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Anti-Tampering

What is Anti-Tampering?

Security measures designed to prevent or detect unauthorized modification of hardware, software, or data to maintain system integrity.

Information Security

Frameworks that govern anti-tampering

ISO 27001:2022View framework →NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5View framework →

What the standards actually require on anti-tampering

Requirements naming anti-tampering across 3 standards, quoted from the control text.

MARS-E1 control

Implement NIST 800-53 CP Contingency Planning + MP Media Protection + SI System and Information Integrity families per MARS-E v2.0. Contingency Planning with Business Impact Analysis (BIA) + Recovery Time Objective (RTO) of 24 hours for Exchange consumer-facin...

MARS-E-Contingency-Media-Protection-System-Integrity-CP-MP-SI-Families-DR-COOP-Encryption-Sanitization · MARS-E Contingency + Media Protection + System Integrity + CP + MP + SI Families + DR + COOP →
Monetary Authority of Singapore Technology Risk Management Guidelines1 control

Referenced by 14.1.4. Measures to consider for mobile applications: avoid storing or caching data in the app and keep data in a protected, trusted area of the device; protect private cryptographic keys;

monetary-authority-of-singapore-technology-risk-management-guidelines::C · Annex C Mobile Application Security →
OWASP MASVS1 control

Per OWASP MASVS v2 MASVS-RESILIENCE: resilience against reverse engineering + tampering. Requirements include (a) understand resilience is defence in depth + not replacement for server-side controls + (b) implement anti-debugging + anti-tampering + anti-hookin...

OWASPMASVS-7 · MASVS-RESILIENCE: Resilience Against Reverse Engineering →

Questions people ask about anti-tampering

What is Anti-Tampering?
Security measures designed to prevent or detect unauthorized modification of hardware, software, or data to maintain system integrity.
Why is Anti-Tampering important for compliance?
Anti-Tampering is a key concept in Information Security. Understanding anti-tampering helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 1,016 frameworks with 316K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Anti-Tampering?
Anti-Tampering appears in the requirement text of MARS-E, Monetary Authority of Singapore Technology Risk Management Guidelines, OWASP MASVS. Across these standards we have identified 3 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Anti-Tampering?
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Written and maintained by Gerard Blokdyk, The Art of Service.