CIS v8 vs GDPR — Framework Comparison | ControlMap

CIS v8 vs GDPR

Side-by-side comparison of CIS Controls v8 and GDPR across 49 cybersecurity controls.

42

Shared

2

CIS v8 Only

5

GDPR Only

0

Neither

Covered by Both (42 controls)

Controls recognized by both CIS v8 and GDPR.

Gp Governance Policy

CIS 1.1 | Art.5(2), Art.24(1), Art.24(2)

Aw Awareness & Training

CIS 14.1, CIS 14.2 | Art.39(1)(b), Art.47(2)(n)

Rm Risk Management

CIS 1.2 | Art.24(1), Art.32(1)

Rr Roles & Responsibilities

CIS 1.3 | Art.37(1), Art.38(1), Art.39(1)

Am Asset Management

CIS 1.1, CIS 2.1 | Art.30(1)

Ra Risk Assessment

CIS 7.1 | Art.35(1), Art.35(7)

Da Data Classification

CIS 3.1, CIS 3.7 | Art.9(1), Art.5(1)(c)

Vn Vulnerability Mgmt

CIS 7.1, CIS 7.2, CIS 7.4 | Art.32(1)(d)

Ac Access Control

CIS 5.1, CIS 6.1, CIS 6.2 | Art.32(1)(b), Art.25(2)

Mf Multi-Factor Auth

CIS 6.3, CIS 6.4, CIS 6.5 | Art.32(1)(b)

CIS 3.6, CIS 3.9, CIS 3.10 | Art.32(1)(a), Art.34(3)(a)

Dp Data Protection

CIS 3.1, CIS 3.10, CIS 3.12 | Art.5(1)(f), Art.32(1)

Bk Backup & Recovery

CIS 11.1, CIS 11.2, CIS 11.4 | Art.32(1)(c)

Pa Privileged Access

CIS 5.4, CIS 6.5 | Art.32(1)(b), Art.29

Fw Firewall / Net Seg

CIS 9.2, CIS 9.3, CIS 12.2 | Art.32(1)(b)

Ep Endpoint Protection

CIS 10.1, CIS 10.2 | Art.32(1)(b)

Pm Patch Management

CIS 7.3, CIS 7.4 | Art.32(1)(d)

Cf Secure Config

CIS 4.1, CIS 4.2, CIS 4.6 | Art.25(1), Art.32(1)

Sd Secure Development

CIS 16.1, CIS 16.2 | Art.25(1), Art.25(2)

Ml Email Security

CIS 9.6, CIS 9.7 | Art.32(1)(b)

Ws Web Security

CIS 9.5, CIS 16.4 | Art.32(1)(b)

CIS 6.1, CIS 12.2 | Art.32(1)(b), Art.25(1)

Mb Mobile Security

CIS 1.4, CIS 1.5 | Art.32(1)(b)

Cl Cloud Security

CIS 4.1, CIS 6.1 | Art.28(1), Art.32(1)

CIS 13.10 | Art.32(1)(b)

CIS 3.12 | Art.5(1)(f), Art.32(1)(b)

Sm Cont. Monitoring

CIS 8.2, CIS 8.5, CIS 8.11 | Art.32(1)(d)

Lg Logging & Audit

CIS 8.1, CIS 8.2, CIS 8.9 | Art.5(2), Art.30(1)

Id Intrusion Detection

CIS 13.1, CIS 13.3 | Art.32(1)(d), Art.33(1)

An Anomaly Detection

CIS 8.5, CIS 8.6 | Art.32(1)(d)

CIS 8.2, CIS 8.11 | Art.32(1)(d)

Ir Incident Response

CIS 17.1, CIS 17.2, CIS 17.3 | Art.33(1), Art.33(2)

CIS 17.6 | Art.33(3)

Co Communication

CIS 17.2 | Art.33(1), Art.34(1)

CIS 17.4 | Art.33(3)(d), Art.34(2)

CIS 17.3 | Art.33(1), Art.34(1)

Rc Recovery Planning

CIS 11.1, CIS 17.7 | Art.32(1)(c)

Bc Business Continuity

CIS 11.3, CIS 11.4 | Art.32(1)(b), Art.32(1)(c)

Ll Lessons Learned

CIS 17.8 | Art.32(1)(d), Art.24(1)

Dr Disaster Recovery

CIS 11.1, CIS 11.5 | Art.32(1)(c)

Ap API Security

CIS 16.4 | Art.25(1), Art.32(1)(b)

It Insider Threat

CIS 6.1, CIS 6.2, CIS 8.6 | Art.29, Art.32(1)(b), Art.32(4)

Only in CIS v8 (2 controls)

Controls covered by CIS v8 but not GDPR. Organizations using GDPR should consider supplementing with these.

Ti Threat Intelligence

Ds DNS Security

Only in GDPR (5 controls)

Controls covered by GDPR but not CIS v8. Organizations using CIS v8 should consider supplementing with these.

Sc Supply Chain Risk

Art.28(1), Art.28(2)

Art.5(2), Art.58(1), Art.83(1)

Be Business Environment

Cr Comms & Restore

Art.34(1), Art.32(1)(c)

Vr Vendor Risk Mgmt

Art.28(1), Art.28(2), Art.28(3)

Summary: CIS v8 vs GDPR

CIS Controls v8 and GDPR share 42 controls in common out of 49 total. CIS v8 uniquely covers 2 controls that GDPR does not, including Threat Intelligence, DNS Security. GDPR uniquely covers 5 controls that CIS v8 does not, including Supply Chain Risk, Compliance, Business Environment. Together, these two frameworks cover all tracked controls. For comprehensive cybersecurity coverage, organizations often adopt both frameworks or supplement with other frameworks.

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