Criticality High Active

Security Design & Architecture Reviews

Establishes security design and architecture reviews including design review, architecture review, requirement validation, risk assessment, approval, reporting, monitoring, follow-up, and continuous improvement.

Control ID
ARC-004
Domain Code
ARC
Control Nature
Detective
Business Owner
Security Architecture
Category
Administrative
Compensating Control
No

Control Overview

ARC-004 · Full Control Profile
Business Description

Establish and maintain formal security design and architecture review processes for new systems, applications, infrastructure, cloud services, and significant technology changes.

Business Objective

Validate that proposed solutions comply with enterprise security architecture requirements before implementation.

Business Benefits

    Business Risks if Missing

      Stakeholders, Industries & Technologies

      ARC-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
      IRDAI IRDAI Information & Cyber Security Guidelines IRDAI information and cyber-security requirements...
      India
      Guideline
      		 vLatest 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 →
      DORA Digital Operational Resilience Act The EU Digital Operational Resilience Act establis...
      EU
      Regulation
      		 vCurrent View →
      NIS2 NIS2 Directive The NIS2 Directive establishes EU-wide cybersecuri...
      EU
      Directive
      		 vCurrent View →
      PCI-DSS PCI DSS PCI DSS is an industry security standard maintaine...
      PCI
      Standard
      		 v4 View →
      COBIT2019 COBIT COBIT is an enterprise governance and management f...
      COBIT
      Governance Framework
      		 v2019 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 →
      SOC2 SOC 2 Trust Services Criteria SOC 2 is an independent examination and reporting...
      AICPA
      Audit Framework
      		 vLatest View →
      NPCI-ISR NPCI Information Security Requirements NPCI information-security requirements define cont...
      India
      Standard
      		 vLatest View →
      ISO27002 ISO/IEC 27002 ISO/IEC 27002 is a guidance standard containing a...
      ISO
      Standard
      		 v2022 View →
      ISO27001 ISO/IEC 27001 ISO/IEC 27001 specifies auditable requirements for...
      ISO
      Standard
      		 v2022 View →
      HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act HIPAA is a U.S. federal law supported by implement...
      US
      Law
      		 vCurrent View →
      GDPR General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) The General Data Protection Regulation is a bindin...
      EU
      Regulation
      		 vCurrent View →

      Parent Domain Context

      Governance Domain Baseline
      Domain Name:
      Security Architecture (ARC)
      Purpose:
      To design secure systems and ensure security is built into the architecture.
      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
      ARC-004-R001 Review Framework The organization shall establish a secur... ARC-004 Security Design & Architecture... Security Architecture, Security Review Board, Solution Architects View ↗
      ARC-004-R002 Design Review The organization shall conduct security... ARC-004 Security Design & Architecture... Security Architecture, Security Review Board, Solution Architects View ↗
      ARC-004-R003 Architecture Review The organization shall conduct security... ARC-004 Security Design & Architecture... Security Architecture, Security Review Board, Solution Architects View ↗
      ARC-004-R004 Security Requirement Validation The organization shall validate that sec... ARC-004 Security Design & Architecture... Security Architecture, Security Review Board, Solution Architects View ↗
      ARC-004-R005 Risk Assessment The organization shall conduct risk asse... ARC-004 Security Design & Architecture... Security Architecture, Security Review Board, Solution Architects View ↗
      ARC-004-R006 Review Approval The organization shall approve designs a... ARC-004 Security Design & Architecture... Security Architecture, Security Review Board, Solution Architects View ↗
      ARC-004-R007 Review Reporting The organization shall report on design... ARC-004 Security Design & Architecture... Security Architecture, Security Review Board, Solution Architects View ↗
      ARC-004-R008 Review Monitoring The organization shall monitor design an... ARC-004 Security Design & Architecture... Security Architecture, Security Review Board, Solution Architects View ↗
      ARC-004-R009 Review Follow-up The organization shall follow up on revi... ARC-004 Security Design & Architecture... Security Architecture, Security Review Board, Solution Architects View ↗
      ARC-004-R010 Continuous Improvement The organization shall establish a conti... ARC-004 Security Design & Architecture... Security Architecture, Security Review Board, Solution Architects View ↗