities
CIS 08 - Audit Log Management
Collect, alert, review, and retain audit logs of events
CIS 09 - Email and Web Browser Protections
Improve protections and detections of threats from email and web vectors
CIS 10 - Malware Defenses
Prevent or control the installation, spread, and execution of malicious applications
CIS 11 - Data Recovery
Establish and maintain data recovery practices
CIS 12 - Network Infrastructure Management
Establish and maintain the management and security of network infrastructure
CIS 13 - Network Monitoring and Defense
Operate processes and tooling to establish and maintain comprehensive network monitoring
CIS 14 - Security Awareness and Skills Training
Establish and maintain a security awareness program
CIS 15 - Service Provider Management
Develop a process to evaluate service providers
CIS 16 - Application Software Security
Manage the security life cycle of in-house developed, hosted, or acquired software
CIS 17 - Incident Response Management
Establish a program to develop and maintain an incident response capability
CIS 18 - Penetration Testing
Test effectiveness and resiliency of enterprise assets through simulated attacks
Continuous Vulnerability Management
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| 7.1 | Cyber Incident Response Planning |
| 7.2 | Security Training and Awareness |
| 7.3 | Risk evaluation |
| 7.4 | Asset valuation |
| 7.5 | Threat assessment |
| 7.6 | Vulnerability assessment |
| 7.7 | Likelihood estimation |
Data Protection
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| 3.1 | Physical Security |
| 3.10 | Encrypt Sensitive Data in Transit |
| 3.11 | Encrypt Sensitive Data at Rest |
| 3.12 | Segment Data Processing and Storage Based on Sensitivity |
| 3.13 | Deploy a Data Loss Prevention Solution |
| 3.14 | Log Sensitive Data Access |
| 3.2 | Establish and Maintain a Data Inventory |
| 3.3 | Configure Data Access Control Lists |
| 3.4 | Enforce Data Retention |
| 3.5 | Securely Dispose of Data |
| 3.6 | Encrypt Data on End-User Devices |
| 3.7 | Establish and Maintain a Data Classification Scheme |
| 3.8 | Document Data Flows |
| 3.9 | Encrypt Data on Removable Media |
Data Recovery
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| 11.1 | Establish and Maintain a Data Recovery Process |
| 11.2 | Perform Automated Backups |
| 11.3 | Protect Recovery Data |
| 11.4 | Establish and Maintain an Isolated Instance of Recovery Data |
| 11.5 | Test Data Recovery |
Email and Web Browser Protections
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| 9.1 | Risk communication and consultation |
| 9.2 | Internal Audit |
| 9.3 | Management Review |
| 9.4 | Restrict Unnecessary or Unauthorized Browser and Email Client Extensions |
| 9.5 | Implement DMARC |
| 9.6 | Block Unnecessary File Types |
| 9.7 | Deploy and Maintain Email Server Anti-Malware Protections |
Incident Response Management
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| 17.1 | Designate Personnel to Manage Incident Handling |
| 17.2 | Establish and Maintain Contact Information for Reporting Security Incidents |
| 17.3 | Establish and Maintain an Enterprise Process for Reporting Incidents |
| 17.4 | Establish and Maintain an Incident Response Process |
| 17.5 | Assign Key Roles and Responsibilities |
| 17.6 | Define Mechanisms for Communicating During Incident Response |
| 17.7 | Conduct Routine Incident Response Exercises |
| 17.8 | Conduct Post-Incident Reviews |
| 17.9 | Establish and Maintain Security Incident Thresholds |
Inventory and Control of Enterprise Assets
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| 1.1 | SWIFT Environment Protection |
| 1.2 | Operating System Privileged Account Control |
| 1.3 | Virtualisation Platform Protection |
| 1.4 | Restriction of Internet Access |
| 1.5 | Customer Environment Protection (Architecture B) |
Inventory and Control of Software Assets
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| 2.1 | Internal Data Flow Security |
| 2.2 | Security Updates |
| 2.3 | System Hardening |
| 2.4 | Utilize Automated Software Inventory Tools |
| 2.5 | Allowlist Authorized Software |
| 2.6 | Operator Session Confidentiality and Integrity |
| 2.7 | Vulnerability Scanning |
Malware Defenses
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| 10.1 | Risk monitoring and review |
| 10.2 | Risk reporting |
| 10.3 | Continual Improvement |
| 10.4 | Configure Automatic Anti-Malware Scanning of Removable Media |
| 10.5 | Enable Anti-Exploitation Features |
| 10.6 | Centrally Manage Anti-Malware Software |
| 10.7 | Use Behavior-Based Anti-Malware Software |
Network Infrastructure Management
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| 12.1 | Ensure Network Infrastructure is Up-to-Date |
| 12.2 | Establish and Maintain a Secure Network Architecture |
| 12.3 | Securely Manage Network Infrastructure |
| 12.4 | Establish and Maintain Architecture Diagram(s) |
| 12.5 | Centralize Network Authentication, Authorization, and Auditing (AAA) |
