46 indicators shown. Statements are verbatim.
- KSI-CED-RAT — Reviewing All Training
The effectiveness of relevant cybersecurity education and training is persistently reviewed, including at least general training for all employees, role-specific training for employees in high risk roles, training for development and engineering staff on secure software delivery, and training for staff involved with incident response or disaster recovery.
Family KSI-CED
- KSI-CMT-LMC — Logging Changes
Modifications to the cloud service offering are logged and monitored.
Family KSI-CMT
- KSI-CMT-RMV — Redeploying vs Modifying
Changes to machine-based information resources are executed through the redeployment of version controlled resources rather than direct modification wherever reasonable.
Family KSI-CMT
- KSI-CMT-RVP — Reviewing Change Procedures
The effectiveness of documented change management procedures is persistently reviewed.
Family KSI-CMT
- KSI-CMT-VTD — Validating Throughout Deployment
Persistent testing and validation of changes throughout deployment is automated.
Family KSI-CMT
- KSI-CNA-DFP — Defining Functionality and Privileges
The functionality and privileges for infrastructure and services are strictly defined.
Family KSI-CNA
- KSI-CNA-EIS — Enforcing Intended State
Automated services are used to persistently assess the security of all machine-based information resources and automatically enforce their intended operational state.
Family KSI-CNA
- KSI-CNA-IBP — Implementing Best Practices
The use and configuration of third-party machine-based information resources is persistently compared against the original provider's best practices and guidance.
Family KSI-CNA
- KSI-CNA-MAT — Minimizing Attack Surface
Machine-based information resources are persistently reviewed to ensure they have a minimal attack surface and that lateral movement is minimized if compromised.
Family KSI-CNA
- KSI-CNA-OFA — Optimizing for Availability
Machine-based information resources are persistently reviewed to ensure they are appropriately optimized for high availability and rapid recovery.
Family KSI-CNA
- KSI-CNA-RNT — Restricting Network Traffic
Machine-based information resources are persistently reviewed to ensure they are appropriately configured to limit inbound and outbound network traffic.
Family KSI-CNA
- KSI-CNA-RVP — Reviewing Protections
The effectiveness of protection against denial of service attacks and other unwanted activity for machine-based information resources is persistently reviewed.
Family KSI-CNA
- KSI-CNA-ULN — Using Logical Networking
Logical networking and related capabilities are used and persistently reviewed to enforce traffic flow controls.
Family KSI-CNA
- KSI-IAM-AAM — Automating Account Management
The lifecycle and privileges of all accounts, roles, and groups are securely managed using automation.
Family KSI-IAM
- KSI-IAM-APM — Adopting Passwordless Methods
Secure passwordless methods are used for user authentication and authorization when feasible, otherwise strong passwords with phishing-resistant MFA is used.
Family KSI-IAM
- KSI-IAM-ELP — Ensuring Least Privilege
Identity and access management measures are used and persistently reviewed to ensure each user or device can only access the resources they need.
Family KSI-IAM
- KSI-IAM-JIT — Authorizing Just-in-Time
A least-privileged, role and attribute-based, and just-in-time security authorization model is used and persistently reviewed for all user and non-user accounts and services.
Family KSI-IAM
- KSI-IAM-SNU — Securing Non-User Authentication
Appropriately secure authentication methods are used and persistently reviewed for non-user accounts and services.
Family KSI-IAM
- KSI-IAM-SUS — Responding to Suspicious Activity
Accounts with privileged access are disabled or otherwise secured in response to suspicious activity.
Family KSI-IAM
- KSI-INR-AAR — Generating After Action Reports
Incident after action reports are generated and lessons learned are persistently incorporated.
Family KSI-INR
- KSI-INR-RIR — Reviewing Incident Response Procedures
The effectiveness of documented incident response procedures is persistently reviewed.
Family KSI-INR
- KSI-INR-RPI — Reviewing Past Incidents
Past incidents are persistently reviewed for patterns or vulnerabilities that were not previously apparent or identified.
Family KSI-INR
- KSI-MLA-ALA — Authorizing Log Access
A least-privileged, role and attribute-based, and just-in-time access authorization model is used and persistently reviewed for access to log data based on organizationally defined data sensitivity.
