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Cloud Act

What is Cloud Act?

US legislation that allows law enforcement to compel US-based cloud providers to provide stored data regardless of where the data is physically located.

Compliance and Regulatory

Terms that appear alongside cloud act

Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as cloud act. The number is how many controls name both.

Frameworks that govern cloud act

CSA CCM v4View framework →ISO 27001:2022View framework →

What the standards actually require on cloud act

Requirements naming cloud act across 3 standards, quoted from the control text.

ISMAP (Japan)1 control

ISMAP Personnel + Resilience + Supply Chain controls extend security beyond own perimeter. (1) Personnel Security and Background Checks: per ISMAP requirements + tiered background checks for personnel with access to customer data + (a) Standard CSP employees -...

ISMAP-Personnel-BackgroundChecks-Resilience-BCP-DR-SupplyChain-ThirdParty-Subcontractor-FlowDown · ISMAP Personnel Security + Background Checks + Business Continuity + Disaster Recovery + Resilience + Supply Chain Risk Management + Third Party + Subcontractor Flow-Down + Japanese Sovereignty →
Japan FSA Cybersecurity Guidelines for Financial Institutions1 control

Third-Party + Outsourcing + Cloud Service Provider cybersecurity is critical per FSA Cybersecurity Guidelines + FISC Cloud Guidelines (FISC Anzen Taisaku Kijun - Cloud Computing Edition). (1) Outsourcing Governance: (a) Outsourcing Policy + Board Approval;

JP-FSA-CYB-Third-Party-Outsourcing-Cyber-Risk-Cloud-Service-Provider-Due-Diligence-Audit-Right-Sub-Processor-Visibility-Concentration-Risk · Japan FSA Cybersecurity Third Party + Outsourcing Cyber Risk + Cloud Service Provider Due Diligence + Audit Right + Sub-Processor Visibility + Concentration Risk + Data Sovereignty + ISMAP Certification + FISC Cloud Guidelines →
NIST SP 800-1441 control

Apply Section 6 data classification and handling in cloud per FIPS 199 categorisation + agency data sensitivity + GDPR + CCPA + 24 state privacy laws + HIPAA + PCI DSS + SOX.

NISTSP144-3 · Data Classification, Handling, and Sovereignty →

Questions people ask about cloud act

What is Cloud Act?
US legislation that allows law enforcement to compel US-based cloud providers to provide stored data regardless of where the data is physically located.
Why is Cloud Act important for compliance?
Cloud Act is a key concept in Compliance and Regulatory. Understanding cloud act helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Cloud Act?
Cloud Act appears in the requirement text of ISMAP (Japan), Japan FSA Cybersecurity Guidelines for Financial Institutions, NIST SP 800-144. 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 Cloud Act?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how cloud act applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 686 frameworks.

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