Application Inventory (APP-002) - Universal Control Library

Criticality High Active

Control ID

APP-002

Domain Code

APP

Control Nature

Detective

Business Owner

Application Security / IT Asset Management

Control Overview

APP-002 · Full Control Profile

Business Description

Establish and maintain a complete inventory of business, commercial, internally developed, third-party, SaaS, and custom applications throughout their lifecycle.

Business Objective

Maintain visibility, ownership, classification, and governance of the organizational application portfolio.

Business Benefits

Business Risks if Missing

Stakeholders, Industries & Technologies

APP-002 · Operating Context

Primary Stakeholders

Applicable Industries

Applicable Technologies

Mapped Regulatory & Industry Frameworks

Harmonized Framework Mappings

The following compliance and regulatory frameworks map directly to this control's governance scope.

FRAMEWORK CODE	FRAMEWORK NAME & DESCRIPTION	FAMILY / CATEGORY	VERSION	ACTION
CIS-V8	CIS Controls CIS Controls are a prioritized set of cybersecurit...	CIS Best Practice	vv8	View →
DORA	Digital Operational Resilience Act The EU Digital Operational Resilience Act establis...	EU Regulation	vCurrent	View →
HIPAA	Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act HIPAA is a U.S. federal law supported by implement...	US Law	vCurrent	View →
IRDAI	IRDAI Information & Cyber Security Guidelines IRDAI information and cyber-security requirements...	India Guideline	vLatest	View →
NIS2	NIS2 Directive The NIS2 Directive establishes EU-wide cybersecuri...	EU Directive	vCurrent	View →
NIST-CSF	NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) The NIST Cybersecurity Framework provides high-lev...	NIST Framework	v2	View →
NIST80053	NIST SP 800-53 NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 presents control families, i...	NIST Control Catalog	vRev. 5	View →
NPCI-ISR	NPCI Information Security Requirements NPCI information-security requirements define cont...	India Standard	vLatest	View →
PCI-DSS	PCI DSS PCI DSS is an industry security standard maintaine...	PCI Standard	v4	View →
RBI-CSF	RBI Cyber Security Framework / Master Directions RBI cyber-security requirements and directions set...	India Regulation	vLatest	View →
SEBI-CSCRF	SEBI Cyber Security & Cyber Resilience Framework SEBI’s Cybersecurity and Cyber Resilience Framewor...	India Regulation	vLatest	View →
SOC2	SOC 2 Trust Services Criteria SOC 2 is an independent examination and reporting...	AICPA Audit Framework	vLatest	View →
COBIT2019	COBIT COBIT is an enterprise governance and management f...	COBIT Governance Framework	v2019	View →
GDPR	General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) The General Data Protection Regulation is a bindin...	EU Regulation	vCurrent	View →
ISO27001	ISO/IEC 27001 ISO/IEC 27001 specifies auditable requirements for...	ISO Standard	v2022	View →

Parent Domain Context

Governance Domain Baseline

Domain Name:

Application Security (APP)

Purpose:

To ensure the security of internally developed and acquired applications.

Scope:

Enterprise

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Compliance Requirements & Audit Crosswalk

10 Specific Audit Clauses

The following requirements dictate specific audit evidence criteria and testing steps mapped directly under this control.

REQUIREMENT ID	REQUIREMENT TITLE & DETAILS	MAPPED CONTROL	TYPICAL OWNER	ACTION
APP-002-R001	Inventory Framework The organization shall establish an appl...	APP-002 Application Inventory	Application Portfolio Management / Application Security	View ↗
APP-002-R002	Application Registration The organization shall register all appl...	APP-002 Application Inventory	Application Portfolio Management / Application Security	View ↗
APP-002-R003	Application Classification The organization shall apply classificat...	APP-002 Application Inventory	Application Portfolio Management / Application Security	View ↗
APP-002-R004	Ownership Assignment The organization shall assign explicit o...	APP-002 Application Inventory	Application Portfolio Management / Application Security	View ↗
APP-002-R005	Lifecycle Status The organization shall maintain lifecycl...	APP-002 Application Inventory	Application Portfolio Management / Application Security	View ↗
APP-002-R006	Inventory Validation The organization shall validate the appl...	APP-002 Application Inventory	Application Portfolio Management / Application Security	View ↗
APP-002-R007	Inventory Monitoring The organization shall monitor the appli...	APP-002 Application Inventory	Application Portfolio Management / Application Security	View ↗
APP-002-R008	Inventory Reporting The organization shall report on the app...	APP-002 Application Inventory	Application Portfolio Management / Application Security	View ↗
APP-002-R009	Inventory Review The organization shall conduct periodic...	APP-002 Application Inventory	Application Portfolio Management / Application Security	View ↗
APP-002-R010	Continuous Improvement The organization shall establish a conti...	APP-002 Application Inventory	Application Portfolio Management / Application Security	View ↗