Family KSI-MLA
- KSI-MLA-EVC — Evaluating Configurations
The configuration of machine-based information resources, especially infrastructure as code, is persistently evaluated and tested.
Family KSI-MLA
- KSI-MLA-LET — Logging Event Types
A list of information resources and event types that will be logged, monitored, and audited is maintained and persistently reviewed to ensure these activities occur.
Family KSI-MLA
- KSI-MLA-OSM — Operating SIEM Capability
A Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) or similar system(s) is used and persistently reviewed for centralized, tamper-resistant logging of events, activities, and changes.
Family KSI-MLA
- KSI-MLA-RVL — Reviewing Logs
Logs are persistently reviewed and audited.
Family KSI-MLA
- KSI-PIY-GIV — Generating Inventories
Authoritative sources are used to automatically generate real-time inventories of all information resources when needed.
Family KSI-PIY
- KSI-PIY-RES — Reviewing Executive Support
Executive support for achieving the provider's security goals is persistently reviewed and demonstrated.
Family KSI-PIY
- KSI-PIY-RIS — Reviewing Investments in Security
The effectiveness of the provider's investments in achieving security goals is persistently reviewed.
Family KSI-PIY
- KSI-PIY-RSD — Reviewing Security in the SDLC
The effectiveness of building security and privacy considerations into the Software Development Lifecycle and aligning with CISA Secure By Design principles is persistently reviewed.
Family KSI-PIY
- KSI-PIY-RVD — Reviewing Vulnerability Disclosures
The effectiveness of the provider's vulnerability disclosure program is persistently reviewed.
Family KSI-PIY
- KSI-RPL-ABO — Aligning Backups with Objectives
The alignment of machine-based information resource backups with defined recovery objectives is persistently reviewed.
Family KSI-RPL
- KSI-RPL-ARP — Aligning Recovery Plan
The alignment of recovery plans with defined recovery objectives is persistently reviewed.
Family KSI-RPL
- KSI-RPL-RRO — Reviewing Recovery Objectives
The desired Recovery Time Objectives (RTO) and Recovery Point Objectives (RPO) are defined and persistently reviewed for alignment with the provider's business needs and capabilities.
Family KSI-RPL
- KSI-RPL-TRC — Testing Recovery Capabilities
The capability to recover from incidents and contingencies aligned with defined recovery objectives is persistently tested.
Family KSI-RPL
- KSI-SCR-MIT — Mitigating Supply Chain Risk
Persistently identify, review, and mitigate potential supply chain risks.
Family KSI-SCR
- KSI-SCR-MON — Monitoring Supply Chain Risk
Third party software information resources are automatically monitored for upstream vulnerabilities using mechanisms that may include contractual notification requirements or active monitoring services.
Family KSI-SCR
- KSI-SVC-ACM — Automating Configuration Management
The configuration of machine-based information resources is managed using automation and persistently reviewed for drift.
Family KSI-SVC
- KSI-SVC-ASM — Automating Secret Management
Management, protection, and regular rotation of digital keys, certificates, and other secrets is automated and persistently reviewed.
Family KSI-SVC
- KSI-SVC-EIS — Evaluating and Improving Security
Information resources are persistently evaluated for opportunities to improve security and those improvements are persistently made.
Family KSI-SVC
- KSI-SVC-PRR — Preventing Residual Risk
Plans, procedures, and the state of information resources are persistently reviewed after making changes to limit and remove unwanted residual elements that would likely negatively affect the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of federal customer data.
Family KSI-SVC
- KSI-SVC-RUD — Removing Unwanted Data
Unwanted federal customer data is removed promptly when requested by an agency in alignment with customer agreements, including from backups if appropriate; this typically applies when a customer spills information or when a customer seeks to remove information from a service due to a change in usage.
Family KSI-SVC
- KSI-SVC-SIN — Securing Information
Information is encrypted or otherwise secured from unwanted access or modification.
Family KSI-SVC
- KSI-SVC-VCM — Validating Communications
The authenticity and integrity of communications between machine-based information resources is persistently validated using automation.
Family KSI-SVC
- KSI-SVC-VRI — Validating Resource Integrity
Use cryptographic methods to validate the integrity of machine-based information resources.
Family KSI-SVC