| 12.6 | Use Secure Network Management and Communication Protocols |
| 12.7 | Ensure Remote Devices Utilize a VPN and are Connecting to an Enterprise's AAA Infrastructure |
| 12.8 | Establish and Maintain Dedicated Computing Resources for All Administrative Work |
Network Monitoring and Defense
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| 13.1 | Centralize Security Event Alerting |
| 13.10 | Perform Application Layer Filtering |
| 13.11 | Tune Security Event Alerting Thresholds |
| 13.2 | Deploy a Host-Based Intrusion Detection Solution |
| 13.3 | Deploy a Network Intrusion Detection Solution |
| 13.4 | Perform Traffic Filtering Between Network Segments |
| 13.5 | Manage Access Control for Remote Assets |
| 13.6 | Collect Network Traffic Flow Logs |
| 13.7 | Deploy a Host-Based Intrusion Prevention Solution |
| 13.8 | Deploy a Network Intrusion Prevention Solution |
| 13.9 | Deploy Port-Level Access Control |
Penetration Testing
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| 18.1 | Establish and Maintain a Penetration Testing Program |
| 18.2 | Perform Periodic External Penetration Tests |
| 18.3 | Remediate Penetration Test Findings |
| 18.4 | Validate Security Measures |
| 18.5 | Perform Periodic Internal Penetration Tests |
Secure Configuration of Enterprise Assets and Software
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| 4.1 | Password Policy |
| 4.10 | Enforce Automatic Device Lockout on Portable End-User Devices |
| 4.11 | Enforce Remote Wipe Capability on Portable End-User Devices |
| 4.12 | Separate Enterprise Workspaces on Mobile End-User Devices |
| 4.2 | Multi-Factor Authentication |
| 4.3 | Determining Scope of SMS |
| 4.4 | Service Management System |
| 4.5 | Implement and Manage a Firewall on End-User Devices |
| 4.6 | Securely Manage Enterprise Assets and Software |
| 4.7 | Manage Default Accounts on Enterprise Assets and Software |
| 4.8 | Uninstall or Disable Unnecessary Services on Enterprise Assets and Software |
| 4.9 | Configure Trusted DNS Servers on Enterprise Assets |
Security Awareness and Skills Training
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| 14.1 | Establish and Maintain a Security Awareness Program |
| 14.2 | Train Workforce Members to Recognize Social Engineering Attacks |
| 14.3 | Train Workforce Members on Authentication Best Practices |
| 14.4 | Train Workforce on Data Handling Best Practices |
| 14.5 | Train Workforce Members on Causes of Unintentional Data Exposure |
| 14.6 | Train Workforce Members on Recognizing and Reporting Security Incidents |
| 14.7 | Train Workforce on How to Identify and Report if Their Enterprise Assets are Missing Security Updates |
| 14.8 | Train Workforce on the Dangers of Connecting to and Transmitting Enterprise Data Over Insecure Networks |
| 14.9 | Conduct Role-Specific Security Awareness and Skills Training |
Service Provider Management
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| 15.1 | Establish and Maintain an Inventory of Service Providers |
| 15.2 | Establish and Maintain a Service Provider Management Policy |
| 15.3 | Classify Service Providers |
| 15.4 | Ensure Service Provider Contracts Include Security Requirements |
| 15.5 | Assess Service Providers |
| 15.6 | Monitor Service Providers |
| 15.7 | Securely Decommission Service Providers |
Your Compliance Coverage
If you comply with CIS Controls v8, you already cover:
UK Telecommunications (Security) Act 2021
16%
25 controls mapped
Compare →NIS2 Directive Implementing Acts
16%
24 controls mapped
Compare →NIST SP 800-171A Rev 3 - Assessing CUI Security Requirements
14%
22 controls mapped
Compare →+ 650 more: SWIFT CSCF (14%), ISO 15189:2022 - Medical Laboratories Requirements for Quality and Competence (14%)
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is CIS Controls v8?
CIS Controls v8 is a compliance framework from International with 36 domains and 153 controls. Center for Internet Security Critical Security Controls - prioritized set of actions to protect organizations and data from known cyber attack vectors It is used by organisations to establish and maintain compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements.
How many controls does CIS Controls v8 have?
CIS Controls v8 has 153 controls organised across 36 domains. The largest domains are Application Software Security (14 controls), Data Protection (14 controls), Audit Log Management (12 controls). Each control defines specific requirements that organisations must implement to achieve compliance.
What frameworks does CIS Controls v8 map to?
CIS Controls v8 maps to 653 other compliance frameworks. The top mapping partners are UK Telecommunications (Security) Act 2021 (16% coverage), NIS2 Directive Implementing Acts (16% coverage), NIST SP 800-171A Rev 3 - Assessing CUI Security Requirements (14% coverage). Use our comparison tool to explore control-level mappings between frameworks.
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