ISO 27001 vs CIS v8

Side-by-side comparison of ISO/IEC 27001:2022 and CIS Controls v8 across 49 cybersecurity controls.

44
Shared
5
ISO 27001 Only
0
CIS v8 Only
0
Neither

Covered by Both (44 controls)

Controls recognized by both ISO 27001 and CIS v8.

Gp Governance Policy
A.5.1, A.5.2 | CIS 1.1
Aw Awareness & Training
A.6.3, A.7.2 | CIS 14.1, CIS 14.2
Rm Risk Management
A.5.3, A.8.2 | CIS 1.2
Rr Roles & Responsibilities
A.5.2, A.5.4 | CIS 1.3
Am Asset Management
A.5.9, A.8.1 | CIS 1.1, CIS 2.1
Ra Risk Assessment
A.8.2, A.8.3 | CIS 7.1
Da Data Classification
A.5.10, A.5.12, A.5.13 | CIS 3.1, CIS 3.7
Vn Vulnerability Mgmt
A.8.8 | CIS 7.1, CIS 7.2, CIS 7.4
Ti Threat Intelligence
A.5.7 | CIS 13.8
Ac Access Control
A.5.15, A.8.2, A.8.3 | CIS 5.1, CIS 6.1, CIS 6.2
Mf Multi-Factor Auth
A.8.5 | CIS 6.3, CIS 6.4, CIS 6.5
En Encryption
A.8.24, A.5.14 | CIS 3.6, CIS 3.9, CIS 3.10
Dp Data Protection
A.5.14, A.8.10, A.8.12 | CIS 3.1, CIS 3.10, CIS 3.12
Bk Backup & Recovery
A.8.13 | CIS 11.1, CIS 11.2, CIS 11.4
Pa Privileged Access
A.8.2, A.8.18 | CIS 5.4, CIS 6.5
Fw Firewall / Net Seg
A.8.20, A.8.21, A.8.22 | CIS 9.2, CIS 9.3, CIS 12.2
Ep Endpoint Protection
A.8.1, A.8.7 | CIS 10.1, CIS 10.2
Pm Patch Management
A.8.8, A.8.19 | CIS 7.3, CIS 7.4
Cf Secure Config
A.8.9 | CIS 4.1, CIS 4.2, CIS 4.6
Sd Secure Development
A.8.25, A.8.26, A.8.28 | CIS 16.1, CIS 16.2
Ml Email Security
A.8.7, A.8.23 | CIS 9.6, CIS 9.7
Ws Web Security
A.8.23, A.8.26 | CIS 9.5, CIS 16.4
Zt Zero Trust
A.8.20, A.5.15 | CIS 6.1, CIS 12.2
Mb Mobile Security
A.8.1 | CIS 1.4, CIS 1.5
Cl Cloud Security
A.5.23, A.8.1 | CIS 4.1, CIS 6.1
Ds DNS Security
A.8.20 | CIS 9.2
Wf WAF
A.8.23 | CIS 13.10
Dl DLP
A.8.10, A.8.12 | CIS 3.12
Sm Cont. Monitoring
A.8.15, A.8.16 | CIS 8.2, CIS 8.5, CIS 8.11
Lg Logging & Audit
A.8.15, A.8.17 | CIS 8.1, CIS 8.2, CIS 8.9
Id Intrusion Detection
A.8.16 | CIS 13.1, CIS 13.3
An Anomaly Detection
A.8.16 | CIS 8.5, CIS 8.6
Sg SIEM / SOC
A.8.15, A.8.16 | CIS 8.2, CIS 8.11
Ir Incident Response
A.5.24, A.5.25, A.5.26 | CIS 17.1, CIS 17.2, CIS 17.3
Fn Forensics
A.5.28 | CIS 17.6
Co Communication
A.5.5, A.5.6, A.5.26 | CIS 17.2
Mt Mitigation
A.5.26, A.8.7 | CIS 17.4
Rp Reporting
A.5.5, A.5.24, A.6.8 | CIS 17.3
Rc Recovery Planning
A.5.29, A.5.30 | CIS 11.1, CIS 17.7
Bc Business Continuity
A.5.29, A.5.30 | CIS 11.3, CIS 11.4
Ll Lessons Learned
A.5.27 | CIS 17.8
Dr Disaster Recovery
A.5.29, A.5.30 | CIS 11.1, CIS 11.5
Ap API Security
A.8.23, A.8.26, A.8.28 | CIS 16.4
It Insider Threat
A.5.7, A.6.1, A.8.15 | CIS 6.1, CIS 6.2, CIS 8.6

Only in ISO 27001 (5 controls)

Controls covered by ISO 27001 but not CIS v8. Organizations using CIS v8 should consider supplementing with these.

Summary: ISO 27001 vs CIS v8

ISO/IEC 27001:2022 and CIS Controls v8 share 44 controls in common out of 49 total. ISO 27001 uniquely covers 5 controls that CIS v8 does not, including Supply Chain Risk, Compliance, Business Environment. CIS v8 uniquely covers 0 controls that ISO 27001 does not. 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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