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+ ccm:
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+ metadata:
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+ version: 3.0.1
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+ title: CONSENSUS ASSESSMENTS INITIATIVE QUESTIONNAIRE v3.0.1
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+ source_file: csa-caiq-v3.0.1-12-05-2016.xlsx
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+ control_domains:
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+ - id: AIS
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+ title: Application & Interface Security
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+ controls:
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+ - id: AIS-01
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+ title: Application Security
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+ specification: Applications and programming interfaces (APIs) shall be designed,
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+ developed, deployed, and tested in accordance with leading industry standards
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+ (e.g., OWASP for web applications) and adhere to applicable legal, statutory,
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+ or regulatory compliance obligations.
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+ questions:
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+ - id: AIS-01.1
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+ content: Do you use industry standards (Build Security in Maturity Model [BSIMM]
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+ benchmarks, Open Group ACS Trusted Technology Provider Framework, NIST,
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+ etc.) to build in security for your Systems/Software Development Lifecycle
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+ (SDLC)?
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+ - id: AIS-01.2
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+ content: Do you use an automated source code analysis tool to detect security
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+ defects in code prior to production?
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+ - id: AIS-01.3
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+ content: Do you use manual source-code analysis to detect security defects
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+ in code prior to production?
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+ - id: AIS-01.4
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+ content: Do you verify that all of your software suppliers adhere to industry
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+ standards for Systems/Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) security?
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+ - id: AIS-01.5
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+ content: "(SaaS only) Do you review your applications for security vulnerabilities
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+ and address any issues prior to deployment to production?"
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+ - id: AIS-02
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+ title: Customer Access Requirements
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+ specification: 'Prior to granting customers access to data, assets, and information
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+ systems, identified security, contractual, and regulatory requirements for
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+ customer access shall be addressed. '
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+ questions:
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+ - id: AIS-02.1
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+ content: Are all identified security, contractual, and regulatory requirements
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+ for customer access contractually addressed and remediated prior to granting
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+ customers access to data, assets, and information systems?
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+ - id: AIS-02.2
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+ content: Are all requirements and trust levels for customers’ access defined
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+ and documented?
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+ - id: AIS-03
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+ title: Data Integrity
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+ specification: Data input and output integrity routines (i.e., reconciliation
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+ and edit checks) shall be implemented for application interfaces and databases
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+ to prevent manual or systematic processing errors, corruption of data, or
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+ misuse.
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+ questions:
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+ - id: AIS-03.1
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+ content: Are data input and output integrity routines (i.e., reconciliation
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+ and edit checks) implemented for application interfaces and databases to
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+ prevent manual or systematic processing errors or corruption of data?
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+ - id: AIS-04
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+ title: Data Security / Integrity
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+ specification: Policies and procedures shall be established and maintained in
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+ support of data security to include (confidentiality, integrity, and availability)
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+ across multiple system interfaces, jurisdictions, and business functions to
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+ prevent improper disclosure, alternation, or destruction.
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+ questions:
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+ - id: AIS-04.1
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+ content: Is your Data Security Architecture designed using an industry standard
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+ (e.g., CDSA, MULITSAFE, CSA Trusted Cloud Architectural Standard, FedRAMP,
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+ CAESARS)?
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+ - id: AAC
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+ title: Audit Assurance & Compliance
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+ controls:
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+ - id: AAC-01
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+ title: Audit Planning
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+ specification: Audit plans shall be developed and maintained to address business
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+ process disruptions. Auditing plans shall focus on reviewing the effectiveness
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+ of the implementation of security operations. All audit activities must be
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+ agreed upon prior to executing any audits.
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+ questions:
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+ - id: AAC-01.1
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+ content: Do you produce audit assertions using a structured, industry accepted
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+ format (e.g., CloudAudit/A6 URI Ontology, CloudTrust, SCAP/CYBEX, GRC XML,
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+ ISACA's Cloud Computing Management Audit/Assurance Program, etc.)?
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+ - id: AAC-02
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+ title: Independent Audits
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+ specification: Independent reviews and assessments shall be performed at least
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+ annually to ensure that the organization addresses nonconformities of established
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+ policies, standards, procedures, and compliance obligations.
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+ questions:
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+ - id: AAC-02.1
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+ content: Do you allow tenants to view your SOC2/ISO 27001 or similar third-party
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+ audit or certification reports?
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+ - id: AAC-02.8
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+ content: Do you have an internal audit program that allows for cross-functional
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+ audit of assessments?
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+ - id: AAC-03
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+ title: Information System Regulatory Mapping
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+ specification: Organizations shall create and maintain a control framework which
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+ captures standards, regulatory, legal, and statutory requirements relevant
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+ for their business needs. The control framework shall be reviewed at least
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+ annually to ensure changes that could affect the business processes are reflected.
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+ questions:
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+ - id: AAC-03.1
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+ content: Do you have the ability to logically segment or encrypt customer
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+ data such that data may be produced for a single tenant only, without inadvertently
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+ accessing another tenant's data?
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+ - id: AAC-03.3
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+ content: Do you have the capability to restrict the storage of customer data
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+ to specific countries or geographic locations?
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+ - id: AAC-03.4
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+ content: Do you have a program in place that includes the ability to monitor
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+ changes to the regulatory requirements in relevant jurisdictions, adjust
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+ your security program for changes to legal requirements, and ensure compliance
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+ with relevant regulatory requirements?
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+ - id: CO
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+ controls:
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+ - id: CO-02
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+ questions:
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+ - id: AAC-02.2
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+ content: Do you conduct network penetration tests of your cloud service infrastructure
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+ regularly as prescribed by industry best practices and guidance?
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+ - id: AAC-02.3
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+ content: Do you conduct application penetration tests of your cloud infrastructure
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+ regularly as prescribed by industry best practices and guidance?
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+ - id: AAC-02.4
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+ content: Do you conduct internal audits regularly as prescribed by industry
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+ best practices and guidance?
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+ - id: AAC-02.5
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+ content: Do you conduct external audits regularly as prescribed by industry
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+ best practices and guidance?
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+ - id: AAC-02.6
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+ content: Are the results of the penetration tests available to tenants at
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+ their request?
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+ - id: AAC-02.7
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+ content: Are the results of internal and external audits available to tenants
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+ at their request?
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+ - id: CO-05
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+ questions:
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+ - id: AAC-03.2
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+ content: Do you have the capability to recover data for a specific customer
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+ in the case of a failure or data loss?
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+ - id: BCR
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+ title: Business Continuity Management & Operational Resilience
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+ controls:
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+ - id: BCR-01
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+ title: Business Continuity Planning
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+ specification: |-
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+ A consistent unified framework for business continuity planning and plan development shall be established, documented, and adopted to ensure all business continuity plans are consistent in addressing priorities for testing, maintenance, and information security requirements. Requirements for business continuity plans include the following:
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+ • Defined purpose and scope, aligned with relevant dependencies
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+ • Accessible to and understood by those who will use them
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+ • Owned by a named person(s) who is responsible for their review, update, and approval
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+ • Defined lines of communication, roles, and responsibilities
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+ • Detailed recovery procedures, manual work-around, and reference information
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+ • Method for plan invocation
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+ questions:
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+ - id: BCR-01.1
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+ content: Do you provide tenants with geographically resilient hosting options?
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+ - id: BCR-02
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+ title: Business Continuity Testing
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+ specification: Business continuity and security incident response plans shall
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+ be subject to testing at planned intervals or upon significant organizational
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+ or environmental changes. Incident response plans shall involve impacted customers
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+ (tenant) and other business relationships that represent critical intra-supply
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+ chain business process dependencies.
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+ questions:
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+ - id: BCR-02.1
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+ content: Are business continuity plans subject to testing at planned intervals
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+ or upon significant organizational or environmental changes to ensure continuing
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+ effectiveness?
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+ - id: BCR-03
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+ title: Power / Telecommunications
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+ specification: Data center utilities services and environmental conditions (e.g.,
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+ water, power, temperature and humidity controls, telecommunications, and internet
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+ connectivity) shall be secured, monitored, maintained, and tested for continual
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+ effectiveness at planned intervals to ensure protection from unauthorized
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+ interception or damage, and designed with automated fail-over or other redundancies
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+ in the event of planned or unplanned disruptions.
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+ questions:
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+ - id: BCR-03.1
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+ content: Do you provide tenants with documentation showing the transport route
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+ of their data between your systems?
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+ - id: BCR-04
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+ title: Documentation
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+ specification: |-
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+ Information system documentation (e.g., administrator and user guides, and architecture diagrams) shall be made available to authorized personnel to ensure the following:
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+ • Configuring, installing, and operating the information system
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+ • Effectively using the system’s security features
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+ questions:
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+ - id: BCR-04.1
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+ content: Are information system documents (e.g., administrator and user guides,
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+ architecture diagrams, etc.) made available to authorized personnel to ensure
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+ configuration, installation and operation of the information system?
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+ - id: BCR-05
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+ title: Environmental Risks
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+ specification: Physical protection against damage from natural causes and disasters,
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+ as well as deliberate attacks, including fire, flood, atmospheric electrical
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+ discharge, solar induced geomagnetic storm, wind, earthquake, tsunami, explosion,
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+ nuclear accident, volcanic activity, biological hazard, civil unrest, mudslide,
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+ tectonic activity, and other forms of natural or man-made disaster shall be
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+ anticipated, designed, and have countermeasures applied.
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+ questions:
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+ - id: BCR-05.1
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+ content: Is physical protection against damage (e.g., natural causes, natural
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+ disasters, deliberate attacks) anticipated and designed with countermeasures
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+ applied?
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+ - id: BCR-06
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+ title: Equipment Location
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+ specification: To reduce the risks from environmental threats, hazards, and
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+ opportunities for unauthorized access, equipment shall be kept away from locations
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+ subject to high probability environmental risks and supplemented by redundant
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+ equipment located at a reasonable distance.
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+ questions:
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+ - id: BCR-06.1
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+ content: Are any of your data centers located in places that have a high probability/occurrence
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+ of high-impact environmental risks (floods, tornadoes, earthquakes, hurricanes,
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+ etc.)?
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+ - id: BCR-07
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+ title: Equipment Maintenance
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+ specification: Policies and procedures shall be established, and supporting
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+ business processes and technical measures implemented, for equipment maintenance
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+ ensuring continuity and availability of operations and support personnel.
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+ questions:
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+ - id: BCR-07.1
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+ content: If using virtual infrastructure, does your cloud solution include
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+ independent hardware restore and recovery capabilities?
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+ - id: BCR-08
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+ title: Equipment Power Failures
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+ specification: Protection measures shall be put into place to react to natural
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+ and man-made threats based upon a geographically-specific business impact
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+ assessment.
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+ questions:
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+ - id: BCR-08.1
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+ content: Are security mechanisms and redundancies implemented to protect equipment
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+ from utility service outages (e.g., power failures, network disruptions,
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+ etc.)?
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+ - id: BCR-09
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+ title: Impact Analysis
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+ specification: |-
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+ There shall be a defined and documented method for determining the impact of any disruption to the organization (cloud provider, cloud consumer) that must incorporate the following:
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+ • Identify critical products and services
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+ • Identify all dependencies, including processes, applications, business partners, and third party service providers
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+ • Understand threats to critical products and services
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+ • Determine impacts resulting from planned or unplanned disruptions and how these vary over time
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+ • Establish the maximum tolerable period for disruption
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+ • Establish priorities for recovery
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+ • Establish recovery time objectives for resumption of critical products and services within their maximum tolerable period of disruption
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+ • Estimate the resources required for resumption
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+ questions:
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+ - id: BCR-09.1
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+ content: Do you provide tenants with ongoing visibility and reporting of your
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+ operational Service Level Agreement (SLA) performance?
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+ - id: BCR-10
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+ title: Policy
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+ specification: Policies and procedures shall be established, and supporting
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+ business processes and technical measures implemented, for appropriate IT
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+ governance and service management to ensure appropriate planning, delivery
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+ and support of the organization's IT capabilities supporting business functions,
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+ workforce, and/or customers based on industry acceptable standards (i.e.,
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+ ITIL v4 and COBIT 5). Additionally, policies and procedures shall include
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+ defined roles and responsibilities supported by regular workforce training.
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+ questions:
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+ - id: BCR-10.1
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+ content: Are policies and procedures established and made available for all
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+ personnel to adequately support services operations’ roles?
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+ - id: BCR-11
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+ title: Retention Policy
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+ specification: Policies and procedures shall be established, and supporting
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+ business processes and technical measures implemented, for defining and adhering
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+ to the retention period of any critical asset as per established policies
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+ and procedures, as well as applicable legal, statutory, or regulatory compliance
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+ obligations. Backup and recovery measures shall be incorporated as part of
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+ business continuity planning and tested accordingly for effectiveness.
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+ questions:
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+ - id: BCR-11.1
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+ content: Do you have technical control capabilities to enforce tenant data
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+ retention policies?
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+ - id: BCR-11.4
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+ content: Have you implemented backup or redundancy mechanisms to ensure compliance
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+ with regulatory, statutory, contractual or business requirements?
