Global Compliance Standards

Owned by Ryan Seymour
Last updated: May 22, 2024
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What are compliance standards?

In simple terms, IT compliance standards refer to a set of rules, regulations, and guidelines that information technology (IT) organizations must follow to ensure they meet specific security, privacy, and operational requirements. Regulatory bodies, industry organizations, or government agencies often establish these standards 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.

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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

Global Compliance Standards - Table of Contents

Global Compliance Standards - Overview

This is a global view of how assets meet or fail compliance requirements and configuration checks.

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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).

GPO and WMI Filters for Compliance Remediation

ConnectSecure provides the GPO and WMI Filters needed for CIS compliance.

Compliance Remediation Script Disclaimer

This PowerShell script is intended for the purpose of automating compliance remediation tasks within your organization's IT infrastructure. By executing this script, you acknowledge and agree to the following:

  1. The purpose of this script is to bring systems or configurations into compliance with established organizational policies and standards.

  2. While every effort has been made to ensure the script's accuracy and safety, it is provided "as is" without any warranties or guarantees of any kind.

  3. The author(s) of this script shall not be held liable for any unintended consequences, data loss, or disruptions that may occur as a result of running this script.

  4. You should thoroughly review and understand the functionality of this script and its potential impact on your systems and network environment before executing it.

  5. You are responsible for taking appropriate precautions, including creating backups and verifying the script's behavior in a non-production environment before deploying it in a production setting.

  6. This script may make changes to system settings, configurations, or data. Ensure you have proper authorization and adhere to your organization's change control processes and policies when using this script.

  7. It is advisable to consult with your organization's compliance and security teams, as well as seek appropriate approvals, before running this script in a production environment.

By proceeding with the execution of this script, you confirm that you have read and understood this disclaimer, and you accept full responsibility for its use. If you do not agree with these terms or are unsure about the script's effects, do not proceed with its execution.

You must tap the ‘I Agree’ on the Compliance Remediation Script Disclaimer, and then you will get a ZIP download to your default downloads location.

The folder should contain a separate folder for MAC and Windows-based objects.

 

Global Compliance Standards - Details

Filtering Options

Compliance Type

Compliance

Company Types

Geospecifics

CIS

Technology companies, cybersecurity firms, financial institutions.

Global

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.

Global

NIST CSF

Government agencies, critical infrastructure organizations, cybersecurity service providers.

Global (U.S. Government Focus)

NIST 800-53

Federal agencies, defense contractors, IT service providers.

Global (U.S. Government Focus)

NIST 800-171

Defense contractors, subcontractors working with the Department of Defense, government suppliers.

Global (U.S. Government Focus)

PCI DSS

Credit card companies, banks, online payment processors.

Global (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

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

 

SLES 11, 12, 15

 

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

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

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.

Companies

Displays the count of Companies affected by the selected Compalice ID. Tap the count to see the list of Companies as well as count of Assets.


Global Compliance Standards - Side Navigation Toolbar Overview

The standard Jobs and Alerts features can only be accessed from the side navigation toolbar actions.