Security Assessment
What is Security Assessment?
A comprehensive evaluation of an organization's security posture including vulnerability assessment, penetration testing, and policy review.
Terms that appear alongside security assessment
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as security assessment. The number is how many controls name both.
- incident response 6 shared controls
- audit 6 shared controls
- nist 6 shared controls
- authorization 5 shared controls
- remediation 5 shared controls
- compliance 4 shared controls
- supply chain risk 4 shared controls
- security controls 3 shared controls
Frameworks that govern security assessment
What the standards actually require on security assessment
Requirements naming security assessment across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.
A security assessment attempts to identify the security risks present in the part of the supply chain that the organization, per its Statement of Application, wishes to bring into compliance, and the boundaries of its coverage, physical and virtual, need to be...
iso-28001-2007-supply-chain-security-management::A.2 · A.2 Identification of the scope of the security assessment →At the conclusion of a security assessment for a system, a security assessment report is produced by the assessor and covers: - the scope of the security assessment - the system's strengths and weaknesses - security risks associated with the operation of the s...
ISM-1563 · Security assessment report →The SAP, developed by the 3PAO and signed by both the 3PAO and the provider as agreement to the scope, methodology, test plan and rules of engagement, uses the FedRAMP template with Appendix A the security controls selection worksheet, B the sampling methodolo...
fedramp-rev-5::P.6 · P.6 Security assessment plan →Providers with public-opinion attributes or social-mobilisation capacity must carry out a security assessment in accordance with relevant national provisions.
CN-ALG-A27 · Algorithm Security Assessment →State organs processing personal information to perform statutory duties act within the authority and procedures laws and administrative regulations prescribe and not beyond the scope and limits their duties require, fulfil the notice obligation except under A...
china-personal-information-protection-law-pipl::34-36 · Art. 34-36 State organs: within statutory authority and scope, with notice, storing within China and security assessment before any provision abroad →Assess security requirements in the system at defined frequency to determine if controls are implemented correctly, operating as intended, and producing the desired outcome.
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