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+ - id: BCR-11.5
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+ content: Do you test your backup or redundancy mechanisms at least annually?
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+ - id: RS
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+ controls:
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+ - id: RS-03
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+ questions:
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+ - id: BCR-01.2
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+ content: Do you provide tenants with infrastructure service failover capability
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+ to other providers?
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+ - id: RS-08
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+ questions:
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+ - id: BCR-03.2
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+ content: Can tenants define how their data is transported and through which
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+ legal jurisdictions?
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+ - id: RS-02
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+ questions:
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+ - id: BCR-09.2
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+ content: Do you make standards-based information security metrics (CSA, CAMM,
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+ etc.) available to your tenants?
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+ - id: BCR-09.3
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+ content: Do you provide customers with ongoing visibility and reporting of
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+ your SLA performance?
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+ - id: OP
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+ controls:
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+ - id: OP-04
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+ questions:
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+ - id: BCR-07.2
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+ content: If using virtual infrastructure, do you provide tenants with a capability
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+ to restore a Virtual Machine to a previous state in time?
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+ - id: BCR-07.3
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+ content: If using virtual infrastructure, do you allow virtual machine images
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+ to be downloaded and ported to a new cloud provider?
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+ - id: BCR-07.4
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+ content: If using virtual infrastructure, are machine images made available
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+ to the customer in a way that would allow the customer to replicate those
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+ images in their own off-site storage location?
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+ - id: BCR-07.5
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+ content: Does your cloud solution include software/provider independent restore
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+ and recovery capabilities?
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+ - id: OP-03
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+ questions:
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+ - id: IVS-04.2
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+ content: Do you restrict use of the memory oversubscription capabilities present
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+ in the hypervisor?
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+ - id: DG
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+ controls:
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+ - id: DG-04
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+ questions:
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+ - id: BCR-11.2
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+ content: Do you have a documented procedure for responding to requests for
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+ tenant data from governments or third parties?
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+ - id: DG-02
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+ questions:
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+ - id: DSI-01.2
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+ content: Do you provide a capability to identify hardware via policy tags/metadata/hardware
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+ tags (e.g., TXT/TPM, VN-Tag, etc.)?
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+ - id: DSI-01.3
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+ content: Do you have a capability to use system geographic location as an
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+ authentication factor?
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+ - id: DSI-01.4
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+ content: Can you provide the physical location/geography of storage of a tenant’s
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+ data upon request?
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+ - id: DSI-01.5
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+ content: Can you provide the physical location/geography of storage of a tenant's
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+ data in advance?
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+ - id: DG-03
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+ questions:
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+ - id: DSI-04.2
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+ content: Are mechanisms for label inheritance implemented for objects that
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+ act as aggregate containers for data?
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+ - id: DG-05
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+ questions:
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+ - id: DSI-07.2
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+ content: Can you provide a published procedure for exiting the service arrangement,
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+ including assurance to sanitize all computing resources of tenant data once
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+ a customer has exited your environment or has vacated a resource?
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+ - id: CCC
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+ title: Change Control & Configuration Management
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+ controls:
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+ - id: CCC-01
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+ title: New Development / Acquisition
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+ specification: Policies and procedures shall be established, and supporting
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+ business processes and technical measures implemented, to ensure the development
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+ and/or acquisition of new data, physical or virtual applications, infrastructure
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+ network and systems components, or any corporate, operations and/or data center
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+ facilities have been pre-authorized by the organization's business leadership
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+ or other accountable business role or function.
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+ questions:
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+ - id: CCC-01.1
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+ content: Are policies and procedures established for management authorization
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+ for development or acquisition of new applications, systems, databases,
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+ infrastructure, services, operations and facilities?
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+ - id: CCC-01.2
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+ content: Is documentation available that describes the installation, configuration,
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+ and use of products/services/features?
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+ - id: CCC-02
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+ title: Outsourced Development
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+ specification: External business partners shall adhere to the same policies
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+ and procedures for change management, release, and testing as internal developers
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+ within the organization (e.g., ITIL service management processes).
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+ questions:
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+ - id: CCC-02.1
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+ content: Do you have controls in place to ensure that standards of quality
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+ are being met for all software development?
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+ - id: CCC-03
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+ title: Quality Testing
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+ specification: Organizations shall follow a defined quality change control and
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+ testing process (e.g., ITIL Service Management) with established baselines,
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+ testing, and release standards which focus on system availability, confidentiality,
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+ and integrity of systems and services.
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+ questions:
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+ - id: CCC-03.1
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+ content: Do you provide your tenants with documentation that describes your
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+ quality assurance process?
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+ - id: CCC-03.2
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+ content: Is documentation describing known issues with certain products/services
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+ available?
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+ - id: CCC-03.3
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+ content: Are there policies and procedures in place to triage and remedy reported
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+ bugs and security vulnerabilities for product and service offerings?
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+ - id: CCC-03.4
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+ content: Are mechanisms in place to ensure that all debugging and test code
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+ elements are removed from released software versions?
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+ - id: CCC-04
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+ title: Unauthorized Software Installations
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+ specification: Policies and procedures shall be established, and supporting
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+ business processes and technical measures implemented, to restrict the installation
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+ of unauthorized software on organizationally-owned or managed user end-point
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+ devices (e.g., issued workstations, laptops, and mobile devices) and IT infrastructure
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+ network and systems components.
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+ questions:
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+ - id: CCC-04.1
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+ content: Do you have controls in place to restrict and monitor the installation
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+ of unauthorized software onto your systems?
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+ - id: CCC-05
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+ title: Production Changes
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+ specification: |-
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+ Policies and procedures shall be established for managing the risks associated with applying changes to:
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+ • Business-critical or customer (tenant)-impacting (physical and virtual) applications and system-system interface (API) designs and configurations.
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+ • Infrastructure network and systems components.
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+ Technical measures shall be implemented to provide assurance that all changes directly correspond to a registered change request, business-critical or customer (tenant), and/or authorization by, the customer (tenant) as per agreement (SLA) prior to deployment.
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+ questions:
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+ - id: CCC-05.1
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+ content: Do you provide tenants with documentation that describes your production
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+ change management procedures and their roles/rights/responsibilities within
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+ it?
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+ - id: RM
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+ controls:
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+ - id: RM-04
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+ questions:
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+ - id: CCC-02.2
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+ content: Do you have controls in place to detect source code security defects
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+ for any outsourced software development activities?
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+ - id: DSI
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+ title: Data Security & Information Lifecycle Management
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+ controls:
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+ - id: DSI-01
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+ title: Classification
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+ specification: Data and objects containing data shall be assigned a classification
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+ by the data owner based on data type, value, sensitivity, and criticality
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+ to the organization.
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+ questions:
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+ - id: DSI-01.1
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+ content: Do you provide a capability to identify virtual machines via policy
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+ tags/metadata (e.g., tags can be used to limit guest operating systems from
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+ booting/instantiating/transporting data in the wrong country)?
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+ - id: DSI-01.6
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+ content: Do you follow a structured data-labeling standard (e.g., ISO 15489,
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+ Oasis XML Catalog Specification, CSA data type guidance)?
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+ - id: DSI-01.7
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+ content: Do you allow tenants to define acceptable geographical locations
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+ for data routing or resource instantiation?
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+ - id: DSI-02
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+ title: Data Inventory / Flows
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+ specification: Policies and procedures shall be established, and supporting
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+ business processes and technical measures implemented, to inventory, document,
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+ and maintain data flows for data that is resident (permanently or temporarily)
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+ within the service's geographically distributed (physical and virtual) applications
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+ and infrastructure network and systems components and/or shared with other
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+ third parties to ascertain any regulatory, statutory, or supply chain agreement
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+ (SLA) compliance impact, and to address any other business risks associated
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+ with the data. Upon request, provider shall inform customer (tenant) of compliance
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+ impact and risk, especially if customer data is used as part of the services.
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+ questions:
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+ - id: DSI-02.1
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+ content: Do you inventory, document, and maintain data flows for data that
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+ is resident (permanent or temporary) within the services' applications and
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+ infrastructure network and systems?
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+ - id: DSI-02.2
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+ content: Can you ensure that data does not migrate beyond a defined geographical
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+ residency?
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+ - id: DSI-03
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+ title: E-commerce Transactions
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+ specification: Data related to electronic commerce (e-commerce) that traverses
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+ public networks shall be appropriately classified and protected from fraudulent
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+ activity, unauthorized disclosure, or modification in such a manner to prevent
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+ contract dispute and compromise of data.
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+ questions:
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+ - id: DSI-03.1
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+ content: Do you provide open encryption methodologies (3.4ES, AES, etc.) to
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+ tenants in order for them to protect their data if it is required to move
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+ through public networks (e.g., the Internet)?
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+ - id: DSI-04
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+ title: Handling / Labeling / Security Policy
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+ specification: Policies and procedures shall be established for labeling, handling,
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+ and the security of data and objects which contain data. Mechanisms for label
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+ inheritance shall be implemented for objects that act as aggregate containers
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+ for data.
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+ questions:
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+ - id: DSI-04.1
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+ content: Are policies and procedures established for labeling, handling and
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+ the security of data and objects that contain data?
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+ - id: DSI-05
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+ title: Nonproduction Data
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+ specification: Production data shall not be replicated or used in non-production
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+ environments. Any use of customer data in non-production environments requires
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+ explicit, documented approval from all customers whose data is affected, and
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+ must comply with all legal and regulatory requirements for scrubbing of sensitive
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+ data elements.
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+ questions:
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+ - id: DSI-05.1
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+ content: Do you have procedures in place to ensure production data shall not
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+ be replicated or used in non-production environments?
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+ - id: DSI-06
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+ title: Ownership / Stewardship
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+ specification: All data shall be designated with stewardship, with assigned
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+ responsibilities defined, documented, and communicated.
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+ questions:
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+ - id: DSI-06.1
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+ content: Are the responsibilities regarding data stewardship defined, assigned,
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+ documented, and communicated?
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+ - id: DSI-07
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+ title: Secure Disposal
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+ specification: Policies and procedures shall be established with supporting
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+ business processes and technical measures implemented for the secure disposal
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+ and complete removal of data from all storage media, ensuring data is not
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+ recoverable by any computer forensic means.
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+ questions:
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+ - id: DSI-07.1
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+ content: Do you support secure deletion (e.g., degaussing/cryptographic wiping)
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+ of archived and backed-up data as determined by the tenant?
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+ - id: IS
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+ controls:
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+ - id: IS-28
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+ questions:
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+ - id: DSI-03.2
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+ content: Do you utilize open encryption methodologies any time your infrastructure
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+ components need to communicate with each other via public networks (e.g.,
528
+ Internet-based replication of data from one environment to another)?
529
+ - id: IS-19
530
+ questions:
531
+ - id: EKM-02.2
532
+ content: Do you have a capability to manage encryption keys on behalf of tenants?
533
+ - id: EKM-02.3
534
+ content: Do you maintain key management procedures?
535
+ - id: EKM-02.4
536
+ content: Do you have documented ownership for each stage of the lifecycle
537
+ of encryption keys?
538
+ - id: IS-18
539
+ questions:
540
+ - id: EKM-03.2
541
+ content: Do you leverage encryption to protect data and virtual machine images
542
+ during transport across and between networks and hypervisor instances?
543
+ - id: IS-04
544
+ questions:
545
+ - id: GRM-01.2
546
+ content: Do you have the capability to continuously monitor and report the
547
+ compliance of your infrastructure against your information security baselines?
548
+ - id: GRM-01.3
549
+ content: Do you allow your clients to provide their own trusted virtual machine
550
+ image to ensure conformance to their own internal standards?
551
+ - id: IS-06
552
+ questions:
553
+ - id: GRM-07.2
554
+ content: Are employees made aware of what actions could be taken in the event
555
+ of a violation via their policies and procedures?
556
+ - id: IS-27
557
+ questions:
558
+ - id: HRS-01.2
559
+ content: Is your Privacy Policy aligned with industry standards?
560
+ - id: IS-26
561
+ questions:
562
+ - id: HRS-08.2
563
+ content: Do you collect or create metadata about tenant data usage through
564
+ inspection technologies (e.g., search engines, etc.)?
565
+ - id: HRS-08.3
566
+ content: Do you allow tenants to opt out of having their data/metadata accessed
567
+ via inspection technologies?
568
+ - id: IS-11
569
+ questions:
570
+ - id: HRS-09.2
571
+ content: Are administrators and data stewards properly educated on their legal
572
+ responsibilities with regard to security and data integrity?
573
+ - id: IS-16
574
+ questions:
575
+ - id: HRS-10.2
576
+ content: Are users made aware of their responsibilities for maintaining a
577
+ safe and secure working environment?
578
+ - id: HRS-10.3
579
+ content: Are users made aware of their responsibilities for leaving unattended
580
+ equipment in a secure manner?
581
+ - id: HRS-11.2
582
+ content: Do your data management policies and procedures include a tamper
583
+ audit or software integrity function for unauthorized access to tenant data?
584
+ - id: HRS-11.3
585
+ content: Does the virtual machine management infrastructure include a tamper
586
+ audit or software integrity function to detect changes to the build/configuration
587
+ of the virtual machine?
