What are compliance standards? 🤔
In simple terms, compliance standards for IT refer to a set of rules, regulations, and guidelines that organizations in the field of information technology (IT) must follow to ensure they meet specific security, privacy, and operational requirements. These standards are often established by regulatory bodies, industry organizations, or government agencies to promote best practices and protect sensitive information. Adhering to compliance standards helps organizations mitigate risks, enhance cybersecurity, and maintain the trust of customers and stakeholders.
What Compliance Standards Are Supported? 🤔
CIS
CYBER ESSENTIALS
ESSENTIAL EIGHT
GDPR
GPG 13
HIPAA
ISO 27002
NIST 800 171
NIST 800 53
NIST CSF
PCI-DSS
Company Compliance Standards - Table of Contents
Company Compliance Standards - Overview
This is a Company view of how assets meet or fail compliance requirements and configuration checks.
You can switch between different Compliance Types, Platforms, and Maturity Levels to meet your needs and clients' compliance requirements.
You can tap on any tiles listed under Compliant, Non-Compliant, Manual Compliant, Manual Non-Compliant, Company, or Asset to see the details in the right-side Compliant pod (2).
Company Compliance Standards - Details
Filtering Options
Compliance Type
Compliance | Company Types | Geospecifics |
CIS | Technology companies, cybersecurity firms, financial institutions. | Company |
Cyber Essentials | Software development companies, IT service providers, cloud computing services. | UK/EU |
Essential Eight | Government agencies, critical infrastructure organizations, defense contractors. | Australia |
GDPR IV | E-commerce platforms, social media companies, online service providers. | UK/EU |
GPG 13 | Government agencies, military organizations, public sector entities. | UK (with a focus on UK government entities) |
HIPAA | Hospitals, healthcare providers, health insurance companies. | U.S. (Healthcare Industry Focus) |
ISO 27002 | Banks and financial institutions, technology companies, data centers. | Company |
NIST CSF | Government agencies, critical infrastructure organizations, cybersecurity service providers. | Company (U.S. Government Focus) |
NIST 800-53 | Federal agencies, defense contractors, IT service providers. | Company (U.S. Government Focus) |
NIST 800-171 | Defense contractors, subcontractors working with the Department of Defense, government suppliers. | Company (U.S. Government Focus) |
PCI DSS | Credit card companies, banks, online payment processors. | Company (Finance Industry Focus) |
Platform
Select the platform based on predefined operating system groups, which include Azure, Linux, MAC, Windows Server, Windows Desktop, and more.
Microsoft Windows | Linux | Darwin |
|---|---|---|
Windows Server | UBUNTU 22, 20, 18, 16, 14 | MAC 13 |
Windows Desktop | SUSE 15, 12, 11 | MAC 12 |
Azure Server | RHEL 9, 8, 7, 6 | MAC 11 |
Windows Server 2012 R2 | DEBIAN 11, 10, 9, 8, 7 | MAC 10 |
Maturity Level
Where applicable, choose the maturity level to filter the compliance type further. Not all compliance-type options will have a maturity level to select from.
For example, when using the CIS compliance type, you can select just IG1 vs seeing IG1, IG2, and IG3.
After selecting your Compliance Type, Platform, and Maturity Level filtering options, your data will be displayed in the Compliant pod.
Column Label | General Use / Description |
|---|---|
Section | Displays specific section details from the selected Compliance Type. |
Compliant | Displays the count of compliant controls by Compliance ID for the selected Compliance Type. |
Non Compliant | Displays the count of non compliant controls by Compliance ID for the selected Compliance Type. |
Manual Compliant | Displays the count of manual compliant controls by Compliance ID for the selected Compliance Type. |
Manual Non-Compliant | Displays the count of manual non-compliant controls by Compliance ID for the selected Compliance Type. |
Company | Displays the count of Companies, or Company, which is affected. |
Asset | Displays the count of Assets, or Asset, which is affected. |
Manual Compliant / Non-Compliant must be verified manually and generally has some type of uploaded evidence.
Here, you will see the details of the selected line.
See the table below for a listing of the available data columns.
Column Label | General Use / Description |
|---|---|
Compliance ID | Displays the ConnectSecure issued ID to reference a specific compliance type check. Tap to see the Compliance Check Details.  |
Sub Section | Displays the name of the sub-section from the selected Compliance Type |
Description | Displays the detailed description about the specific Compliance ID. |
Assets | Displays the count of Assets affected by the selected Compliance ID. Tap the count to see the list of assets.  |
Company Compliance Standards - Side Navigation Toolbar Overview
The sidebar actions include Upload Evidence, Jobs, and Alerts.
Company Compliance Standards- Side Navigation Toolbar Actions
Upload Evidence
First, select a record from any Manual Non-Compliant checks and tap the Upload Evidence button from the top of the toolbar to provide comments, attachments, and additional details to act as ‘evidence' in a compliance check.
You can include Comments, Upload File(s), select the Action Type, Implementation Status, Eevident Quality, Teset TYpe, and Assessment Justification sections where applicable.
The file formats supported include jpg, jpeg, png, bmp, txt, log, csv, pdf, doc, docx, xls, and xlsx with a maximum file size of 50 MB.
Jobs
Tap to view the Scan Job(s) for the selected company.
Alerts
Tap to view the System Events, timeline style alerts for the selected company.
