Criticality Critical Active

Configuration Hardening

Establishes configuration hardening including standards definition, platform hardening, validation, maintenance, monitoring, exception management, and continuous improvement.

Control ID
CFG-004
Domain Code
CFG
Control Nature
Detective
Business Owner
IT Operations / Security Engineering
Category
Technical
Compensating Control
No

Control Overview

CFG-004 · Full Control Profile
Business Description

Establish and maintain secure hardening standards and procedures for enterprise technology assets using recognized security benchmarks and organizational requirements.

Business Objective

Reduce attack surfaces and strengthen system security through secure configuration practices.

Business Benefits

    Business Risks if Missing

      Stakeholders, Industries & Technologies

      CFG-004 · Operating Context

      Primary Stakeholders

      Applicable Industries

      Applicable Technologies

      Mapped Regulatory & Industry Frameworks

      Harmonized Framework Mappings

      The following compliance and regulatory frameworks map directly to this control's governance scope.

      FRAMEWORK CODE FRAMEWORK NAME & DESCRIPTION FAMILY / CATEGORY VERSION ACTION
      CIS-V8 CIS Controls CIS Controls are a prioritized set of cybersecurit...
      CIS
      Best Practice
      		 vv8 View →
      COBIT2019 COBIT COBIT is an enterprise governance and management f...
      COBIT
      Governance Framework
      		 v2019 View →
      DORA Digital Operational Resilience Act The EU Digital Operational Resilience Act establis...
      EU
      Regulation
      		 vCurrent View →
      GDPR General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) The General Data Protection Regulation is a bindin...
      EU
      Regulation
      		 vCurrent View →
      HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act HIPAA is a U.S. federal law supported by implement...
      US
      Law
      		 vCurrent View →
      IRDAI IRDAI Information & Cyber Security Guidelines IRDAI information and cyber-security requirements...
      India
      Guideline
      		 vLatest View →
      ISO27002 ISO/IEC 27002 ISO/IEC 27002 is a guidance standard containing a...
      ISO
      Standard
      		 v2022 View →
      NIS2 NIS2 Directive The NIS2 Directive establishes EU-wide cybersecuri...
      EU
      Directive
      		 vCurrent View →
      NIST-CSF NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) The NIST Cybersecurity Framework provides high-lev...
      NIST
      Framework
      		 v2 View →
      NIST80053 NIST SP 800-53 NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 presents control families, i...
      NIST
      Control Catalog
      		 vRev. 5 View →
      NPCI-ISR NPCI Information Security Requirements NPCI information-security requirements define cont...
      India
      Standard
      		 vLatest View →
      PCI-DSS PCI DSS PCI DSS is an industry security standard maintaine...
      PCI
      Standard
      		 v4 View →
      RBI-CSF RBI Cyber Security Framework / Master Directions RBI cyber-security requirements and directions set...
      India
      Regulation
      		 vLatest View →
      SEBI-CSCRF SEBI Cyber Security & Cyber Resilience Framework SEBI’s Cybersecurity and Cyber Resilience Framewor...
      India
      Regulation
      		 vLatest View →
      SOC2 SOC 2 Trust Services Criteria SOC 2 is an independent examination and reporting...
      AICPA
      Audit Framework
      		 vLatest View →
      ISO27001 ISO/IEC 27001 ISO/IEC 27001 specifies auditable requirements for...
      ISO
      Standard
      		 v2022 View →
      ISO22301 ISO/IEC 22301 ISO 22301 specifies requirements for a Business Co...
      ISO
      Standard
      		 v2019 View →

      Parent Domain Context

      Governance Domain Baseline
      Domain Name:
      Secure Configuration Management (CFG)
      Purpose:
      To enforce secure configurations for all systems and applications.
      Scope:
      Enterprise
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      Compliance Requirements & Audit Crosswalk

      10 Specific Audit Clauses

      The following requirements dictate specific audit evidence criteria and testing steps mapped directly under this control.

      REQUIREMENT ID REQUIREMENT TITLE & DETAILS MAPPED CONTROL TYPICAL OWNER ACTION
      CFG-004-R001 Hardening Framework The organization shall establish a confi... CFG-004 Configuration Hardening DevOps / Platform Engineering View ↗
      CFG-004-R002 Hardening Standards The organization shall define hardening... CFG-004 Configuration Hardening DevOps / Platform Engineering View ↗
      CFG-004-R003 Platform Hardening The organization shall implement hardeni... CFG-004 Configuration Hardening DevOps / Platform Engineering View ↗
      CFG-004-R004 Hardening Validation The organization shall validate that har... CFG-004 Configuration Hardening DevOps / Platform Engineering View ↗
      CFG-004-R005 Hardening Maintenance The organization shall maintain hardenin... CFG-004 Configuration Hardening DevOps / Platform Engineering View ↗
      CFG-004-R006 Hardening Monitoring The organization shall monitor hardening... CFG-004 Configuration Hardening DevOps / Platform Engineering View ↗
      CFG-004-R007 Hardening Exception Management The organization shall manage exceptions... CFG-004 Configuration Hardening DevOps / Platform Engineering View ↗
      CFG-004-R008 Hardening Reporting The organization shall report on hardeni... CFG-004 Configuration Hardening DevOps / Platform Engineering View ↗
      CFG-004-R009 Hardening Review The organization shall conduct periodic... CFG-004 Configuration Hardening DevOps / Platform Engineering View ↗
      CFG-004-R010 Hardening Continuous Improvement The organization shall drive ongoing enh... CFG-004 Configuration Hardening DevOps / Platform Engineering View ↗