588
+ - id: IS-07
589
+ questions:
590
+ - id: IAM-02.2
591
+ content: Do you provide metrics to track the speed with which you are able
592
+ to remove systems access that is no longer required for business purposes?
593
+ - id: IS-33
594
+ questions:
595
+ - id: IAM-06.2
596
+ content: Are controls in place to prevent unauthorized access to tenant application,
597
+ program, or object source code, and assure it is restricted to authorized
598
+ personnel only?
599
+ - id: IS-08
600
+ questions:
601
+ - id: IAM-08.2
602
+ content: Do you have a method of aligning provider and tenant data classification
603
+ methodologies for access control purposes?
604
+ - id: IS-10
605
+ questions:
606
+ - id: IAM-10.2
607
+ content: If users are found to have inappropriate entitlements, are all remediation
608
+ and certification actions recorded?
609
+ - id: IAM-10.3
610
+ content: Will you share user entitlement remediation and certification reports
611
+ with your tenants, if inappropriate access may have been allowed to tenant
612
+ data?
613
+ - id: IS-09
614
+ questions:
615
+ - id: IAM-11.2
616
+ content: Is any change in user access status intended to include termination
617
+ of employment, contract or agreement, change of employment or transfer within
618
+ the organization?
619
+ - id: IS-34
620
+ questions:
621
+ - id: IAM-13.2
622
+ content: Do you have the capability to detect attacks that target the virtual
623
+ infrastructure directly (e.g., shimming, Blue Pill, Hyper jumping, etc.)?
624
+ - id: IAM-13.3
625
+ content: Are attacks that target the virtual infrastructure prevented with
626
+ technical controls?
627
+ - id: IS-22
628
+ questions:
629
+ - id: SEF-02.2
630
+ content: Do you integrate customized tenant requirements into your security
631
+ incident response plans?
632
+ - id: SEF-02.3
633
+ content: Do you publish a roles and responsibilities document specifying what
634
+ you vs. your tenants are responsible for during security incidents?
635
+ - id: IS-23
636
+ questions:
637
+ - id: SEF-03.2
638
+ content: Does your logging and monitoring framework allow isolation of an
639
+ incident to specific tenants?
640
+ - id: IS-24
641
+ questions:
642
+ - id: SEF-04.2
643
+ content: Does your incident response capability include the use of legally
644
+ admissible forensic data collection and analysis techniques?
645
+ - id: SEF-04.3
646
+ content: Are you capable of supporting litigation holds (freeze of data from
647
+ a specific point in time) for a specific tenant without freezing other tenant
648
+ data?
649
+ - id: SEF-04.4
650
+ content: Do you enforce and attest to tenant data separation when producing
651
+ data in response to legal subpoenas?
652
+ - id: IS-25
653
+ questions:
654
+ - id: SEF-05.2
655
+ content: Will you share statistical information for security incident data
656
+ with your tenants upon request?
657
+ - id: IS-31
658
+ questions:
659
+ - id: STA-03.2
660
+ content: Do you provide tenants with capacity planning and use reports?
661
+ - id: IS-21
662
+ questions:
663
+ - id: TVM-01.2
664
+ content: Do you ensure that security threat detection systems using signatures,
665
+ lists, or behavioral patterns are updated across all infrastructure components
666
+ within industry accepted time frames?
667
+ - id: IS-20
668
+ questions:
669
+ - id: TVM-02.2
670
+ content: Do you conduct application-layer vulnerability scans regularly as
671
+ prescribed by industry best practices?
672
+ - id: TVM-02.3
673
+ content: Do you conduct local operating system-layer vulnerability scans regularly
674
+ as prescribed by industry best practices?
675
+ - id: TVM-02.4
676
+ content: Will you make the results of vulnerability scans available to tenants
677
+ at their request?
678
+ - id: TVM-02.5
679
+ content: Do you have a capability to rapidly patch vulnerabilities across
680
+ all of your computing devices, applications, and systems?
681
+ - id: TVM-02.6
682
+ content: Will you provide your risk-based systems patching time frames to
683
+ your tenants upon request?
684
+ - id: DCS
685
+ title: Datacenter Security
686
+ controls:
687
+ - id: DCS-01
688
+ title: Asset Management
689
+ specification: Assets must be classified in terms of business criticality, service-level
690
+ expectations, and operational continuity requirements. A complete inventory
691
+ of business-critical assets located at all sites and/or geographical locations
692
+ and their usage over time shall be maintained and updated regularly, and assigned
693
+ ownership by defined roles and responsibilities.
694
+ questions:
695
+ - id: DCS-01.1
696
+ content: Do you maintain a complete inventory of all of your critical assets
697
+ that includes ownership of the asset?
698
+ - id: DCS-02
699
+ title: Controlled Access Points
700
+ specification: Physical security perimeters (e.g., fences, walls, barriers,
701
+ guards, gates, electronic surveillance, physical authentication mechanisms,
702
+ reception desks, and security patrols) shall be implemented to safeguard sensitive
703
+ data and information systems.
704
+ questions:
705
+ - id: DCS-02.1
706
+ content: Are physical security perimeters (e.g., fences, walls, barriers,
707
+ guards, gates, electronic surveillance, physical authentication mechanisms,
708
+ reception desks, and security patrols) implemented?
709
+ - id: DCS-03
710
+ title: Equipment Identification
711
+ specification: Automated equipment identification shall be used as a method
712
+ of connection authentication. Location-aware technologies may be used to validate
713
+ connection authentication integrity based on known equipment location.
714
+ questions:
715
+ - id: DCS-03.1
716
+ content: Is automated equipment identification used as a method to validate
717
+ connection authentication integrity based on known equipment location?
718
+ - id: DCS-04
719
+ title: Offsite Authorization
720
+ specification: Authorization must be obtained prior to relocation or transfer
721
+ of hardware, software, or data to an offsite premises.
722
+ questions:
723
+ - id: DCS-04.1
724
+ content: Do you provide tenants with documentation that describes scenarios
725
+ in which data may be moved from one physical location to another (e.g.,
726
+ offsite backups, business continuity failovers, replication)?
727
+ - id: DCS-05
728
+ title: Offsite Equipment
729
+ specification: Policies and procedures shall be established for the secure disposal
730
+ of equipment (by asset type) used outside the organization's premise. This
731
+ shall include a wiping solution or destruction process that renders recovery
732
+ of information impossible. The erasure shall consist of a full write of the
733
+ drive to ensure that the erased drive is released to inventory for reuse and
734
+ deployment or securely stored until it can be destroyed.
735
+ questions:
736
+ - id: DCS-05.1
737
+ content: Can you provide tenants with evidence documenting your policies and
738
+ procedures governing asset management and repurposing of equipment?
739
+ - id: DCS-06
740
+ title: Policy
741
+ specification: Policies and procedures shall be established, and supporting
742
+ business processes implemented, for maintaining a safe and secure working
743
+ environment in offices, rooms, facilities, and secure areas storing sensitive
744
+ information.
745
+ questions:
746
+ - id: DCS-06.1
747
+ content: Can you provide evidence that policies, standards, and procedures
748
+ have been established for maintaining a safe and secure working environment
749
+ in offices, rooms, facilities, and secure areas?
750
+ - id: DCS-06.2
751
+ content: Can you provide evidence that your personnel and involved third parties
752
+ have been trained regarding your documented policies, standards, and procedures?
753
+ - id: DCS-07
754
+ title: Secure Area Authorization
755
+ specification: Ingress and egress to secure areas shall be constrained and monitored
756
+ by physical access control mechanisms to ensure that only authorized personnel
757
+ are allowed access.
758
+ questions:
759
+ - id: DCS-07.1
760
+ content: Do you allow tenants to specify which of your geographic locations
761
+ their data is allowed to move into/out of (to address legal jurisdictional
762
+ considerations based on where data is stored vs. accessed)?
763
+ - id: DCS-08
764
+ title: Unauthorized Persons Entry
765
+ specification: Ingress and egress points such as service areas and other points
766
+ where unauthorized personnel may enter the premises shall be monitored, controlled
767
+ and, if possible, isolated from data storage and processing facilities to
768
+ prevent unauthorized data corruption, compromise, and loss.
769
+ questions:
770
+ - id: DCS-08.1
771
+ content: Are ingress and egress points, such as service areas and other points
772
+ where unauthorized personnel may enter the premises, monitored, controlled
773
+ and isolated from data storage and process?
774
+ - id: DCS-09
775
+ title: User Access
776
+ specification: Physical access to information assets and functions by users
777
+ and support personnel shall be restricted.
778
+ questions:
779
+ - id: DCS-09.1
780
+ content: Do you restrict physical access to information assets and functions
781
+ by users and support personnel?
782
+ - id: FS
783
+ controls:
784
+ - id: FS-08
785
+ questions:
786
+ - id: DCS-01.2
787
+ content: Do you maintain a complete inventory of all of your critical supplier
788
+ relationships?
789
+ - id: EKM
790
+ title: Encryption & Key Management
791
+ controls:
792
+ - id: EKM-01
793
+ title: Entitlement
794
+ specification: Keys must have identifiable owners (binding keys to identities)
795
+ and there shall be key management policies.
796
+ questions:
797
+ - id: EKM-01.1
798
+ content: Do you have key management policies binding keys to identifiable
799
+ owners?
800
+ - id: EKM-02
801
+ title: Key Generation
802
+ specification: Policies and procedures shall be established for the management
803
+ of cryptographic keys in the service's cryptosystem (e.g., lifecycle management
804
+ from key generation to revocation and replacement, public key infrastructure,
805
+ cryptographic protocol design and algorithms used, access controls in place
806
+ for secure key generation, and exchange and storage including segregation
807
+ of keys used for encrypted data or sessions). Upon request, provider shall
808
+ inform the customer (tenant) of changes within the cryptosystem, especially
809
+ if the customer (tenant) data is used as part of the service, and/or the customer
810
+ (tenant) has some shared responsibility over implementation of the control.
811
+ questions:
812
+ - id: EKM-02.1
813
+ content: Do you have a capability to allow creation of unique encryption keys
814
+ per tenant?
815
+ - id: EKM-02.5
816
+ content: Do you utilize any third party/open source/proprietary frameworks
817
+ to manage encryption keys?
818
+ - id: EKM-03
819
+ title: Encryption
820
+ specification: Policies and procedures shall be established, and supporting
821
+ business processes and technical measures implemented, for the use of encryption
822
+ protocols for protection of sensitive data in storage (e.g., file servers,
823
+ databases, and end-user workstations) and data in transmission (e.g., system
824
+ interfaces, over public networks, and electronic messaging) as per applicable
825
+ legal, statutory, and regulatory compliance obligations.
826
+ questions:
827
+ - id: EKM-03.1
828
+ content: Do you encrypt tenant data at rest (on disk/storage) within your
829
+ environment?
830
+ - id: EKM-03.3
831
+ content: Do you support tenant-generated encryption keys or permit tenants
832
+ to encrypt data to an identity without access to a public key certificate
833
+ (e.g., identity-based encryption)?
834
+ - id: EKM-03.4
835
+ content: Do you have documentation establishing and defining your encryption
836
+ management policies, procedures, and guidelines?
837
+ - id: EKM-04
838
+ title: Storage and Access
839
+ specification: Platform and data appropriate encryption (e.g., AES-256) in open/validated
840
+ formats and standard algorithms shall be required. Keys shall not be stored
841
+ in the cloud (i.e. at the cloud provider in question), but maintained by the
842
+ cloud consumer or trusted key management provider. Key management and key
843
+ usage shall be separated duties.
844
+ questions:
845
+ - id: EKM-04.1
846
+ content: Do you have platform and data appropriate encryption that uses open/validated
847
+ formats and standard algorithms?
848
+ - id: EKM-04.2
849
+ content: Are your encryption keys maintained by the cloud consumer or a trusted
850
+ key management provider?
851
+ - id: EKM-04.3
852
+ content: Do you store encryption keys in the cloud?
853
+ - id: EKM-04.4
854
+ content: Do you have separate key management and key usage duties?
855
+ - id: GRM
856
+ title: Governance and Risk Management
857
+ controls:
858
+ - id: GRM-01
859
+ title: Baseline Requirements
860
+ specification: Baseline security requirements shall be established for developed
861
+ or acquired, organizationally-owned or managed, physical or virtual, applications
862
+ and infrastructure system, and network components that comply with applicable
863
+ legal, statutory, and regulatory compliance obligations. Deviations from standard
864
+ baseline configurations must be authorized following change management policies
865
+ and procedures prior to deployment, provisioning, or use. Compliance with
866
+ security baseline requirements must be reassessed at least annually unless
867
+ an alternate frequency has been established and authorized based on business
868
+ needs.
869
+ questions:
870
+ - id: GRM-01.1
871
+ content: Do you have documented information security baselines for every component
872
+ of your infrastructure (e.g., hypervisors, operating systems, routers, DNS
873
+ servers, etc.)?
