Criticality Critical Active

Secrets Management

Establishes secrets management including inventory, secure storage, rotation, distribution, monitoring, audit, reporting, review, and continuous improvement for application secrets.

Control ID
APP-009
Domain Code
APP
Control Nature
Detective
Business Owner
Application Security / Development
Category
Technical
Compensating Control
No

Control Overview

APP-009 · Full Control Profile
Business Description

Establish and maintain secure processes for managing application secrets including passwords, cryptographic keys, API keys, tokens, certificates, and credentials throughout their lifecycle.

Business Objective

Prevent unauthorized disclosure and misuse of sensitive application secrets.

Business Benefits

    Business Risks if Missing

      Stakeholders, Industries & Technologies

      APP-009 · 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
      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 →
      CERT-IN CERT-In Directions The CERT-In Directions issued under India’s Inform...
      India
      Direction
      		 v2022 View →

      Parent Domain Context

      Governance Domain Baseline
      Domain Name:
      Application Security (APP)
      Purpose:
      To ensure the security of internally developed and acquired 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
      APP-009-R001 Secrets Governance The organization shall establish a secre... APP-009 Secrets Management Application Security / Platform Engineering View ↗
      APP-009-R002 Secret Inventory The organization shall maintain a compre... APP-009 Secrets Management Application Security / Platform Engineering View ↗
      APP-009-R003 Secure Storage The organization shall implement secure... APP-009 Secrets Management Application Security / Platform Engineering View ↗
      APP-009-R004 Secret Rotation The organization shall rotate secrets at... APP-009 Secrets Management Application Security / Platform Engineering View ↗
      APP-009-R005 Secret Distribution The organization shall distribute secret... APP-009 Secrets Management Application Security / Platform Engineering View ↗
      APP-009-R006 Secret Monitoring The organization shall monitor secrets t... APP-009 Secrets Management Application Security / Platform Engineering View ↗
      APP-009-R007 Secret Audit The organization shall maintain comprehe... APP-009 Secrets Management Application Security / Platform Engineering View ↗
      APP-009-R008 Secret Reporting The organization shall report on secrets... APP-009 Secrets Management Application Security / Platform Engineering View ↗
      APP-009-R009 Secret Review The organization shall conduct periodic... APP-009 Secrets Management Application Security / Platform Engineering View ↗
      APP-009-R010 Continuous Improvement The organization shall establish a conti... APP-009 Secrets Management Application Security / Platform Engineering View ↗