This requirement exists to continuously monitor third-party risk, security performance, incidents, fourth parties, compliance, service performance, assurance, and improvement, specifically addressing compliance monitoring, so that third-party risks remain identified, controlled, and aligned with organizational risk appetite.
Establish and document the process for compliance monitoring. Define accountable owners, required inputs and outputs, assessment or approval criteria, review frequency, monitoring, reporting, exception handling, evidence requirements, and escalation paths. Apply the process consistently across relevant third parties based on criticality, data sensitivity, service dependency, and risk.
| FRAMEWORK CODE | FRAMEWORK NAME & DETAILS | FAMILY / CATEGORY | VERSION | ACTION |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CIS-V8 | CIS Controls CIS Controls are a prioritized set of cybersecurit... Clause: Control 15 – Service Provider Management: 15.6 – Monitor Service Providers |
CIS
Best Practice
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| COBIT2019 | COBIT COBIT is an enterprise governance and management f... Clause: 4.5 – Monitor, Evaluate and Assess (MEA) > MEA03 – Managed Compliance with External Requirements > MEA03.03 – Confirm external compliance. |
COBIT
Governance Framework
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| DORA | Digital Operational Resilience Act The EU Digital Operational Resilience Act establis... Clause: Article 28(1) – General principles for ICT third-party risk management Article 28(2) – ICT third-party risk strategy and review |
EU
Regulation
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| GDPR | General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) The General Data Protection Regulation is a bindin... Clause: Article 28(1) – Processor requirements; Article 28(3)(h) – Processor audit and compliance assistance; Article 32(1)(d) – Testing, assessing and evaluating security measures |
EU
Regulation
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| IRDAI | IRDAI Information & Cyber Security Guidelines IRDAI information and cyber-security requirements... Clause: §2.14-3.4 – Periodic assessment; §1.10 – Compliance |
India
Guideline
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| ISO27001 | ISO/IEC 27001 ISO/IEC 27001 specifies auditable requirements for... Clause: 9.1 – Monitoring, measurement, analysis and evaluation |
ISO
Standard
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| ISO27002 | ISO/IEC 27002 ISO/IEC 27002 is a guidance standard containing a... Clause: 5.20 – Addressing information security within supplier agreements |
ISO
Standard
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| NIS2 | NIS2 Directive The NIS2 Directive establishes EU-wide cybersecuri... Clause: Article 21(2)(d) – Supply chain security, including relationships with direct suppliers/service providers Article 21(3) – Supplier vulnerabilities, product/cybersecurity quality and secure development; critical supply-chain risk assessment results |
EU
Directive
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| NIST-CSF | NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) The NIST Cybersecurity Framework provides high-lev... Clause: GV.SC – Cybersecurity Supply Chain Risk Management | GV.SC-01 – A cybersecurity supply chain risk management program, strategy, objectives, policies, and processes are established and agreed to by organizational stakeholders GV.SC – Cybersecurity Supply Chain Risk Management | GV.SC-07 – The risks posed by a supplier, their products and services, and other third parties are understood, recorded, prioritized, assessed, responded to, and monitored over the course of the relationship |
NIST
Framework
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| NIST80053 | NIST SP 800-53 NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 presents control families, i... Clause: 3.20 – SUPPLY CHAIN RISK MANAGEMENT, 3.4 – ASSESSMENT, AUTHORIZATION, AND MONITORING; SR-6 – SUPPLIER ASSESSMENTS AND REVIEWS, CA-7 – CONTINUOUS MONITORING |
NIST
Control Catalog
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| NPCI-ISR | NPCI Information Security Requirements NPCI information-security requirements define cont... Clause: Governance Controls; Policy, Roles and Risk Linkages – Monitor policy compliance and exceptions |
India
Standard
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| PCI-DSS | PCI DSS PCI DSS is an industry security standard maintaine... Clause: 12.8.4 – A program is implemented to monitor TPSPs’ |
PCI
Standard
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| RBI-CSF | RBI Cyber Security Framework / Master Directions RBI cyber-security requirements and directions set... Clause: 11) Vendor Risk Management – 11.3 Due diligence, oversight and management of third-party vendors/service providers/partners; 11) Vendor Risk Management – 11.4 Framework to assess, approve, review, control and monitor vendor/outsourcing risks and materiality |
India
Regulation
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| SEBI-CSCRF | SEBI Cyber Security & Cyber Resilience Framework SEBI’s Cybersecurity and Cyber Resilience Framewor... Clause: 1.6 GV.SC: Cybersecurity Supply Chain Risk Management |
India
Regulation
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| SOC2 | SOC 2 Trust Services Criteria SOC 2 is an independent examination and reporting... Clause: CC9.2 – Risk Mitigation – The entity assesses and manages risks associated with vendors and business partners. CC4.1 – Monitoring of Controls – COSO Principle 16: The entity selects, develops, and performs ongoing and/or separate evaluations to ascertain whether the components of internal control are present and functioning. CC7.2 – System Operations – The entity monitors system components and the operation of those components for anomalies that are indicative of malicious acts, natural disasters, and errors affecting the entity's ability to meet its objectives; anomalies are analyzed to determine whether they represent security events. |
AICPA
Audit Framework
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