874
+ - id: GRM-02
875
+ title: Risk Assessments
876
+ specification: |-
877
+ Risk assessments associated with data governance requirements shall be conducted at planned intervals and shall consider the following:
878
+ • Awareness of where sensitive data is stored and transmitted across applications, databases, servers, and network infrastructure
879
+ • Compliance with defined retention periods and end-of-life disposal requirements
880
+ • Data classification and protection from unauthorized use, access, loss, destruction, and falsification
881
+ questions:
882
+ - id: GRM-02.1
883
+ content: Do you provide security control health data in order to allow tenants
884
+ to implement industry standard Continuous Monitoring (which allows continual
885
+ tenant validation of your physical and logical control status)?
886
+ - id: GRM-02.2
887
+ content: Do you conduct risk assessments associated with data governance requirements
888
+ at least once a year?
889
+ - id: GRM-03
890
+ title: Management Oversight
891
+ specification: Managers are responsible for maintaining awareness of, and complying
892
+ with, security policies, procedures, and standards that are relevant to their
893
+ area of responsibility.
894
+ questions:
895
+ - id: GRM-03.1
896
+ content: Are your technical, business, and executive managers responsible
897
+ for maintaining awareness of and compliance with security policies, procedures,
898
+ and standards for both themselves and their employees as they pertain to
899
+ the manager and employees' area of responsibility?
900
+ - id: GRM-04
901
+ title: Management Program
902
+ specification: |-
903
+ An Information Security Management Program (ISMP) shall be developed, documented, approved, and implemented that includes administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect assets and data from loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. The security program shall include, but not be limited to, the following areas insofar as they relate to the characteristics of the business:
904
+ • Risk management
905
+ • Security policy
906
+ • Organization of information security
907
+ • Asset management
908
+ • Human resources security
909
+ • Physical and environmental security
910
+ • Communications and operations management
911
+ • Access control
912
+ • Information systems acquisition, development, and maintenance
913
+ questions:
914
+ - id: GRM-04.1
915
+ content: Do you provide tenants with documentation describing your Information
916
+ Security Management Program (ISMP)?
917
+ - id: GRM-04.2
918
+ content: Do you review your Information Security Management Program (ISMP)
919
+ at least once a year?
920
+ - id: GRM-05
921
+ title: Management Support / Involvement
922
+ specification: Executive and line management shall take formal action to support
923
+ information security through clearly-documented direction and commitment,
924
+ and shall ensure the action has been assigned.
925
+ questions:
926
+ - id: GRM-05.1
927
+ content: Do you ensure your providers adhere to your information security
928
+ and privacy policies?
929
+ - id: GRM-06
930
+ title: Policy
931
+ specification: Information security policies and procedures shall be established
932
+ and made readily available for review by all impacted personnel and external
933
+ business relationships. Information security policies must be authorized by
934
+ the organization's business leadership (or other accountable business role
935
+ or function) and supported by a strategic business plan and an information
936
+ security management program inclusive of defined information security roles
937
+ and responsibilities for business leadership.
938
+ questions:
939
+ - id: GRM-06.1
940
+ content: Do your information security and privacy policies align with industry
941
+ standards (ISO-27001, ISO-22307, CoBIT, etc.)?
942
+ - id: GRM-06.2
943
+ content: Do you have agreements to ensure your providers adhere to your information
944
+ security and privacy policies?
945
+ - id: GRM-06.3
946
+ content: Can you provide evidence of due diligence mapping of your controls,
947
+ architecture, and processes to regulations and/or standards?
948
+ - id: GRM-06.4
949
+ content: Do you disclose which controls, standards, certifications, and/or
950
+ regulations you comply with?
951
+ - id: GRM-07
952
+ title: Policy Enforcement
953
+ specification: A formal disciplinary or sanction policy shall be established
954
+ for employees who have violated security policies and procedures. Employees
955
+ shall be made aware of what action might be taken in the event of a violation,
956
+ and disciplinary measures must be stated in the policies and procedures.
957
+ questions:
958
+ - id: GRM-07.1
959
+ content: Is a formal disciplinary or sanction policy established for employees
960
+ who have violated security policies and procedures?
961
+ - id: GRM-08
962
+ title: Business / Policy Change Impacts
963
+ specification: Risk assessment results shall include updates to security policies,
964
+ procedures, standards, and controls to ensure that they remain relevant and
965
+ effective.
966
+ questions:
967
+ - id: GRM-08.1
968
+ content: Do risk assessment results include updates to security policies,
969
+ procedures, standards, and controls to ensure they remain relevant and effective?
970
+ - id: GRM-09
971
+ title: Policy Reviews
972
+ specification: The organization's business leadership (or other accountable
973
+ business role or function) shall review the information security policy at
974
+ planned intervals or as a result of changes to the organization to ensure
975
+ its continuing alignment with the security strategy, effectiveness, accuracy,
976
+ relevance, and applicability to legal, statutory, or regulatory compliance
977
+ obligations.
978
+ questions:
979
+ - id: GRM-09.1
980
+ content: Do you notify your tenants when you make material changes to your
981
+ information security and/or privacy policies?
982
+ - id: GRM-09.2
983
+ content: Do you perform, at minimum, annual reviews to your privacy and security
984
+ policies?
985
+ - id: GRM-10
986
+ title: Assessments
987
+ specification: Aligned with the enterprise-wide framework, formal risk assessments
988
+ shall be performed at least annually or at planned intervals, (and in conjunction
989
+ with any changes to information systems) to determine the likelihood and impact
990
+ of all identified risks using qualitative and quantitative methods. The likelihood
991
+ and impact associated with inherent and residual risk shall be determined
992
+ independently, considering all risk categories (e.g., audit results, threat
993
+ and vulnerability analysis, and regulatory compliance).
994
+ questions:
995
+ - id: GRM-10.1
996
+ content: Are formal risk assessments aligned with the enterprise-wide framework
997
+ and performed at least annually, or at planned intervals, determining the
998
+ likelihood and impact of all identified risks, using qualitative and quantitative
999
+ methods?
1000
+ - id: GRM-11
1001
+ title: Program
1002
+ specification: Risks shall be mitigated to an acceptable level. Acceptance levels
1003
+ based on risk criteria shall be established and documented in accordance with
1004
+ reasonable resolution time frames and stakeholder approval.
1005
+ questions:
1006
+ - id: GRM-11.1
1007
+ content: Do you have a documented, organization-wide program in place to manage
1008
+ risk?
1009
+ - id: RI
1010
+ controls:
1011
+ - id: RI-02
1012
+ questions:
1013
+ - id: GRM-10.2
1014
+ content: Is the likelihood and impact associated with inherent and residual
1015
+ risk determined independently, considering all risk categories (e.g., audit
1016
+ results, threat and vulnerability analysis, and regulatory compliance)?
1017
+ - id: RI-01
1018
+ questions:
1019
+ - id: GRM-11.2
1020
+ content: Do you make available documentation of your organization-wide risk
1021
+ management program?
1022
+ - id: RI-05
1023
+ questions:
1024
+ - id: IAM-07.2
1025
+ content: Do you monitor service continuity with upstream providers in the
1026
+ event of provider failure?
1027
+ - id: IAM-07.3
1028
+ content: Do you have more than one provider for each service you depend on?
1029
+ - id: IAM-07.4
1030
+ content: Do you provide access to operational redundancy and continuity summaries,
1031
+ including the services you depend on?
1032
+ - id: IAM-07.5
1033
+ content: Do you provide the tenant the ability to declare a disaster?
1034
+ - id: IAM-07.6
1035
+ content: Do you provide a tenant-triggered failover option?
1036
+ - id: IAM-07.7
1037
+ content: Do you share your business continuity and redundancy plans with your
1038
+ tenants?
1039
+ - id: HRS
1040
+ title: Human Resources
1041
+ controls:
1042
+ - id: HRS-01
1043
+ title: Asset Returns
1044
+ specification: Upon termination of workforce personnel and/or expiration of
1045
+ external business relationships, all organizationally-owned assets shall be
1046
+ returned within an established period.
1047
+ questions:
1048
+ - id: HRS-01.1
1049
+ content: Are systems in place to monitor for privacy breaches and notify tenants
1050
+ expeditiously if a privacy event may have impacted their data?
1051
+ - id: HRS-02
1052
+ title: Background Screening
1053
+ specification: Pursuant to local laws, regulations, ethics, and contractual
1054
+ constraints, all employment candidates, contractors, and third parties shall
1055
+ be subject to background verification proportional to the data classification
1056
+ to be accessed, the business requirements, and acceptable risk.
1057
+ questions:
1058
+ - id: HRS-02.1
1059
+ content: Pursuant to local laws, regulations, ethics, and contractual constraints,
1060
+ are all employment candidates, contractors, and involved third parties subject
1061
+ to background verification?
1062
+ - id: HRS-03
1063
+ title: Employment Agreements
1064
+ specification: Employment agreements shall incorporate provisions and/or terms
1065
+ for adherence to established information governance and security policies
1066
+ and must be signed by newly hired or on-boarded workforce personnel (e.g.,
1067
+ full or part-time employee or contingent staff) prior to granting workforce
1068
+ personnel user access to corporate facilities, resources, and assets.
1069
+ questions:
1070
+ - id: HRS-03.1
1071
+ content: Do you specifically train your employees regarding their specific
1072
+ role and the information security controls they must fulfill?
1073
+ - id: HRS-03.3
1074
+ content: Are all personnel required to sign NDA or Confidentiality Agreements
1075
+ as a condition of employment to protect customer/tenant information?
1076
+ - id: HRS-03.4
1077
+ content: Is successful and timed completion of the training program considered
1078
+ a prerequisite for acquiring and maintaining access to sensitive systems?
1079
+ - id: HRS-03.5
1080
+ content: Are personnel trained and provided with awareness programs at least
1081
+ once a year?
1082
+ - id: HRS-04
1083
+ title: Employment Termination
1084
+ specification: Roles and responsibilities for performing employment termination
1085
+ or change in employment procedures shall be assigned, documented, and communicated.
1086
+ questions:
1087
+ - id: HRS-04.1
1088
+ content: Are documented policies, procedures, and guidelines in place to govern
1089
+ change in employment and/or termination?
1090
+ - id: HRS-04.2
1091
+ content: Do the above procedures and guidelines account for timely revocation
1092
+ of access and return of assets?
1093
+ - id: HRS-05
1094
+ title: Portable / Mobile Devices
1095
+ specification: Policies and procedures shall be established, and supporting
1096
+ business processes and technical measures implemented, to manage business
1097
+ risks associated with permitting mobile device access to corporate resources
1098
+ and may require the implementation of higher assurance compensating controls
1099
+ and acceptable-use policies and procedures (e.g., mandated security training,
1100
+ stronger identity, entitlement and access controls, and device monitoring).
1101
+ questions:
1102
+ - id: HRS-05.1
1103
+ content: Are policies and procedures established and measures implemented
1104
+ to strictly limit access to your sensitive data and tenant data from portable
1105
+ and mobile devices (e.g., laptops, cell phones, and personal digital assistants
1106
+ (PDAs)), which are generally higher-risk than non-portable devices (e.g.,
1107
+ desktop computers at the provider organization’s facilities)?
1108
+ - id: HRS-06
1109
+ title: Non-Disclosure Agreements
1110
+ specification: Requirements for non-disclosure or confidentiality agreements
1111
+ reflecting the organization's needs for the protection of data and operational
1112
+ details shall be identified, documented, and reviewed at planned intervals.
1113
+ questions:
1114
+ - id: HRS-06.1
1115
+ content: Are requirements for non-disclosure or confidentiality agreements
1116
+ reflecting the organization's needs for the protection of data and operational
1117
+ details identified, documented, and reviewed at planned intervals?
1118
+ - id: HRS-07
1119
+ title: Roles / Responsibilities
1120
+ specification: Roles and responsibilities of contractors, employees, and third-party
1121
+ users shall be documented as they relate to information assets and security.
1122
+ questions:
1123
+ - id: HRS-07.1
1124
+ content: Do you provide tenants with a role definition document clarifying
1125
+ your administrative responsibilities versus those of the tenant?
1126
+ - id: HRS-08
1127
+ title: Acceptable Use
1128
+ specification: Policies and procedures shall be established, and supporting
1129
+ business processes and technical measures implemented, for defining allowances
1130
+ and conditions for permitting usage of organizationally-owned or managed user
1131
+ end-point devices (e.g., issued workstations, laptops, and mobile devices)
1132
+ and IT infrastructure network and systems components. Additionally, defining
1133
+ allowances and conditions to permit usage of personal mobile devices and associated
1134
+ applications with access to corporate resources (i.e., BYOD) shall be considered
1135
+ and incorporated as appropriate.
1136
+ questions:
1137
+ - id: HRS-08.1
1138
+ content: Do you provide documentation regarding how you may access tenant
1139
+ data and metadata?
1140
+ - id: HRS-09
1141
+ title: Training / Awareness
1142
+ specification: A security awareness training program shall be established for
1143
+ all contractors, third-party users, and employees of the organization and
1144
+ mandated when appropriate. All individuals with access to organizational data
1145
+ shall receive appropriate awareness training and regular updates in organizational
1146
+ procedures, processes, and policies relating to their professional function
1147
+ relative to the organization.
