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 →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 →ISMAP Cloud Infrastructure controls cover the underlying compute + network + storage + management plane. (1) Virtual Network Segmentation: VPC Virtual Private Cloud isolation + subnets + security groups + NACLs + microsegmentation + service mesh (Istio + Linke...
ISMAP-CloudInfrastructure-NetworkSegmentation-Container-Serverless-WorkloadProtection-Hardening-ConfigManagement · ISMAP Cloud Infrastructure - VPC Network Segmentation + Container/Serverless Security + Cloud Workload Protection (CWPP) + Image/Template Hardening + CIS Benchmarks + Configuration Management + IaC →Lloyds MS11.6 Secure Configuration and Change Management - configuration baselines aligned with industry benchmarks (CIS Critical Security Controls v8 + CIS Benchmarks for Windows + Linux + cloud + container + DISA STIGs where applicable) + Infrastructure-as-C...
LLOYDS-MS11-Secure-Configuration-Change-Management-Network-Segmentation-Perimeter-Defence-MS11-6-15 · Lloyds MS11 Secure Configuration + Change + Network Segmentation + Perimeter + MS11.6-15 →Implement Acquisition Development Maintenance + Supplier Relationships + Vulnerability Management per MTCS SS 584. Acquisition Development and Maintenance (ISO 27001 Annex A.14) - secure coding standards (OWASP Top 10 + OWASP ASVS + CWE Top 25 + CERT Secure Co...
MTCS-Acquisition-Development-Maintenance-Supplier-Vulnerability-DevSecOps-SBOM-SDLC-SCA-API-Container · MTCS Acquisition + Development + Maintenance + Supplier + Vulnerability + DevSecOps + SBOM + SDLC + SCA →Questions people ask about security posture
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