How do CIS benchmarks map to ISO 27001?
CISGuard maps CIS benchmark results to 36 of the 93 ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A controls. Coverage concentrates on the technological controls that a configuration scan can evidence; people controls (A.6) are process-oriented and not automatable through scanning. CISGuard generates an ISO 27001 Framework Coverage Report you can attach to your Statement of Applicability as configuration evidence.
The longer answer.
The 2022 revision of ISO/IEC 27001 restructured Annex A into four themes: organizational, people, physical, and technological controls. Configuration benchmarks map most cleanly onto the technological theme (A.8), which covers things like access enforcement, logging, secure configuration, and cryptography. People controls in A.6, such as security awareness and disciplinary process, are inherently procedural and cannot be evidenced by scanning a machine.
For an ISO 27001 certification effort, the useful outcome is knowing which Annex A controls the technical estate already substantiates and which ones still need documented policy or process evidence. A Framework Coverage Report that certification auditors recognize lets an information security manager attach automated configuration evidence directly to the Statement of Applicability instead of assembling screenshots per control.
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