1148
+ questions:
1149
+ - id: HRS-09.1
1150
+ content: Do you provide a formal, role-based, security awareness training
1151
+ program for cloud-related access and data management issues (e.g., multi-tenancy,
1152
+ nationality, cloud delivery model, segregation of duties implications, and
1153
+ conflicts of interest) for all persons with access to tenant data?
1154
+ - id: HRS-10
1155
+ title: User Responsibility
1156
+ specification: |-
1157
+ All personnel shall be made aware of their roles and responsibilities for:
1158
+ • Maintaining awareness and compliance with established policies and procedures and applicable legal, statutory, or regulatory compliance obligations.
1159
+ • Maintaining a safe and secure working environment
1160
+ questions:
1161
+ - id: HRS-10.1
1162
+ content: Are users made aware of their responsibilities for maintaining awareness
1163
+ and compliance with published security policies, procedures, standards,
1164
+ and applicable regulatory requirements?
1165
+ - id: HRS-11
1166
+ title: Workspace
1167
+ specification: Policies and procedures shall be established to require that
1168
+ unattended workspaces do not have openly visible (e.g., on a desktop) sensitive
1169
+ documents and user computing sessions had been disabled after an established
1170
+ period of inactivity.
1171
+ questions:
1172
+ - id: HRS-11.1
1173
+ content: Do your data management policies and procedures address tenant and
1174
+ service level conflicts of interests?
1175
+ - id: HR
1176
+ controls:
1177
+ - id: HR-02
1178
+ questions:
1179
+ - id: HRS-03.2
1180
+ content: Do you document employee acknowledgment of training they have completed?
1181
+ - id: IAM
1182
+ title: Identity & Access Management
1183
+ controls:
1184
+ - id: IAM-01
1185
+ title: Audit Tools Access
1186
+ specification: Access to, and use of, audit tools that interact with the organization's
1187
+ information systems shall be appropriately segmented and restricted to prevent
1188
+ compromise and misuse of log data.
1189
+ questions:
1190
+ - id: IAM-01.1
1191
+ content: Do you restrict, log, and monitor access to your information security
1192
+ management systems (e.g., hypervisors, firewalls, vulnerability scanners,
1193
+ network sniffers, APIs, etc.)?
1194
+ - id: IAM-01.2
1195
+ content: Do you monitor and log privileged access (e.g., administrator level)
1196
+ to information security management systems?
1197
+ - id: IAM-02
1198
+ title: User Access Policy
1199
+ specification: |-
1200
+ User access policies and procedures shall be established, and supporting business processes and technical measures implemented, for ensuring appropriate identity, entitlement, and access management for all internal corporate and customer (tenant) users with access to data and organizationally-owned or managed (physical and virtual) application interfaces and infrastructure network and systems components. These policies, procedures, processes, and measures must incorporate the following:
1201
+ • Procedures, supporting roles, and responsibilities for provisioning and de-provisioning user account entitlements following the rule of least privilege based on job function (e.g., internal employee and contingent staff personnel changes, customer-controlled access, suppliers' business relationships, or other third-party business relationships)
1202
+ • Business case considerations for higher levels of assurance and multi-factor authentication secrets (e.g., management interfaces, key generation, remote access, segregation of duties, emergency access, large-scale provisioning or geographically-distributed deployments, and personnel redundancy for critical systems)
1203
+ • Access segmentation to sessions and data in multi-tenant architectures by any third party (e.g., provider and/or other customer (tenant))
1204
+ • Identity trust verification and service-to-service application (API) and information processing interoperability (e.g., SSO and federation)
1205
+ • Account credential lifecycle management from instantiation through revocation
1206
+ • Account credential and/or identity store minimization or re-use when feasible
1207
+ • Authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) rules for access to data and sessions (e.g., encryption and strong/multi-factor, expireable, non-shared authentication secrets)
1208
+ • Permissions and supporting capabilities for customer (tenant) controls over authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) rules for access to data and sessions
1209
+ • Adherence to applicable legal, statutory, or regulatory compliance requirements
1210
+ questions:
1211
+ - id: IAM-02.1
1212
+ content: Do you have controls in place ensuring timely removal of systems
1213
+ access that is no longer required for business purposes?
1214
+ - id: IAM-03
1215
+ title: Diagnostic / Configuration Ports Access
1216
+ specification: User access to diagnostic and configuration ports shall be restricted
1217
+ to authorized individuals and applications.
1218
+ questions:
1219
+ - id: IAM-03.1
1220
+ content: Do you use dedicated secure networks to provide management access
1221
+ to your cloud service infrastructure?
1222
+ - id: IAM-04
1223
+ title: Policies and Procedures
1224
+ specification: Policies and procedures shall be established to store and manage
1225
+ identity information about every person who accesses IT infrastructure and
1226
+ to determine their level of access. Policies shall also be developed to control
1227
+ access to network resources based on user identity.
1228
+ questions:
1229
+ - id: IAM-04.1
1230
+ content: Do you manage and store the identity of all personnel who have access
1231
+ to the IT infrastructure, including their level of access?
1232
+ - id: IAM-04.2
1233
+ content: Do you manage and store the user identity of all personnel who have
1234
+ network access, including their level of access?
1235
+ - id: IAM-05
1236
+ title: Segregation of Duties
1237
+ specification: User access policies and procedures shall be established, and
1238
+ supporting business processes and technical measures implemented, for restricting
1239
+ user access as per defined segregation of duties to address business risks
1240
+ associated with a user-role conflict of interest.
1241
+ questions:
1242
+ - id: IAM-05.1
1243
+ content: Do you provide tenants with documentation on how you maintain segregation
1244
+ of duties within your cloud service offering?
1245
+ - id: IAM-06
1246
+ title: Source Code Access Restriction
1247
+ specification: Access to the organization's own developed applications, program,
1248
+ or object source code, or any other form of intellectual property (IP), and
1249
+ use of proprietary software shall be appropriately restricted following the
1250
+ rule of least privilege based on job function as per established user access
1251
+ policies and procedures.
1252
+ questions:
1253
+ - id: IAM-06.1
1254
+ content: Are controls in place to prevent unauthorized access to your application,
1255
+ program, or object source code, and assure it is restricted to authorized
1256
+ personnel only?
1257
+ - id: IAM-07
1258
+ title: Third Party Access
1259
+ specification: The identification, assessment, and prioritization of risks posed
1260
+ by business processes requiring third-party access to the organization's information
1261
+ systems and data shall be followed by coordinated application of resources
1262
+ to minimize, monitor, and measure likelihood and impact of unauthorized or
1263
+ inappropriate access. Compensating controls derived from the risk analysis
1264
+ shall be implemented prior to provisioning access.
1265
+ questions:
1266
+ - id: IAM-07.1
1267
+ content: Do you provide multi-failure disaster recovery capability?
1268
+ - id: IAM-08
1269
+ title: User Access Restriction / Authorization
1270
+ specification: Policies and procedures are established for permissible storage
1271
+ and access of identities used for authentication to ensure identities are
1272
+ only accessible based on rules of least privilege and replication limitation
1273
+ only to users explicitly defined as business necessary.
1274
+ questions:
1275
+ - id: IAM-08.1
1276
+ content: Do you document how you grant and approve access to tenant data?
1277
+ - id: IAM-09
1278
+ title: User Access Authorization
1279
+ specification: Provisioning user access (e.g., employees, contractors, customers
1280
+ (tenants), business partners and/or supplier relationships) to data and organizationally-owned
1281
+ or managed (physical and virtual) applications, infrastructure systems, and
1282
+ network components shall be authorized by the organization's management prior
1283
+ to access being granted and appropriately restricted as per established policies
1284
+ and procedures. Upon request, provider shall inform customer (tenant) of this
1285
+ user access, especially if customer (tenant) data is used as part of the service
1286
+ and/or customer (tenant) has some shared responsibility over implementation
1287
+ of control.
1288
+ questions:
1289
+ - id: IAM-09.1
1290
+ content: Does your management provision the authorization and restrictions
1291
+ for user access (e.g., employees, contractors, customers (tenants), business
1292
+ partners, and/or suppliers) prior to their access to data and any owned
1293
+ or managed (physical and virtual) applications, infrastructure systems,
1294
+ and network components?
1295
+ - id: IAM-09.2
1296
+ content: Do you provide upon request user access (e.g., employees, contractors,
1297
+ customers (tenants), business partners and/or suppliers) to data and any
1298
+ owned or managed (physical and virtual) applications, infrastructure systems
1299
+ and network components?
1300
+ - id: IAM-10
1301
+ title: User Access Reviews
1302
+ specification: User access shall be authorized and revalidated for entitlement
1303
+ appropriateness, at planned intervals, by the organization's business leadership
1304
+ or other accountable business role or function supported by evidence to demonstrate
1305
+ the organization is adhering to the rule of least privilege based on job function.
1306
+ For identified access violations, remediation must follow established user
1307
+ access policies and procedures.
1308
+ questions:
1309
+ - id: IAM-10.1
1310
+ content: Do you require at least annual certification of entitlements for
1311
+ all system users and administrators (exclusive of users maintained by your
1312
+ tenants)?
1313
+ - id: IAM-11
1314
+ title: User Access Revocation
1315
+ specification: Timely de-provisioning (revocation or modification) of user access
1316
+ to data and organizationally-owned or managed (physical and virtual) applications,
1317
+ infrastructure systems, and network components, shall be implemented as per
1318
+ established policies and procedures and based on user's change in status (e.g.,
1319
+ termination of employment or other business relationship, job change, or transfer).
1320
+ Upon request, provider shall inform customer (tenant) of these changes, especially
1321
+ if customer (tenant) data is used as part the service and/or customer (tenant)
1322
+ has some shared responsibility over implementation of control.
1323
+ questions:
1324
+ - id: IAM-11.1
1325
+ content: Is timely deprovisioning, revocation, or modification of user access
1326
+ to the organizations systems, information assets, and data implemented upon
1327
+ any change in status of employees, contractors, customers, business partners,
1328
+ or involved third parties?
1329
+ - id: IAM-12
1330
+ title: User ID Credentials
1331
+ specification: |-
1332
+ Internal corporate or customer (tenant) user account credentials shall be restricted as per the following, ensuring appropriate identity, entitlement, and access management and in accordance with established policies and procedures:
1333
+ • Identity trust verification and service-to-service application (API) and information processing interoperability (e.g., SSO and Federation)
1334
+ • Account credential lifecycle management from instantiation through revocation
1335
+ • Account credential and/or identity store minimization or re-use when feasible
1336
+ • Adherence to industry acceptable and/or regulatory compliant authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) rules (e.g., strong/multi-factor, expireable, non-shared authentication secrets)
1337
+ questions:
1338
+ - id: IAM-12.1
1339
+ content: Do you support use of, or integration with, existing customer-based
1340
+ Single Sign On (SSO) solutions to your service?
1341
+ - id: IAM-12.8
1342
+ content: Do you support password (e.g., minimum length, age, history, complexity)
1343
+ and account lockout (e.g., lockout threshold, lockout duration) policy enforcement?
1344
+ - id: IAM-12.9
1345
+ content: Do you allow tenants/customers to define password and account lockout
1346
+ policies for their accounts?
1347
+ - id: IAM-12.10
1348
+ content: Do you support the ability to force password changes upon first logon?
1349
+ - id: IAM-12.11
1350
+ content: Do you have mechanisms in place for unlocking accounts that have
1351
+ been locked out (e.g., self-service via email, defined challenge questions,
1352
+ manual unlock)?
1353
+ - id: IAM-13
1354
+ title: Utility Programs Access
1355
+ specification: Utility programs capable of potentially overriding system, object,
1356
+ network, virtual machine, and application controls shall be restricted.
1357
+ questions:
1358
+ - id: IAM-13.1
1359
+ content: Are utilities that can significantly manage virtualized partitions
1360
+ (e.g., shutdown, clone, etc.) appropriately restricted and monitored?
1361
+ - id: SA
1362
+ controls:
1363
+ - id: SA-02
1364
+ questions:
1365
+ - id: IAM-12.2
1366
+ content: Do you use open standards to delegate authentication capabilities
1367
+ to your tenants?
1368
+ - id: IAM-12.3
1369
+ content: Do you support identity federation standards (e.g., SAML, SPML, WS-Federation,
1370
+ etc.) as a means of authenticating/authorizing users?
1371
+ - id: IAM-12.4
1372
+ content: Do you have a Policy Enforcement Point capability (e.g., XACML) to
1373
+ enforce regional legal and policy constraints on user access?
1374
+ - id: IAM-12.5
1375
+ content: Do you have an identity management system (enabling classification
1376
+ of data for a tenant) in place to enable both role-based and context-based
1377
+ entitlement to data?
1378
+ - id: IAM-12.6
1379
+ content: Do you provide tenants with strong (multifactor) authentication options
1380
+ (e.g., digital certs, tokens, biometrics, etc.) for user access?
1381
+ - id: IAM-12.7
1382
+ content: Do you allow tenants to use third-party identity assurance services?
1383
+ - id: SA-14
1384
+ questions:
1385
+ - id: IVS-01.2
1386
+ content: Is physical and logical user access to audit logs restricted to authorized
1387
+ personnel?
