Security Posture
What is Security Posture?
The overall cybersecurity strength and readiness of an organization, encompassing its security controls, policies, awareness, and ability to detect and respond to threats.
Terms that appear alongside security posture
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as security posture. The number is how many controls name both.
- cloud security 11 shared controls
- cloud security posture management 9 shared controls
- remediation 6 shared controls
- vulnerability 6 shared controls
- cloud security posture management cspm 6 shared controls
- cloud workload protection 6 shared controls
- audit 6 shared controls
- compliance 6 shared controls
Frameworks that govern security posture
What the standards actually require on security posture
Requirements naming security posture across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.
Define and implement a security posture management strategy establishing policy, procedure and standards for security configuration management and vulnerability management.
ASBv3-GS-5 · Define and implement security posture management strategy →Maintain the security posture of third-party endpoints that reach organisational assets, using technical measures, contractual terms or both.
CCM-UEM-14 · Third-Party Endpoint Security Posture →The organisation sets up, operates and evaluates processes, procedures and technical or contractual measures that keep third-party endpoints with access to its assets properly secured.
cloud-security-alliance-cloud-controls-matrix-ccm-v4-1::UEM-14 · Third-Party Endpoint Security Posture →Regardless of path, FedRAMP consistently assesses and validates providers' architectures and encryption schemes to verify that control implementations are reasonable and operate as intended, drawing on government and industry expertise, through documentation r...
fedramp-rev-5::G.4 · G.4 Threat-based assessment of security postures →Aggregates asset logs, network traffic, and resource access actions to provide near real-time feedback on the security posture of enterprise systems.
SP800-207-SUP-LOGS · Network and System Activity Logs →Benchmarks or target metrics exist so that improvement or regression in the security posture can be shown over time.
ffiec-cybersecurity-assessment-tool-cat::D1.RM.RMP.Int.3 · D1.RM.RMP.Int.3 Risk Management Program (Intermediate 3) →Questions people ask about security posture
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