SOC2-CC9.2 CC9.2 Assessing and managing vendor and business partner risk
SOC2-CC9.2 in SOC 2 (the AICPA 2017 Trust Services Criteria with the revised points of focus). All SOC 2 controls held. Open SOC 2 on the standards site.
The control as we hold it
CC9.2 Assessing and managing vendor and business partner risk. Risk from vendors and business partners is assessed and managed. Points of focus: engagement requirements cover scope and specification, roles, compliance duties and service levels; risks from vendors, partners and their own vendors are assessed periodically; responsibility for managing them is assigned; communication, resolution and exception-handling protocols are set; vendor and partner performance is assessed and issues are addressed; relationships are ended through defined procedures; in confidentiality engagements, confidentiality commitments consistent with the organisation's own are obtained and compliance checked; and.
Reviewed and closest counterparts in the other frameworks
Reviewed rows come from a released pair; a closest match is the nearest held text and is not a reviewed row.
HIPAA Security Rule
- 164.308(b)(1) Business Associate Contracts and Other Arrangements (Standard) (closest match)
- 164.308(b)(2) Subcontractor Arrangements (closest match)
- 164.308(b)(3) Written Contract or Other Arrangement (closest match)
- 164.314(a)(1) Business Associate Contracts or Other Arrangements (Standard) (closest match)
- 164.314(a)(2)(iii) Business Associate Contracts with Subcontractors (closest match)
NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5
- NIST800-AC-20 AC-20 Use of External Systems (closest match)
- NIST800-PM-15 PM-15 Security and Privacy Groups and Associations (closest match)
- NIST800-PM-30 PM-30 Supply Chain Risk Management Strategy (closest match)
- NIST800-PS-7 PS-7 External Personnel Security (closest match)
- NIST800-SA-1 SA-1 Policy and Procedures (closest match)
- NIST800-SA-4 SA-4 Acquisition Process (closest match)
- NIST800-SA-9 SA-9 External System Services (closest match)
- NIST800-SR-1 SR-1 Policy and Procedures (closest match)
What an auditor commonly asks for
General guidance for this control area (domain: CC - Common Criteria (Security)), in our words, not a statement of the standard and not binding on an assessor.
- the board or management oversight record
- the risk assessment and its treatment
- the access-review and change-approval records
- the monitoring, logging and incident records