1388
+ - id: IVS-01.3
1389
+ content: Can you provide evidence that due diligence mapping of regulations
1390
+ and standards to your controls/architecture/processes has been done?
1391
+ - id: SA-06
1392
+ questions:
1393
+ - id: IVS-08.2
1394
+ content: For your IaaS offering, do you provide tenants with guidance on how
1395
+ to create suitable production and test environments?
1396
+ - id: SA-09
1397
+ questions:
1398
+ - id: IVS-09.2
1399
+ content: Are system and network environments protected by a firewall or virtual
1400
+ firewall to ensure compliance with legislative, regulatory, and contractual
1401
+ requirements?
1402
+ - id: IVS-09.3
1403
+ content: Are system and network environments protected by a firewall or virtual
1404
+ firewall to ensure separation of production and non-production environments?
1405
+ - id: IVS-09.4
1406
+ content: Are system and network environments protected by a firewall or virtual
1407
+ firewall to ensure protection and isolation of sensitive data?
1408
+ - id: SA-10
1409
+ questions:
1410
+ - id: IVS-12.2
1411
+ content: Are policies and procedures established and mechanisms implemented
1412
+ to ensure wireless security settings are enabled with strong encryption
1413
+ for authentication and transmission, replacing vendor default settings (e.g.,
1414
+ encryption keys, passwords, SNMP community strings)?
1415
+ - id: IVS-12.3
1416
+ content: Are policies and procedures established and mechanisms implemented
1417
+ to protect wireless network environments and detect the presence of unauthorized
1418
+ (rogue) network devices for a timely disconnect from the network?
1419
+ - id: SA-15
1420
+ questions:
1421
+ - id: TVM-03.2
1422
+ content: Is all unauthorized mobile code prevented from executing?
1423
+ - id: IVS
1424
+ title: Infrastructure & Virtualization Security
1425
+ controls:
1426
+ - id: IVS-01
1427
+ title: Audit Logging / Intrusion Detection
1428
+ specification: Higher levels of assurance are required for protection, retention,
1429
+ and lifecycle management of audit logs, adhering to applicable legal, statutory,
1430
+ or regulatory compliance obligations and providing unique user access accountability
1431
+ to detect potentially suspicious network behaviors and/or file integrity anomalies,
1432
+ and to support forensic investigative capabilities in the event of a security
1433
+ breach.
1434
+ questions:
1435
+ - id: IVS-01.1
1436
+ content: Are file integrity (host) and network intrusion detection (IDS) tools
1437
+ implemented to help facilitate timely detection, investigation by root cause
1438
+ analysis, and response to incidents?
1439
+ - id: IVS-01.4
1440
+ content: Are audit logs centrally stored and retained?
1441
+ - id: IVS-01.5
1442
+ content: Are audit logs reviewed on a regular basis for security events (e.g.,
1443
+ with automated tools)?
1444
+ - id: IVS-02
1445
+ title: Change Detection
1446
+ specification: The provider shall ensure the integrity of all virtual machine
1447
+ images at all times. Any changes made to virtual machine images must be logged
1448
+ and an alert raised regardless of their running state (e.g., dormant, off,
1449
+ or running). The results of a change or move of an image and the subsequent
1450
+ validation of the image's integrity must be immediately available to customers
1451
+ through electronic methods (e.g., portals or alerts).
1452
+ questions:
1453
+ - id: IVS-02.1
1454
+ content: Do you log and alert any changes made to virtual machine images regardless
1455
+ of their running state (e.g., dormant, off or running)?
1456
+ - id: IVS-02.2
1457
+ content: Are changes made to virtual machines, or moving of an image and subsequent
1458
+ validation of the image's integrity, made immediately available to customers
1459
+ through electronic methods (e.g., portals or alerts)?
1460
+ - id: IVS-03
1461
+ title: Clock Synchronization
1462
+ specification: A reliable and mutually agreed upon external time source shall
1463
+ be used to synchronize the system clocks of all relevant information processing
1464
+ systems to facilitate tracing and reconstitution of activity timelines.
1465
+ questions:
1466
+ - id: IVS-03.1
1467
+ content: Do you use a synchronized time-service protocol (e.g., NTP) to ensure
1468
+ all systems have a common time reference?
1469
+ - id: IVS-04
1470
+ title: Capacity / Resource Planning
1471
+ specification: The availability, quality, and adequate capacity and resources
1472
+ shall be planned, prepared, and measured to deliver the required system performance
1473
+ in accordance with legal, statutory, and regulatory compliance obligations.
1474
+ Projections of future capacity requirements shall be made to mitigate the
1475
+ risk of system overload.
1476
+ questions:
1477
+ - id: IVS-04.1
1478
+ content: Do you provide documentation regarding what levels of system (e.g.,
1479
+ network, storage, memory, I/O, etc.) oversubscription you maintain and under
1480
+ what circumstances/scenarios?
1481
+ - id: IVS-04.3
1482
+ content: Do your system capacity requirements take into account current, projected,
1483
+ and anticipated capacity needs for all systems used to provide services
1484
+ to the tenants?
1485
+ - id: IVS-04.4
1486
+ content: Is system performance monitored and tuned in order to continuously
1487
+ meet regulatory, contractual, and business requirements for all the systems
1488
+ used to provide services to the tenants?
1489
+ - id: IVS-05
1490
+ title: Management - Vulnerability Management
1491
+ specification: Implementers shall ensure that the security vulnerability assessment
1492
+ tools or services accommodate the virtualization technologies used (e.g.,
1493
+ virtualization aware).
1494
+ questions:
1495
+ - id: IVS-05.1
1496
+ content: Do security vulnerability assessment tools or services accommodate
1497
+ the virtualization technologies being used (e.g., virtualization aware)?
1498
+ - id: IVS-06
1499
+ title: Network Security
1500
+ specification: Network environments and virtual instances shall be designed
1501
+ and configured to restrict and monitor traffic between trusted and untrusted
1502
+ connections. These configurations shall be reviewed at least annually, and
1503
+ supported by a documented justification for use for all allowed services,
1504
+ protocols, ports, and compensating controls.
1505
+ questions:
1506
+ - id: IVS-06.1
1507
+ content: For your IaaS offering, do you provide customers with guidance on
1508
+ how to create a layered security architecture equivalence using your virtualized
1509
+ solution?
1510
+ - id: IVS-06.2
1511
+ content: Do you regularly update network architecture diagrams that include
1512
+ data flows between security domains/zones?
1513
+ - id: IVS-06.3
1514
+ content: Do you regularly review for appropriateness the allowed access/connectivity
1515
+ (e.g., firewall rules) between security domains/zones within the network?
1516
+ - id: IVS-06.4
1517
+ content: Are all firewall access control lists documented with business justification?
1518
+ - id: IVS-07
1519
+ title: OS Hardening and Base Controls
1520
+ specification: 'Each operating system shall be hardened to provide only necessary
1521
+ ports, protocols, and services to meet business needs and have in place supporting
1522
+ technical controls such as: antivirus, file integrity monitoring, and logging
1523
+ as part of their baseline operating build standard or template.'
1524
+ questions:
1525
+ - id: IVS-07.1
1526
+ content: Are operating systems hardened to provide only the necessary ports,
1527
+ protocols, and services to meet business needs using technical controls
1528
+ (e.g., antivirus, file integrity monitoring, and logging) as part of their
1529
+ baseline build standard or template?
1530
+ - id: IVS-08
1531
+ title: Production / Non-Production Environments
1532
+ specification: 'Production and non-production environments shall be separated
1533
+ to prevent unauthorized access or changes to information assets. Separation
1534
+ of the environments may include: stateful inspection firewalls, domain/realm
1535
+ authentication sources, and clear segregation of duties for personnel accessing
1536
+ these environments as part of their job duties.'
1537
+ questions:
1538
+ - id: IVS-08.1
1539
+ content: For your SaaS or PaaS offering, do you provide tenants with separate
1540
+ environments for production and test processes?
1541
+ - id: IVS-08.3
1542
+ content: Do you logically and physically segregate production and non-production
1543
+ environments?
1544
+ - id: IVS-09
1545
+ title: Segmentation
1546
+ specification: |-
1547
+ Multi-tenant organizationally-owned or managed (physical and virtual) applications, and infrastructure system and network components, shall be designed, developed, deployed, and configured such that provider and customer (tenant) user access is appropriately segmented from other tenant users, based on the following considerations:
1548
+ • Established policies and procedures
1549
+ • Isolation of business critical assets and/or sensitive user data and sessions that mandate stronger internal controls and high levels of assurance
1550
+ • Compliance with legal, statutory, and regulatory compliance obligations
1551
+ questions:
1552
+ - id: IVS-09.1
1553
+ content: Are system and network environments protected by a firewall or virtual
1554
+ firewall to ensure business and customer security requirements?
1555
+ - id: IVS-10
1556
+ title: VM Security - Data Protection
1557
+ specification: Secured and encrypted communication channels shall be used when
1558
+ migrating physical servers, applications, or data to virtualized servers and,
1559
+ where possible, shall use a network segregated from production-level networks
1560
+ for such migrations.
1561
+ questions:
1562
+ - id: IVS-10.1
1563
+ content: Are secured and encrypted communication channels used when migrating
1564
+ physical servers, applications, or data to virtual servers?
1565
+ - id: IVS-10.2
1566
+ content: Do you use a network segregated from production-level networks when
1567
+ migrating physical servers, applications, or data to virtual servers?
1568
+ - id: IVS-11
1569
+ title: VMM Security - Hypervisor Hardening
1570
+ specification: Access to all hypervisor management functions or administrative
1571
+ consoles for systems hosting virtualized systems shall be restricted to personnel
1572
+ based upon the principle of least privilege and supported through technical
1573
+ controls (e.g., two-factor authentication, audit trails, IP address filtering,
1574
+ firewalls, and TLS encapsulated communications to the administrative consoles).
1575
+ questions:
1576
+ - id: IVS-11.1
1577
+ content: Do you restrict personnel access to all hypervisor management functions
1578
+ or administrative consoles for systems hosting virtualized systems based
1579
+ on the principle of least privilege and supported through technical controls
1580
+ (e.g., two-factor authentication, audit trails, IP address filtering, firewalls
1581
+ and TLS-encapsulated communications to the administrative consoles)?
1582
+ - id: IVS-12
1583
+ title: Wireless Security
1584
+ specification: |-
1585
+ Policies and procedures shall be established, and supporting business processes and technical measures implemented, to protect wireless network environments, including the following:
1586
+ • Perimeter firewalls implemented and configured to restrict unauthorized traffic
1587
+ • Security settings enabled with strong encryption for authentication and transmission, replacing vendor default settings (e.g., encryption keys, passwords, and SNMP community strings)
1588
+ • User access to wireless network devices restricted to authorized personnel
1589
+ • The capability to detect the presence of unauthorized (rogue) wireless network devices for a timely disconnect from the network
1590
+ questions:
1591
+ - id: IVS-12.1
1592
+ content: Are policies and procedures established and mechanisms configured
1593
+ and implemented to protect the wireless network environment perimeter and
1594
+ to restrict unauthorized wireless traffic?
1595
+ - id: IVS-13
1596
+ title: Network Architecture
1597
+ specification: Network architecture diagrams shall clearly identify high-risk
1598
+ environments and data flows that may have legal compliance impacts. Technical
1599
+ measures shall be implemented and shall apply defense-in-depth techniques
1600
+ (e.g., deep packet analysis, traffic throttling, and black-holing) for detection
1601
+ and timely response to network-based attacks associated with anomalous ingress
1602
+ or egress traffic patterns (e.g., MAC spoofing and ARP poisoning attacks)
1603
+ and/or distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.
1604
+ questions:
1605
+ - id: IVS-13.1
1606
+ content: Do your network architecture diagrams clearly identify high-risk
1607
+ environments and data flows that may have legal compliance impacts?
1608
+ - id: IVS-13.2
1609
+ content: Do you implement technical measures and apply defense-in-depth techniques
1610
+ (e.g., deep packet analysis, traffic throttling and black-holing) for detection
1611
+ and timely response to network-based attacks associated with anomalous ingress
1612
+ or egress traffic patterns (e.g., MAC spoofing and ARP poisoning attacks)
1613
+ and/or distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks?
1614
+ - id: IPY
1615
+ title: Interoperability & Portability
1616
+ controls:
1617
+ - id: IPY-01
1618
+ title: APIs
1619
+ specification: The provider shall use open and published APIs to ensure support
1620
+ for interoperability between components and to facilitate migrating applications.
1621
+ questions:
1622
+ - id: IPY-01.1
1623
+ content: Do you publish a list of all APIs available in the service and indicate
1624
+ which are standard and which are customized?
1625
+ - id: IPY-02
1626
+ title: Data Request
1627
+ specification: All structured and unstructured data shall be available to the
1628
+ customer and provided to them upon request in an industry-standard format
1629
+ (e.g., .doc, .xls, .pdf, logs, and flat files).
