Criticality High Active

Secure Engineering Principles

Establishes secure engineering principles including design principles, engineering standards, security by design, technology integration, validation, monitoring, reporting, review, and continuous improvement.

Control ID
ARC-005
Domain Code
ARC
Control Nature
Detective
Business Owner
Security Architecture
Category
Administrative
Compensating Control
No

Control Overview

ARC-005 · Full Control Profile
Business Description

Establish and maintain secure engineering principles, design practices, and architectural standards that are applied consistently across infrastructure, applications, cloud, platforms, and emerging technologies.

Business Objective

Ensure security is integrated into engineering decisions throughout the technology lifecycle.

Business Benefits

    Business Risks if Missing

      Stakeholders, Industries & Technologies

      ARC-005 · 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
      COBIT2019 COBIT COBIT is an enterprise governance and management f...
      COBIT
      Governance Framework
      		 v2019 View →
      DORA Digital Operational Resilience Act The EU Digital Operational Resilience Act establis...
      EU
      Regulation
      		 vCurrent View →
      IRDAI IRDAI Information & Cyber Security Guidelines IRDAI information and cyber-security requirements...
      India
      Guideline
      		 vLatest View →
      ISO27002 ISO/IEC 27002 ISO/IEC 27002 is a guidance standard containing a...
      ISO
      Standard
      		 v2022 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 →
      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 →
      NPCI-ISR NPCI Information Security Requirements NPCI information-security requirements define cont...
      India
      Standard
      		 vLatest View →
      ISO27001 ISO/IEC 27001 ISO/IEC 27001 specifies auditable requirements for...
      ISO
      Standard
      		 v2022 View →

      Parent Domain Context

      Governance Domain Baseline
      Domain Name:
      Security Architecture (ARC)
      Purpose:
      To design secure systems and ensure security is built into the architecture.
      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
      ARC-005-R001 Engineering Framework The organization shall establish a secur... ARC-005 Secure Engineering Principles Engineering, DevSecOps, Security Architecture, Application Security View ↗
      ARC-005-R002 Secure Design Principles The organization shall define secure des... ARC-005 Secure Engineering Principles Engineering, DevSecOps, Security Architecture, Application Security View ↗
      ARC-005-R003 Engineering Standards The organization shall define engineerin... ARC-005 Secure Engineering Principles Engineering, DevSecOps, Security Architecture, Application Security View ↗
      ARC-005-R004 Security by Design The organization shall implement securit... ARC-005 Secure Engineering Principles Engineering, DevSecOps, Security Architecture, Application Security View ↗
      ARC-005-R005 Technology Integration The organization shall ensure security t... ARC-005 Secure Engineering Principles Engineering, DevSecOps, Security Architecture, Application Security View ↗
      ARC-005-R006 Engineering Validation The organization shall validate that eng... ARC-005 Secure Engineering Principles Engineering, DevSecOps, Security Architecture, Application Security View ↗
      ARC-005-R007 Engineering Monitoring The organization shall monitor engineeri... ARC-005 Secure Engineering Principles Engineering, DevSecOps, Security Architecture, Application Security View ↗
      ARC-005-R008 Engineering Reporting The organization shall report on secure... ARC-005 Secure Engineering Principles Engineering, DevSecOps, Security Architecture, Application Security View ↗
      ARC-005-R009 Engineering Review The organization shall conduct periodic... ARC-005 Secure Engineering Principles Engineering, DevSecOps, Security Architecture, Application Security View ↗
      ARC-005-R010 Continuous Improvement The organization shall establish a conti... ARC-005 Secure Engineering Principles Engineering, DevSecOps, Security Architecture, Application Security View ↗