Cloud Security Alliance Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) v4.0.1 vs HIPAA Security Rule
What is the difference between Cloud Security Alliance Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) v4.0.1 and HIPAA Security Rule?
Cloud Security Alliance Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) v4.0.1 is a cloud security framework applying in International, with 197 controls across 17 domains. HIPAA Security Rule is a healthcare framework applying in the United States, with 66 controls across 8 domains. They govern different subjects, so the overlap is limited to the governance requirements they share. The mapping below shows where that is.
Measured coverage between these frameworks
We map controls between these two frameworks in a knowledge graph and have a person review every mapping before it is published. Below is what that review found. The figures are read live from the graph, not written by hand.
Cloud Security Alliance Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) v4.0.1 into HIPAA Security Rule
67.2%45 of 67 HIPAA Security Rule controls carry evidence from Cloud Security Alliance Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) v4.0.1, leaving 22 to satisfy separately.
105 candidate mappings were examined and 1 were rejected on review, signed off 2026-08-19.
Read the full crosswalk, including every rejected mapping →HIPAA Security Rule into Cloud Security Alliance Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) v4.0.1
33.5%66 of 197 Cloud Security Alliance Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) v4.0.1 controls carry evidence from HIPAA Security Rule, leaving 131 to satisfy separately.
110 candidate mappings were examined and 1 were rejected on review, signed off 2026-08-19.
Read the full crosswalk, including every rejected mapping →Coverage is directional. Mapping A into B is a different measurement from B into A, because the two standards do not carry the same depth on the same subjects.
Questions people ask about Cloud Security Alliance Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) v4.0.1 and HIPAA Security Rule
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