Control Audit
What is Control Audit?
A focused examination of specific controls to evaluate their design adequacy and operating effectiveness in achieving control objectives.
Terms that appear alongside control audit
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as control audit. The number is how many controls name both.
- audit 8 shared controls
- access control 8 shared controls
- encryption 3 shared controls
- authentication 3 shared controls
- policy 2 shared controls
- encryption at rest 2 shared controls
- integrity 2 shared controls
- key management 2 shared controls
Frameworks that govern control audit
What the standards actually require on control audit
Requirements naming control audit across 5 standards, quoted from the control text.
Implement HIPAA Security Rule Technical Safeguards per 45 CFR 164.312 covering technical access + audit + integrity + authentication.
NISTSP66-6 · Technical Safeguards: Access Control, Audit Controls, Integrity, Person Authentication →34 CFR 99.31(a)(6)(iii)(D) safeguards requirement + the PTAC Best Practices Guidance + SPPO Guidance. The 2011 final rule explicitly requires APPROPRIATE METHODS to PROTECT PII when disclosed under the studies + audit + evaluation exceptions.
FERPA-Safeguards-PTAC · Data Security Safeguards for PII in Education Records (PTAC Best Practices, SPPO Guidance) →Per OWASP ASVS V4 + V4.3: implement consistent access control. Requirements include (a) implement access control as a server-side enforcement consistently across all endpoints + (b) implement role-based + attribute-based access control where appropriate + (c)...
OWASPASVS-4 · Access Control (V4 + V4.3) →Per PAS 1192-5:2015 technical clauses: implement technical security across BIM + CDE + tooling. Requirements include (a) implement Common Data Environment (CDE) Security Configuration including access control + audit + encryption + version control + integrity...
PASONE-4 · Technical Security: CDE Configuration, BIM Tools, Encryption, Aggregation, Mobile Working →Per 152-FZ Articles 18.1-19 + FSTEC/FSB Orders: security. Requirements include (a) implement Security of Processing per FSTEC + FSB orders depending on data category + threat level + (b) implement certified cryptography for sensitive data + (c) implement acces...
RUSPD-5 · Security of Processing, Confidentiality, FSB/FSTEC Requirements →Questions people ask about control audit
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