Security Benchmark
What is Security Benchmark?
A documented standard of security configuration best practices for specific technologies, used to assess and harden system configurations.
Terms that appear alongside security benchmark
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as security benchmark. The number is how many controls name both.
- data protection 6 shared controls
- cloud governance 5 shared controls
- governance 5 shared controls
- cloud infrastructure security 5 shared controls
- infrastructure security 5 shared controls
- cloud security 4 shared controls
- data residency 2 shared controls
- shared responsibility model 2 shared controls
Frameworks that govern security benchmark
What the standards actually require on security benchmark
Requirements naming security benchmark across this standard, quoted from the control text.
ISO/IEC 27004:20161 control
The measurement processes should keep getting better as the ISMS's needs evolve, through activities such as soliciting feedback from interested parties, revising collection and analysis techniques on lessons learned and other feedback, revising implementation...
iso-iec-27004-2016::8.8 · Review and improve the monitoring, measurement, analysis and evaluation processes →Questions people ask about security benchmark
What is Security Benchmark?
A documented standard of security configuration best practices for specific technologies, used to assess and harden system configurations.
Why is Security Benchmark important for compliance?
Security Benchmark is a key concept in Information Security. Understanding security benchmark 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 Security Benchmark?
Security Benchmark appears in the requirement text of ISO/IEC 27004:2016. Across these standards we have identified 1 control that names it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Security Benchmark?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how security benchmark 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 1,016 frameworks.
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