1630
+ questions:
1631
+ - id: IPY-02.1
1632
+ content: Is unstructured customer data available on request in an industry-standard
1633
+ format (e.g., .doc, .xls, or .pdf)?
1634
+ - id: IPY-03
1635
+ title: Policy & Legal
1636
+ specification: Policies, procedures, and mutually-agreed upon provisions and/or
1637
+ terms shall be established to satisfy customer (tenant) requirements for service-to-service
1638
+ application (API) and information processing interoperability, and portability
1639
+ for application development and information exchange, usage, and integrity
1640
+ persistence.
1641
+ questions:
1642
+ - id: IPY-03.1
1643
+ content: Do you provide policies and procedures (i.e. service level agreements)
1644
+ governing the use of APIs for interoperability between your service and
1645
+ third-party applications?
1646
+ - id: IPY-03.2
1647
+ content: Do you provide policies and procedures (i.e. service level agreements)
1648
+ governing the migration of application data to and from your service?
1649
+ - id: IPY-04
1650
+ title: Standardized Network Protocols
1651
+ specification: The provider shall use secure (e.g., non-clear text and authenticated)
1652
+ standardized network protocols for the import and export of data and to manage
1653
+ the service, and shall make available a document to consumers (tenants) detailing
1654
+ the relevant interoperability and portability standards that are involved.
1655
+ questions:
1656
+ - id: IPY-04.1
1657
+ content: Can data import, data export, and service management be conducted
1658
+ over secure (e.g., non-clear text and authenticated), industry accepted
1659
+ standardized network protocols?
1660
+ - id: IPY-04.2
1661
+ content: Do you provide consumers (tenants) with documentation detailing the
1662
+ relevant interoperability and portability network protocol standards that
1663
+ are involved?
1664
+ - id: IPY-05
1665
+ title: Virtualization
1666
+ specification: The provider shall use an industry-recognized virtualization
1667
+ platform and standard virtualization formats (e.g., OVF) to help ensure interoperability,
1668
+ and shall have documented custom changes made to any hypervisor in use, and
1669
+ all solution-specific virtualization hooks, available for customer review.
1670
+ questions:
1671
+ - id: IPY-05.1
1672
+ content: Do you use an industry-recognized virtualization platform and standard
1673
+ virtualization formats (e.g., OVF) to help ensure interoperability?
1674
+ - id: IPY-05.2
1675
+ content: Do you have documented custom changes made to any hypervisor in use,
1676
+ and all solution-specific virtualization hooks available for customer review?
1677
+ - id: MOS
1678
+ title: Mobile Security
1679
+ controls:
1680
+ - id: MOS-01
1681
+ title: Anti-Malware
1682
+ specification: Anti-malware awareness training, specific to mobile devices,
1683
+ shall be included in the provider's information security awareness training.
1684
+ questions:
1685
+ - id: MOS-01.1
1686
+ content: Do you provide anti-malware training specific to mobile devices as
1687
+ part of your information security awareness training?
1688
+ - id: MOS-02
1689
+ title: Application Stores
1690
+ specification: A documented list of approved application stores has been communicated
1691
+ as acceptable for mobile devices accessing or storing provider managed data.
1692
+ questions:
1693
+ - id: MOS-02.1
1694
+ content: Do you document and make available lists of approved application
1695
+ stores for mobile devices accessing or storing company data and/or company
1696
+ systems?
1697
+ - id: MOS-03
1698
+ title: Approved Applications
1699
+ specification: The company shall have a documented policy prohibiting the installation
1700
+ of non-approved applications or approved applications not obtained through
1701
+ a pre-identified application store.
1702
+ questions:
1703
+ - id: MOS-03.1
1704
+ content: Do you have a policy enforcement capability (e.g., XACML) to ensure
1705
+ that only approved applications and those from approved application stores
1706
+ can be loaded onto a mobile device?
1707
+ - id: MOS-04
1708
+ title: Approved Software for BYOD
1709
+ specification: The BYOD policy and supporting awareness training clearly states
1710
+ the approved applications, application stores, and application extensions
1711
+ and plugins that may be used for BYOD usage.
1712
+ questions:
1713
+ - id: MOS-04.1
1714
+ content: Does your BYOD policy and training clearly state which applications
1715
+ and applications stores are approved for use on BYOD devices?
1716
+ - id: MOS-05
1717
+ title: Awareness and Training
1718
+ specification: The provider shall have a documented mobile device policy that
1719
+ includes a documented definition for mobile devices and the acceptable usage
1720
+ and requirements for all mobile devices. The provider shall post and communicate
1721
+ the policy and requirements through the company's security awareness and training
1722
+ program.
1723
+ questions:
1724
+ - id: MOS-05.1
1725
+ content: Do you have a documented mobile device policy in your employee training
1726
+ that clearly defines mobile devices and the accepted usage and requirements
1727
+ for mobile devices?
1728
+ - id: MOS-06
1729
+ title: Cloud Based Services
1730
+ specification: All cloud-based services used by the company's mobile devices
1731
+ or BYOD shall be pre-approved for usage and the storage of company business
1732
+ data.
1733
+ questions:
1734
+ - id: MOS-06.1
1735
+ content: Do you have a documented list of pre-approved cloud based services
1736
+ that are allowed to be used for use and storage of company business data
1737
+ via a mobile device?
1738
+ - id: MOS-07
1739
+ title: Compatibility
1740
+ specification: The company shall have a documented application validation process
1741
+ to test for mobile device, operating system, and application compatibility
1742
+ issues.
1743
+ questions:
1744
+ - id: MOS-07.1
1745
+ content: Do you have a documented application validation process for testing
1746
+ device, operating system, and application compatibility issues?
1747
+ - id: MOS-08
1748
+ title: Device Eligibility
1749
+ specification: The BYOD policy shall define the device and eligibility requirements
1750
+ to allow for BYOD usage.
1751
+ questions:
1752
+ - id: MOS-08.1
1753
+ content: Do you have a BYOD policy that defines the device(s) and eligibility
1754
+ requirements allowed for BYOD usage?
1755
+ - id: MOS-09
1756
+ title: Device Inventory
1757
+ specification: An inventory of all mobile devices used to store and access company
1758
+ data shall be kept and maintained. All changes to the status of these devices,
1759
+ (i.e., operating system and patch levels, lost or decommissioned status, and
1760
+ to whom the device is assigned or approved for usage (BYOD)), will be included
1761
+ for each device in the inventory.
1762
+ questions:
1763
+ - id: MOS-09.1
1764
+ content: Do you maintain an inventory of all mobile devices storing and accessing
1765
+ company data which includes device status (e.g., operating system and patch
1766
+ levels, lost or decommissioned, device assignee)?
1767
+ - id: MOS-10
1768
+ title: Device Management
1769
+ specification: A centralized, mobile device management solution shall be deployed
1770
+ to all mobile devices permitted to store, transmit, or process customer data.
1771
+ questions:
1772
+ - id: MOS-10.1
1773
+ content: Do you have a centralized mobile device management solution deployed
1774
+ to all mobile devices that are permitted to store, transmit, or process
1775
+ company data?
1776
+ - id: MOS-11
1777
+ title: Encryption
1778
+ specification: The mobile device policy shall require the use of encryption
1779
+ either for the entire device or for data identified as sensitive on all mobile
1780
+ devices and shall be enforced through technology controls.
1781
+ questions:
1782
+ - id: MOS-11.1
1783
+ content: Does your mobile device policy require the use of encryption for
1784
+ either the entire device or for data identified as sensitive enforceable
1785
+ through technology controls for all mobile devices?
1786
+ - id: MOS-12
1787
+ title: Jailbreaking and Rooting
1788
+ specification: The mobile device policy shall prohibit the circumvention of
1789
+ built-in security controls on mobile devices (e.g., jailbreaking or rooting)
1790
+ and is enforced through detective and preventative controls on the device
1791
+ or through a centralized device management system (e.g., mobile device management).
1792
+ questions:
1793
+ - id: MOS-12.1
1794
+ content: Does your mobile device policy prohibit the circumvention of built-in
1795
+ security controls on mobile devices (e.g., jailbreaking or rooting)?
1796
+ - id: MOS-12.2
1797
+ content: Do you have detective and preventative controls on the device or
1798
+ via a centralized device management system which prohibit the circumvention
1799
+ of built-in security controls?
1800
+ - id: MOS-13
1801
+ title: Legal
1802
+ specification: The BYOD policy includes clarifying language for the expectation
1803
+ of privacy, requirements for litigation, e-discovery, and legal holds. The
1804
+ BYOD policy shall clearly state the expectations over the loss of non-company
1805
+ data in the case that a wipe of the device is required.
1806
+ questions:
1807
+ - id: MOS-13.1
1808
+ content: Does your BYOD policy clearly define the expectation of privacy,
1809
+ requirements for litigation, e-discovery, and legal holds?
1810
+ - id: MOS-13.2
1811
+ content: Do you have detective and preventative controls on the device or
1812
+ via a centralized device management system which prohibit the circumvention
1813
+ of built-in security controls?
1814
+ - id: MOS-14
1815
+ title: Lockout Screen
1816
+ specification: BYOD and/or company owned devices are configured to require an
1817
+ automatic lockout screen, and the requirement shall be enforced through technical
1818
+ controls.
1819
+ questions:
1820
+ - id: MOS-14.1
1821
+ content: Do you require and enforce via technical controls an automatic lockout
1822
+ screen for BYOD and company owned devices?
1823
+ - id: MOS-15
1824
+ title: Operating Systems
1825
+ specification: Changes to mobile device operating systems, patch levels, and/or
1826
+ applications shall be managed through the company's change management processes.
1827
+ questions:
1828
+ - id: MOS-15.1
1829
+ content: Do you manage all changes to mobile device operating systems, patch
1830
+ levels, and applications via your company's change management processes?
1831
+ - id: MOS-16
1832
+ title: Passwords
1833
+ specification: Password policies, applicable to mobile devices, shall be documented
1834
+ and enforced through technical controls on all company devices or devices
1835
+ approved for BYOD usage, and shall prohibit the changing of password/PIN lengths
1836
+ and authentication requirements.
1837
+ questions:
1838
+ - id: MOS-16.1
1839
+ content: Do you have password policies for enterprise issued mobile devices
1840
+ and/or BYOD mobile devices?
1841
+ - id: MOS-16.2
1842
+ content: Are your password policies enforced through technical controls (i.e.
1843
+ MDM)?
1844
+ - id: MOS-16.3
1845
+ content: Do your password policies prohibit the changing of authentication
1846
+ requirements (i.e. password/PIN length) via a mobile device?
1847
+ - id: MOS-17
1848
+ title: Policy
1849
+ specification: The mobile device policy shall require the BYOD user to perform
1850
+ backups of data, prohibit the usage of unapproved application stores, and
1851
+ require the use of anti-malware software (where supported).
1852
+ questions:
1853
+ - id: MOS-17.1
1854
+ content: Do you have a policy that requires BYOD users to perform backups
1855
+ of specified corporate data?
1856
+ - id: MOS-17.2
1857
+ content: Do you have a policy that requires BYOD users to prohibit the usage
1858
+ of unapproved application stores?
1859
+ - id: MOS-17.3
1860
+ content: Do you have a policy that requires BYOD users to use anti-malware
1861
+ software (where supported)?
1862
+ - id: MOS-18
1863
+ title: Remote Wipe
1864
+ specification: All mobile devices permitted for use through the company BYOD
1865
+ program or a company-assigned mobile device shall allow for remote wipe by
1866
+ the company's corporate IT or shall have all company-provided data wiped by
1867
+ the company's corporate IT.
1868
+ questions:
1869
+ - id: MOS-18.1
1870
+ content: Does your IT provide remote wipe or corporate data wipe for all company-accepted
1871
+ BYOD devices?
1872
+ - id: MOS-18.2
1873
+ content: Does your IT provide remote wipe or corporate data wipe for all company-assigned
1874
+ mobile devices?
1875
+ - id: MOS-19
1876
+ title: Security Patches
1877
+ specification: Mobile devices connecting to corporate networks or storing and
1878
+ accessing company information shall allow for remote software version/patch
1879
+ validation. All mobile devices shall have the latest available security-related
1880
+ patches installed upon general release by the device manufacturer or carrier
1881
+ and authorized IT personnel shall be able to perform these updates remotely.
1882
+ questions:
1883
+ - id: MOS-19.1
1884
+ content: Do your mobile devices have the latest available security-related
1885
+ patches installed upon general release by the device manufacturer or carrier?
1886
+ - id: MOS-19.2
1887
+ content: Do your mobile devices allow for remote validation to download the
1888
+ latest security patches by company IT personnel?
1889
+ - id: MOS-20
1890
+ title: Users
1891
+ specification: The BYOD policy shall clarify the systems and servers allowed
1892
+ for use or access on a BYOD-enabled device.
1893
+ questions:
1894
+ - id: MOS-20.1
1895
+ content: Does your BYOD policy clarify the systems and servers allowed for
1896
+ use or access on the BYOD-enabled device?
1897
+ - id: MOS-20.2
1898
+ content: Does your BYOD policy specify the user roles that are allowed access
1899
+ via a BYOD-enabled device?
