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Compliance Validation

The organization shall validate configuration compliance to ensure systems are properly configured and compliance status is reliable. Validation shall include verification of assessment results, confirmation of compliance status, and assessment of compliance reliability.

Requirement ID
CFG-002-R004
Parent Control
CFG-002
Domain Code
CFG

Requirement Details & Guidance

CFG-002-R004 · CFG-002
Why This Requirement Exists

Secure baselines provide a consistent hardened starting point and reduce unnecessary attack surface.

Implementation Guidance

Create technology-specific baselines, validate them in testing, approve them, version them, and deploy them through controlled mechanisms.

Practical Application & Audit Readiness

CFG-002-R004 · Field Guidance

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        Best Practices & Ownership

        CFG-002 · Recommended Approach

        Recommended Practices

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          Cross-Mapped Regulatory Frameworks

          Harmonized Control Mappings
          FRAMEWORK CODE FRAMEWORK NAME & DETAILS FAMILY / CATEGORY VERSION ACTION
          CIS-V8 CIS Controls CIS Controls are a prioritized set of cybersecurit... Clause: Control 04 – Secure Configuration of Enterprise Assets and Software: 4.1 – Establish and Maintain a Secure Configuration Process
          CIS
          Best Practice
          		 vv8 View →
          COBIT2019 COBIT COBIT is an enterprise governance and management f... Clause: 4.3 – Build, Acquire and Implement (BAI) > BAI10 – Managed Configuration > BAI10.02 – Establish and maintain a configuration repository and baseline.
          COBIT
          Governance Framework
          		 v2019 View →
          DORA Digital Operational Resilience Act The EU Digital Operational Resilience Act establis... Clause: Article 9(1) – Continuous monitoring/control of ICT security and functioning Article 10(1) – Mechanisms to promptly detect anomalous activities and ICT-related incidents
          EU
          Regulation
          		 vCurrent View →
          GDPR General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) The General Data Protection Regulation is a bindin... Clause: Article 32(1) – Security of processing; Article 32(1)(d) – Testing, assessing and evaluating security measures
          EU
          Regulation
          		 vCurrent View →
          IRDAI IRDAI Information & Cyber Security Guidelines IRDAI information and cyber-security requirements... Clause: §2.9-3.3 – Change life cycle
          India
          Guideline
          		 vLatest View →
          ISO27002 ISO/IEC 27002 ISO/IEC 27002 is a guidance standard containing a... Clause: 5.36 – Compliance with policies, rules and standards for information security
          ISO
          Standard
          		 v2022 View →
          NIS2 NIS2 Directive The NIS2 Directive establishes EU-wide cybersecuri... Clause: Article 21(2)(f) – Policies and procedures to assess the effectiveness of cybersecurity risk-management measures
          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
          NIST
          Framework
          		 v2 View →
          NIST80053 NIST SP 800-53 NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 presents control families, i... Clause: 3.5 – CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT, 3.4 – ASSESSMENT, AUTHORIZATION, AND MONITORING; CM-6 – CONFIGURATION SETTINGS, CA-7 – CONTINUOUS MONITORING
          NIST
          Control Catalog
          		 vRev. 5 View →
          PCI-DSS PCI DSS PCI DSS is an industry security standard maintaine... Clause: 2.2.1 – Configuration standards are developed,; 2.2.6 – System security parameters are configured to
          PCI
          Standard
          		 v4 View →
          RBI-CSF RBI Cyber Security Framework / Master Directions RBI cyber-security requirements and directions set... Clause: 5) Secure Configuration – 5.1 Baseline security requirements/configurations across device categories and lifecycle, with periodic review; 5) Secure Configuration – 5.2 Periodic evaluation of critical-device configurations and patch levels
          India
          Regulation
          		 vLatest View →
          SEBI-CSCRF SEBI Cyber Security & Cyber Resilience Framework SEBI’s Cybersecurity and Cyber Resilience Framewor... Clause: 3.4 PR.IP: Information Protection Processes and Procedures
          India
          Regulation
          		 vLatest View →
          SOC2 SOC 2 Trust Services Criteria SOC 2 is an independent examination and reporting... Clause: CC7.1 – System Operations – To meet its objectives, the entity uses detection and monitoring procedures to identify (1) changes to configurations that result in the introduction of new vulnerabilities, and (2) susceptibilities to newly discovered vulnerabilities. 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.
          AICPA
          Audit Framework
          		 vLatest 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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          Parent Control Context

          Control Baseline
          Control Name:
          Configuration Compliance Monitoring (CFG-002)
          Summary:
          Establishes configuration compliance monitoring including assessment, drift detection, validation, non-compliance identification, monitoring, reporting, and corrective action tracking.
          Business Description:
          Establish and maintain continuous monitoring processes to assess compliance with approved secure configuration baselines and identify configuration drift.
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