C5 (Germany)
What is C5 (Germany)?
Cloud Computing Compliance Criteria Catalogue by BSI Germany. It comprises 121 controls organised across 17 domains, and applies in Germany.
How C5 (Germany) maps to other frameworks
All 121 controls, each one mapped to the equivalent requirement in other standards, with the evidence that carries across and the mappings that were judged and rejected shown alongside. No account needed to look.
See the control mappings →The 17 domains C5 (Germany) groups its controls into
Frameworks that share controls with C5 (Germany)
Each of these has at least one control mapped to a control in C5 (Germany). The number is how many C5 (Germany) controls are shared, counted from the mapping graph.
Implementation guides for frameworks that overlap C5 (Germany)
Where C5 (Germany) overlaps with the standards you already hold
Where to get trained on C5 (Germany)
One course in the catalogue covers C5 (Germany) directly. Each is self-paced, includes the downloadable toolkit and the implementation playbook, and carries a certificate of completion.
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What an auditor will ask you for
All 121 C5 (Germany) controls, each with what it requires, the artefacts an auditor will ask you for, and where it commonly fails. Free to read, nothing to fill in.
Read the C5 (Germany) evidence request listWhat C5 (Germany) means in your sector
What C5 (Germany) means for your job
Questions people ask about C5 (Germany)
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How do I get started with C5 compliance?
Query C5 (Germany) programmatically
C5 (Germany), its 121 controls and every mapping into other standards are available over a REST endpoint and an MCP server, so an agent can read them directly. The free tier is 10 calls a day and needs no signup.
C5 (Germany) API reference and MCP config →What C5 (Germany) requires, control by control
Each page carries the requirement text for one C5 (Germany) control and what an assessor expects to see as evidence.
- AM-01 Asset Inventory
- AM-02 Acceptable Use and Safe Handling of Assets Policy
- AM-03 Commissioning of Hardware
- AM-04 Decommissioning of Hardware
- AM-05 Commitment to Permissible Use, Safe Handling and Return of Assets
- AM-06 Asset Classification and Labelling
- BCM-01 Top management responsibility
- BCM-02 Business impact analysis policies and instructions
- BCM-03 Planning business continuity
- BCM-04 Verification, updating and testing of the business continuity
How much of another standard C5 (Germany) already covers
Each crosswalk is judged control by control, and the mappings that were rejected are kept alongside the ones that held.
- ACSC Essential Eight to C5 (Germany) crosswalk
- ANSSI Guide d'hygiene informatique (42 mesures, v2.0) to C5 (Germany) crosswalk
- C5 (Germany) to APEC Cross-Border Privacy Rules (CBPR) System crosswalk
- C5 (Germany) to APRA CPS 230 Operational Risk Management crosswalk
- APRA CPS 234 to C5 (Germany) crosswalk
- ASD Strategies to Mitigate Cyber Security Incidents to C5 (Germany) crosswalk
- C5 (Germany) to Australia Consumer Data Right - Banking (CDR) crosswalk
- C5 (Germany) to Australia My Health Records Act 2012 crosswalk
How ready are you for C5 (Germany)?
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