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Governance Review

The organization shall conduct periodic reviews of cloud security governance activities to ensure their effectiveness, efficiency, and alignment with organizational needs. Reviews shall evaluate the cloud governance framework, policies, standards, and monitoring against established criteria and best practices.

Requirement ID
CLD-001-R008
Parent Control
Domain Code

Requirement Details & Guidance

CLD-001-R008 · CLD-001
Why This Requirement Exists

This requirement reduces risk in cloud security governance by ensuring governance review is defined, consistently implemented and demonstrably effective across cloud environments. It supports the organization's need to secure cloud-based assets, data and services while managing cloud-specific risk.

Implementation Guidance

Perform scheduled reviews of the cloud governance framework, policies, standards, metrics and decision structures. Record findings, actions, owners and due dates.

Practical Application & Audit Readiness

CLD-001-R008 · Field Guidance

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    Common Audit Findings

      Common Mistakes

        Best Practices & Ownership

        CLD-001 · Recommended Approach

        Recommended Practices

          Typical Owner

          Cross-Mapped Regulatory Frameworks

          Harmonized Control Mappings
          FRAMEWORK CODE FRAMEWORK NAME & DETAILS FAMILY / CATEGORY VERSION ACTION
          ISO27001 ISO/IEC 27001 ISO/IEC 27001 specifies auditable requirements for... Clause: 9.3.1 – General
          ISO
          Standard
          v2022 View →
          IRDAI IRDAI Information & Cyber Security Guidelines IRDAI information and cyber-security requirements... Clause: §2.19-3.4 – Cloud security lifecycle
          India
          Guideline
          vLatest View →
          SEBI-CSCRF SEBI Cyber Security & Cyber Resilience Framework SEBI’s Cybersecurity and Cyber Resilience Framewor... Clause: 1.6 GV.SC: Cybersecurity Supply Chain Risk Management; 1.1 GV.OC: Organizational Context
          India
          Regulation
          vLatest View →
          DORA Digital Operational Resilience Act The EU Digital Operational Resilience Act establis... Clause: Article 28(1) – General principles for ICT third-party risk management Article 28(2) – ICT third-party risk strategy and review Article 30(1) – Written allocation of rights/obligations and service level agreements
          EU
          Regulation
          vCurrent View →
          ISO27002 ISO/IEC 27002 ISO/IEC 27002 is a guidance standard containing a... Clause: 5.23 – Information security for use of cloud services
          ISO
          Standard
          v2022 View →
          NIS2 NIS2 Directive The NIS2 Directive establishes EU-wide cybersecuri... Clause: Article 21(2)(e) – Security in network and information systems acquisition, development and maintenance, including vulnerability handling and disclosure
          EU
          Directive
          vCurrent View →
          NIST-CSF NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) The NIST Cybersecurity Framework provides high-lev... Clause: GV.OC – Organizational Context | GV.OC-05 – Outcomes, capabilities, and services that the organization depends on are understood and communicated GV.SC – Cybersecurity Supply Chain Risk Management | GV.SC-07 – The risks posed by a supplier, their products and services, and other third parties are understood, recorded, prioritized, assessed, responded to, and monitored over the course of the relationship PR.PS – Platform Security | PR.PS-01 – Configuration management practices are established and applied
          NIST
          Framework
          v2 View →
          NIST80053 NIST SP 800-53 NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 presents control families, i... Clause: 3.17 – SYSTEM AND SERVICES ACQUISITION, 3.13 – PROGRAM MANAGEMENT; SA-9 – EXTERNAL SYSTEM SERVICES, PM-1 – INFORMATION SECURITY PROGRAM PLAN
          NIST
          Control Catalog
          vRev. 5 View →
          GDPR General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) The General Data Protection Regulation is a bindin... Clause: Article 24(1) – Responsibility of the controller; Article 32(1) – Security of processing
          EU
          Regulation
          vCurrent View →
          NPCI-ISR NPCI Information Security Requirements NPCI information-security requirements define cont... Clause: Governance Controls; Governance and Oversight Structure – Establishing clear policies
          India
          Standard
          vLatest View →
          SOC2 SOC 2 Trust Services Criteria SOC 2 is an independent examination and reporting... Clause: CC1.3 – Control Environment – COSO Principle 3: Management establishes, with board oversight, structures, reporting lines, and appropriate authorities and responsibilities in the pursuit of objectives. CC9.2 – Risk Mitigation – The entity assesses and manages risks associated with vendors and business partners. CC4.1 – Monitoring of Controls – COSO Principle 16: The entity selects, develops, and performs ongoing and/or separate evaluations to ascertain whether the components of internal control are present and functioning.
          AICPA
          Audit Framework
          vLatest View →

          Parent Domain Context

          Governance Domain Baseline
          Domain Name:
          Cloud Security (CLD)
          Purpose:
          To secure the organization's cloud environments and manage cloud-specific risks.
          Scope:
          Enterprise

          Parent Control Context

          Control Baseline
          Control Name:
          Cloud Security Governance (CLD-001)
          Summary:
          Establishes cloud security governance including framework, strategy, policies, standards, roles, risk governance, monitoring, reporting, and continuous improvement for cloud environments.
          Business Description:
          Establish and maintain an enterprise cloud security governance framework, strategy, policies, standards, and oversight processes to manage cloud security risks across public, private, and hybrid cloud environments.