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Cloud Forensics

The organization shall establish forensic capabilities for investigating cloud security incidents, including the acquisition and analysis of cloud-based evidence. Forensics shall include collection of forensic data from cloud services, analysis of cloud logs, and preservation of evidence.

Requirement ID
CLD-009-R006
Parent Control
Domain Code

Requirement Details & Guidance

CLD-009-R006 · CLD-009
Why This Requirement Exists

This requirement reduces risk in cloud incident response by ensuring cloud forensics is defined, consistently implemented and demonstrably effective across cloud environments. It supports the organization's need to secure cloud-based assets, data and services while managing cloud-specific risk.

Implementation Guidance

Establish procedures for preserving and acquiring cloud evidence, including logs, snapshots, identity activity and provider-held records, while maintaining chain-of-custody requirements.

Practical Application & Audit Readiness

CLD-009-R006 · Field Guidance

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    Common Audit Findings

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        Best Practices & Ownership

        CLD-009 · Recommended Approach

        Recommended Practices

          Typical Owner

          Cross-Mapped Regulatory Frameworks

          Harmonized Control Mappings
          FRAMEWORK CODE FRAMEWORK NAME & DETAILS FAMILY / CATEGORY VERSION ACTION
          CERT-IN CERT-In Directions The CERT-In Directions issued under India’s Inform... Clause: Annexure I(xviii) – Attacks or malicious/suspicious activities affecting Cloud computing systems/servers/software/applications
          India
          Direction
          v2022 View →
          CIS-V8 CIS Controls CIS Controls are a prioritized set of cybersecurit... Clause: Control 17 – Incident Response Management: 17.4 – Establish and Maintain an Incident Response Process
          CIS
          Best Practice
          vv8 View →
          COBIT2019 COBIT COBIT is an enterprise governance and management f... Clause: 4.4 – Deliver, Service and Support (DSS) > DSS01 – Managed Operations > DSS01.03 – Monitor I&T infrastructure.
          COBIT
          Governance Framework
          v2019 View →
          DORA Digital Operational Resilience Act The EU Digital Operational Resilience Act establis... Clause: Article 17(1) – ICT-related incident management process to detect, manage and notify incidents Article 30(2)(e) – Assistance from ICT third-party provider in ICT incidents
          EU
          Regulation
          vCurrent View →
          GDPR General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) The General Data Protection Regulation is a bindin... Clause: Article 28(1) – Processor requirements; Article 32(1) – Security of processing
          EU
          Regulation
          vCurrent View →
          IRDAI IRDAI Information & Cyber Security Guidelines IRDAI information and cyber-security requirements... Clause: §2.19-3.4 – Cloud security lifecycle
          India
          Guideline
          vLatest View →
          ISO27002 ISO/IEC 27002 ISO/IEC 27002 is a guidance standard containing a... Clause: 5.23 – Information security for use of cloud services
          ISO
          Standard
          v2022 View →
          NIS2 NIS2 Directive The NIS2 Directive establishes EU-wide cybersecuri... Clause: Article 21(2)(b) – Incident handling
          EU
          Directive
          vCurrent View →
          NIST-CSF NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) The NIST Cybersecurity Framework provides high-lev... Clause: PR.PS – Platform Security | PR.PS-01 – Configuration management practices are established and applied PR.IR – Technology Infrastructure Resilience | PR.IR-01 – Networks and environments are protected from unauthorized logical access and usage DE.CM – Continuous Monitoring | DE.CM-06 – External service provider activities and services are monitored to find potentially adverse events
          NIST
          Framework
          v2 View →
          NIST80053 NIST SP 800-53 NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 presents control families, i... Clause: 3.8 – INCIDENT RESPONSE; IR-4 – INCIDENT HANDLING
          NIST
          Control Catalog
          vRev. 5 View →
          RBI-CSF RBI Cyber Security Framework / Master Directions RBI cyber-security requirements and directions set... Clause: 19) Incident Response & Management – 19.2 Written incident-response procedures, roles, scenarios, situational awareness and stakeholder coordination; 19) Incident Response & Management – 19.4 BCP/DR supporting cyber resilience, rapid recovery and secure resumption aligned to RTOs
          India
          Regulation
          vLatest View →
          SEBI-CSCRF SEBI Cyber Security & Cyber Resilience Framework SEBI’s Cybersecurity and Cyber Resilience Framewor... Clause: 3.3 PR.DS: Data Security
          India
          Regulation
          vLatest View →
          SOC2 SOC 2 Trust Services Criteria SOC 2 is an independent examination and reporting... Clause: CC7.4 – System Operations – The entity responds to identified security incidents by executing a defined incident-response program to understand, contain, remediate, and communicate security incidents, as appropriate. CC7.5 – System Operations – The entity identifies, develops, and implements activities to recover from identified security incidents.
          AICPA
          Audit Framework
          vLatest View →

          Parent Domain Context

          Governance Domain Baseline
          Domain Name:
          Cloud Security (CLD)
          Purpose:
          To secure the organization's cloud environments and manage cloud-specific risks.
          Scope:
          Enterprise

          Parent Control Context

          Control Baseline
          Control Name:
          Cloud Incident Response (CLD-009)
          Summary:
          Establishes cloud incident response including detection, investigation, containment, recovery, forensics, communication, and reporting for cloud environment security incidents.
          Business Description:
          Integrate cloud environments into organizational incident detection, investigation, response, recovery, and forensic processes.