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Exit Strategy Management

The organization shall develop and maintain exit strategies for cloud service relationships, ensuring the organization can transition data and workloads if needed. Management shall include documentation of exit procedures, identification of transition requirements, and testing of exit capabilities.

Requirement ID
CLD-010-R005
Parent Control
CLD-010
Domain Code
CLD

Requirement Details & Guidance

CLD-010-R005 · CLD-010
Why This Requirement Exists

This requirement reduces risk in cloud data portability and interoperability by ensuring exit strategy management 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

Maintain documented exit plans covering data extraction, workload transition, contractual requirements, dependencies, credentials, deletion and validation. Test critical exit capabilities.

Practical Application & Audit Readiness

CLD-010-R005 · Field Guidance

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    Common Audit Findings

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        Best Practices & Ownership

        CLD-010 · Recommended Approach

        Recommended Practices

          Typical Owner

          Cross-Mapped Regulatory Frameworks

          Harmonized Control Mappings
          FRAMEWORK CODE FRAMEWORK NAME & DETAILS FAMILY / CATEGORY VERSION ACTION
          IRDAI IRDAI Information & Cyber Security Guidelines IRDAI information and cyber-security requirements... Clause: §2.19-3.4 – Cloud security lifecycle
          India
          Guideline
          		 vLatest View →
          RBI-CSF RBI Cyber Security Framework / Master Directions RBI cyber-security requirements and directions set... Clause: 11) Vendor Risk Management – 11.7 Legal/regulatory requirements for geographic location of infrastructure and cross-border data movement
          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 →
          DORA Digital Operational Resilience Act The EU Digital Operational Resilience Act establis... Clause: Article 30(2)(b) – Locations where ICT services/data processing occur and notification of changes Article 28(1) – General principles for ICT third-party risk management
          EU
          Regulation
          		 vCurrent 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)(e) – Security in network and information systems acquisition, development and maintenance, including vulnerability handling and disclosure
          EU
          Directive
          		 vCurrent View →
          ISO22301 ISO/IEC 22301 ISO 22301 specifies requirements for a Business Co... Clause: 8.3.2 – Identification of strategies and solutions; 8.3.3 – Selection of strategies and solutions; 8.3.5 – Implementation of solutions
          ISO
          Standard
          		 v2019 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: 3.17 – SYSTEM AND SERVICES ACQUISITION; SA-4 – ACQUISITION PROCESS, SA-9 – EXTERNAL SYSTEM SERVICES
          NIST
          Control Catalog
          		 vRev. 5 View →
          CIS-V8 CIS Controls CIS Controls are a prioritized set of cybersecurit... Clause: Control 15 – Service Provider Management: 15.7 – Securely Decommission Service Providers
          CIS
          Best Practice
          		 vv8 View →
          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. CC9.1 – Risk Mitigation – The entity identifies, selects, and develops risk mitigation activities for risks arising from potential business disruptions.
          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
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          Parent Control Context

          Control Baseline
          Control Name:
          Cloud Data Portability & Interoperability (CLD-010)
          Summary:
          Establishes cloud data portability including export management, secure migration, interoperability standards, exit strategy, and validation for data movement across cloud environments.
          Business Description:
          Establish and maintain secure processes for data portability, migration, interoperability, and exit planning across cloud service providers.
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