Independent Audits

"Independent audits effectively prevents you from ""fooling yourself"". It ensures an unbiased review of the current business state of affairs as they relate to security and compliance."

Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) Data

CO-02 | Compliance | Independent Audits

Control Specification +-

Independent reviews and assessments shall be performed at least annually, or at planned intervals, to ensure the organization is compliant with policies, procedures, standards and applicable regulatory requirements (i.e., internal/external audits, certifications, vulnerability and penetration testing)

Architectural Relevance +-

Physical	Network	Compute	App	Data
True	True	True	True	True

Corp Gov Relevance +-

Corp Gov Relevance
True

Cloud Service Delivery Model Applicability +-

SaaS	PaaS	IaaS
True	True	True

Supplier Relationship +-

Service Provider	Tenant / Consumer
True	True

Scope Applicability +-

COBIT 4.1	HIPAA / HITECH Act	ISO/IEC 27001-2005
DS5.5 ME2.5 ME 3.1 PO 9.6	45 CFR 164.308 (a)(8) 45 CFR 164.308(a)(1)(ii)(D)	Clause 4.2.3e Clause 5.1 g Clause 5.2.1 d) Clause 6 A.6.1.8

NIST SP800-53 R3	FedRAMP (Final 2012) Low Impact	FedRAMP (Final 2012) Moderate Impact	PCI DSS v2.0
CA-1 CA-2 CA-6 RA-5	NIST SP 800-53 R3 CA-1 NIST SP 800-53 R3 CA-2 NIST SP 800-53 R3 CA-2 (1) NIST SP 800-53 R3 CA-6 NIST SP 800-53 R3 RA-5	NIST SP 800-53 R3 CA-1 NIST SP 800-53 R3 CA-2 NIST SP 800-53 R3 CA-2 (1) NIST SP 800-53 R3 CA-6 NIST SP 800-53 R3 RA-5 NIST SP 800-53 R3 RA-5 (1) NIST SP 800-53 R3 RA-5 (2) NIST SP 800-53 R3 RA-5 (3) NIST SP 800-53 R3 RA-5 (6) NIST SP 800-53 R3 RA-5 (9)	11.2 11.3 6.6 12.1.2.b

BITS Shared Assessments SIG v6.0	BITS Shared Assessments SIG v5.0	GAPP (Aug 2009)
L.2, L.4, L.7, L.9, L.11		1.2.5 1.2.7 4.2.1 8.2.7 10.2.3 10.2.5

Jericho Forum	NERC CIP
Commandment #1 Commandment #2 Commandment #3	CIP-003-3 - R1.3 - R4.3 CIP-004-3 R4 - R4.2 CIP-005-3a - R1 - R1.1 - R1.2

Consensus Assessments Initiative Questionnaire (CAIQ) Data

Compliance (CO) | ID #CO-02.2

Do you conduct network penetration tests of your cloud service infrastructure regularly as prescribed by industry best practices and guidance?

Compliance Mapping +-

COBIT	HIPAA	ISO27001	SP800_53
COBIT 4.1 DS5.5, ME2.5, ME 3.1 PO 9.6	45 CFR 164.308 (a)(8) 45 CFR 164.308(a)(1)(ii)(D)	Clause 4.2.3e Clause 5.1 g Clause 5.2.1 d) Clause 6 A.6.1.8	NIST SP800-53 R3 CA-1 NIST SP800-53 R3 CA-2 NIST SP800-53 R3 CA-6 NIST SP800-53 R3 RA-5

FedRAMP	PCI_DSS	BITS	GAPP
NIST SP800-53 R3 CA-1 NIST SP800-53 R3 CA-2 NIST SP800-53 R3 CA-2 (1) NIST SP800-53 R3 CA-6 NIST SP800-53 R3 RA-5 NIST SP800-53 R3 RA-5 (1) NIST SP800-53 R3 RA-5 (2) NIST SP800-53 R3 RA-5 (3) NIST SP800-53 R3 RA-5 (9) NIST SP800-53 R3 RA-5 (6)	PCI DSS v2.0 11.2 PCI DSS v2.0 11.3 PCI DSS v2.0 6.6 PCI DSS v2.0 12.1.2.b	SIG v6.0: L.2, L.4, L.7, L.9, L.11	GAPP Ref 1.2.5 GAPP Ref 1.2.7 GAPP Ref 4.2.1 GAPP Ref 8.2.7 GAPP Ref 10.2.3 GAPP Ref 10.2.5

Model Applicability +-

SaaS	PaaS	IaaS
True	True	True

Scope Applicability +-

SP	CUST
True	True