1900
+ - id: SEF
1901
+ title: Security Incident Management, E-Discovery, & Cloud Forensics
1902
+ controls:
1903
+ - id: SEF-01
1904
+ title: Contact / Authority Maintenance
1905
+ specification: Points of contact for applicable regulation authorities, national
1906
+ and local law enforcement, and other legal jurisdictional authorities shall
1907
+ be maintained and regularly updated (e.g., change in impacted-scope and/or
1908
+ a change in any compliance obligation) to ensure direct compliance liaisons
1909
+ have been established and to be prepared for a forensic investigation requiring
1910
+ rapid engagement with law enforcement.
1911
+ questions:
1912
+ - id: SEF-01.1
1913
+ content: Do you maintain liaisons and points of contact with local authorities
1914
+ in accordance with contracts and appropriate regulations?
1915
+ - id: SEF-02
1916
+ title: Incident Management
1917
+ specification: Policies and procedures shall be established, and supporting
1918
+ business processes and technical measures implemented, to triage security-related
1919
+ events and ensure timely and thorough incident management, as per established
1920
+ IT service management policies and procedures.
1921
+ questions:
1922
+ - id: SEF-02.1
1923
+ content: Do you have a documented security incident response plan?
1924
+ - id: SEF-02.4
1925
+ content: Have you tested your security incident response plans in the last
1926
+ year?
1927
+ - id: SEF-03
1928
+ title: Incident Reporting
1929
+ specification: Workforce personnel and external business relationships shall
1930
+ be informed of their responsibility and, if required, shall consent and/or
1931
+ contractually agree to report all information security events in a timely
1932
+ manner. Information security events shall be reported through predefined communications
1933
+ channels in a timely manner adhering to applicable legal, statutory, or regulatory
1934
+ compliance obligations.
1935
+ questions:
1936
+ - id: SEF-03.1
1937
+ content: Does your security information and event management (SIEM) system
1938
+ merge data sources (e.g., app logs, firewall logs, IDS logs, physical access
1939
+ logs, etc.) for granular analysis and alerting?
1940
+ - id: SEF-04
1941
+ title: Incident Response Legal Preparation
1942
+ specification: Proper forensic procedures, including chain of custody, are required
1943
+ for the presentation of evidence to support potential legal action subject
1944
+ to the relevant jurisdiction after an information security incident. Upon
1945
+ notification, customers and/or other external business partners impacted by
1946
+ a security breach shall be given the opportunity to participate as is legally
1947
+ permissible in the forensic investigation.
1948
+ questions:
1949
+ - id: SEF-04.1
1950
+ content: Does your incident response plan comply with industry standards for
1951
+ legally admissible chain-of-custody management processes and controls?
1952
+ - id: SEF-05
1953
+ title: Incident Response Metrics
1954
+ specification: Mechanisms shall be put in place to monitor and quantify the
1955
+ types, volumes, and costs of information security incidents.
1956
+ questions:
1957
+ - id: SEF-05.1
1958
+ content: Do you monitor and quantify the types, volumes, and impacts on all
1959
+ information security incidents?
1960
+ - id: STA
1961
+ title: Supply Chain Management, Transparency, and Accountability
1962
+ controls:
1963
+ - id: STA-01
1964
+ title: Data Quality and Integrity
1965
+ specification: Providers shall inspect, account for, and work with their cloud
1966
+ supply-chain partners to correct data quality errors and associated risks.
1967
+ Providers shall design and implement controls to mitigate and contain data
1968
+ security risks through proper separation of duties, role-based access, and
1969
+ least-privilege access for all personnel within their supply chain.
1970
+ questions:
1971
+ - id: STA-01.1
1972
+ content: Do you inspect and account for data quality errors and associated
1973
+ risks, and work with your cloud supply-chain partners to correct them?
1974
+ - id: STA-01.2
1975
+ content: Do you design and implement controls to mitigate and contain data
1976
+ security risks through proper separation of duties, role-based access, and
1977
+ least-privileged access for all personnel within your supply chain?
1978
+ - id: STA-02
1979
+ title: Incident Reporting
1980
+ specification: The provider shall make security incident information available
1981
+ to all affected customers and providers periodically through electronic methods
1982
+ (e.g., portals).
1983
+ questions:
1984
+ - id: STA-02.1
1985
+ content: Do you make security incident information available to all affected
1986
+ customers and providers periodically through electronic methods (e.g., portals)?
1987
+ - id: STA-03
1988
+ title: Network / Infrastructure Services
1989
+ specification: Business-critical or customer (tenant) impacting (physical and
1990
+ virtual) application and system-system interface (API) designs and configurations,
1991
+ and infrastructure network and systems components, shall be designed, developed,
1992
+ and deployed in accordance with mutually agreed-upon service and capacity-level
1993
+ expectations, as well as IT governance and service management policies and
1994
+ procedures.
1995
+ questions:
1996
+ - id: STA-03.1
1997
+ content: Do you collect capacity and use data for all relevant components
1998
+ of your cloud service offering?
1999
+ - id: STA-04
2000
+ title: Provider Internal Assessments
2001
+ specification: The provider shall perform annual internal assessments of conformance
2002
+ and effectiveness of its policies, procedures, and supporting measures and
2003
+ metrics.
2004
+ questions:
2005
+ - id: STA-04.1
2006
+ content: Do you perform annual internal assessments of conformance and effectiveness
2007
+ of your policies, procedures, and supporting measures and metrics?
2008
+ - id: STA-05
2009
+ title: Third Party Agreements
2010
+ specification: |-
2011
+ Supply chain agreements (e.g., SLAs) between providers and customers (tenants) shall incorporate at least the following mutually-agreed upon provisions and/or terms:
2012
+ • Scope of business relationship and services offered (e.g., customer (tenant) data acquisition, exchange and usage, feature sets and functionality, personnel and infrastructure network and systems components for service delivery and support, roles and responsibilities of provider and customer (tenant) and any subcontracted or outsourced business relationships, physical geographical location of hosted services, and any known regulatory compliance considerations)
2013
+ • Information security requirements, provider and customer (tenant) primary points of contact for the duration of the business relationship, and references to detailed supporting and relevant business processes and technical measures implemented to enable effectively governance, risk management, assurance and legal, statutory and regulatory compliance obligations by all impacted business relationships
2014
+ • Notification and/or pre-authorization of any changes controlled by the provider with customer (tenant) impacts
2015
+ • Timely notification of a security incident (or confirmed breach) to all customers (tenants) and other business relationships impacted (i.e., up- and down-stream impacted supply chain)
2016
+ • Assessment and independent verification of compliance with agreement provisions and/or terms (e.g., industry-acceptable certification, attestation audit report, or equivalent forms of assurance) without posing an unacceptable business risk of exposure to the organization being assessed
2017
+ • Expiration of the business relationship and treatment of customer (tenant) data impacted
2018
+ • Customer (tenant) service-to-service application (API) and data interoperability and portability requirements for application development and information exchange, usage, and integrity persistence
2019
+ questions:
2020
+ - id: STA-05.1
2021
+ content: Do you select and monitor outsourced providers in compliance with
2022
+ laws in the country where the data is processed, stored, and transmitted?
2023
+ - id: STA-05.4
2024
+ content: Do third-party agreements include provision for the security and
2025
+ protection of information and assets?
2026
+ - id: STA-05.5
2027
+ content: Do you provide the client with a list and copies of all subprocessing
2028
+ agreements and keep this updated?
2029
+ - id: STA-06
2030
+ title: Supply Chain Governance Reviews
2031
+ specification: Providers shall review the risk management and governance processes
2032
+ of their partners so that practices are consistent and aligned to account
2033
+ for risks inherited from other members of that partner's cloud supply chain.
2034
+ questions:
2035
+ - id: STA-06.1
2036
+ content: Do you review the risk management and governanced processes of partners
2037
+ to account for risks inherited from other members of that partner's supply
2038
+ chain?
2039
+ - id: STA-07
2040
+ title: Supply Chain Metrics
2041
+ specification: Policies and procedures shall be implemented to ensure the consistent
2042
+ review of service agreements (e.g., SLAs) between providers and customers
2043
+ (tenants) across the relevant supply chain (upstream/downstream). Reviews
2044
+ shall be performed at least annually and identify non-conformance to established
2045
+ agreements. The reviews should result in actions to address service-level
2046
+ conflicts or inconsistencies resulting from disparate supplier relationships.
2047
+ questions:
2048
+ - id: STA-07.1
2049
+ content: Are policies and procedures established, and supporting business
2050
+ processes and technical measures implemented, for maintaining complete,
2051
+ accurate, and relevant agreements (e.g., SLAs) between providers and customers
2052
+ (tenants)?
2053
+ - id: STA-07.2
2054
+ content: Do you have the ability to measure and address non-conformance of
2055
+ provisions and/or terms across the entire supply chain (upstream/downstream)?
2056
+ - id: STA-07.3
2057
+ content: Can you manage service-level conflicts or inconsistencies resulting
2058
+ from disparate supplier relationships?
2059
+ - id: STA-07.4
2060
+ content: Do you review all agreements, policies, and processes at least annually?
2061
+ - id: STA-08
2062
+ title: Third Party Assessment
2063
+ specification: Providers shall assure reasonable information security across
2064
+ their information supply chain by performing an annual review. The review
2065
+ shall include all partners/third party providers upon which their information
2066
+ supply chain depends on.
2067
+ questions:
2068
+ - id: STA-08.1
2069
+ content: Do you assure reasonable information security across your information
2070
+ supply chain by performing an annual review?
2071
+ - id: STA-08.2
2072
+ content: Does your annual review include all partners/third-party providers
2073
+ upon which your information supply chain depends?
2074
+ - id: STA-09
2075
+ title: Third Party Audits
2076
+ specification: Third-party service providers shall demonstrate compliance with
2077
+ information security and confidentiality, access control, service definitions,
2078
+ and delivery level agreements included in third-party contracts. Third-party
2079
+ reports, records, and services shall undergo audit and review at least annually
2080
+ to govern and maintain compliance with the service delivery agreements.
2081
+ questions:
2082
+ - id: STA-09.1
2083
+ content: Do you permit tenants to perform independent vulnerability assessments?
2084
+ - id: STA-09.2
2085
+ content: Do you have external third party services conduct vulnerability scans
2086
+ and periodic penetration tests on your applications and networks?
2087
+ - id: LG
2088
+ controls:
2089
+ - id: LG-02
2090
+ questions:
2091
+ - id: STA-05.2
2092
+ content: Do you select and monitor outsourced providers in compliance with
2093
+ laws in the country where the data originates?
2094
+ - id: STA-05.3
2095
+ content: Does legal counsel review all third-party agreements?
2096
+ - id: TVM
2097
+ title: Threat and Vulnerability Management
2098
+ controls:
2099
+ - id: TVM-01
2100
+ title: Antivirus / Malicious Software
2101
+ specification: Policies and procedures shall be established, and supporting
2102
+ business processes and technical measures implemented, to prevent the execution
2103
+ of malware on organizationally-owned or managed user end-point devices (i.e.,
2104
+ issued workstations, laptops, and mobile devices) and IT infrastructure network
2105
+ and systems components.
2106
+ questions:
2107
+ - id: TVM-01.1
2108
+ content: Do you have anti-malware programs that support or connect to your
2109
+ cloud service offerings installed on all of your systems?
2110
+ - id: TVM-02
2111
+ title: Vulnerability / Patch Management
2112
+ specification: Policies and procedures shall be established, and supporting
2113
+ processes and technical measures implemented, for timely detection of vulnerabilities
2114
+ within organizationally-owned or managed applications, infrastructure network
2115
+ and system components (e.g., network vulnerability assessment, penetration
2116
+ testing) to ensure the efficiency of implemented security controls. A risk-based
2117
+ model for prioritizing remediation of identified vulnerabilities shall be
2118
+ used. Changes shall be managed through a change management process for all
2119
+ vendor-supplied patches, configuration changes, or changes to the organization's
2120
+ internally developed software. Upon request, the provider informs customer
2121
+ (tenant) of policies and procedures and identified weaknesses especially if
2122
+ customer (tenant) data is used as part the service and/or customer (tenant)
2123
+ has some shared responsibility over implementation of control.
2124
+ questions:
2125
+ - id: TVM-02.1
2126
+ content: Do you conduct network-layer vulnerability scans regularly as prescribed
2127
+ by industry best practices?
2128
+ - id: TVM-03
2129
+ title: Mobile Code
2130
+ specification: Policies and procedures shall be established, and supporting
2131
+ business processes and technical measures implemented, to prevent the execution
2132
+ of unauthorized mobile code, defined as software transferred between systems
2133
+ over a trusted or untrusted network and executed on a local system without
2134
+ explicit installation or execution by the recipient, on organizationally-owned
2135
+ or managed user end-point devices (e.g., issued workstations, laptops, and
2136
+ mobile devices) and IT infrastructure network and systems components.
2137
+ questions:
2138
+ - id: TVM-03.1
2139
+ content: Is mobile code authorized before its installation and use, and the
2140
+ code configuration checked, to ensure that the authorized mobile code operates
2141
+ according to a clearly defined security policy?