Global Compliance Standards

Sovereign Cyber Resilience & Global & Frameworks

Reference summaries of the major international frameworks CISOs and GRC teams are asked to align with — from information security management to AI governance and payment security.

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Framework Reference

Globally Aligned Security Frameworks

Concise, practice-level summaries — not a substitute for legal or audit advice, but a starting point for understanding what each framework actually asks for.

Security Management

ISO/IEC 27001

The international standard for establishing, implementing and maintaining an Information Security Management System (ISMS).

Controls Implementation

ISO/IEC 27002

Reference guidelines and best-practice controls for information security, mapping directly to ISO 27001 Annex A.

Risk Management

ISO/IEC 27005

Guidelines for information security risk assessment and management, offering a structured approach to evaluating cyber risk.

Privacy Information

ISO/IEC 27701

A privacy extension to ISO 27001, defining a Privacy Information Management System (PIMS) that supports alignment with data-protection regulation such as GDPR.

Artificial Intelligence

ISO/IEC 42001

A management-system standard for AI, addressing governance, risk and accountability considerations across the AI system lifecycle.

Cybersecurity Core

NIST CSF 2.0

The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology's core framework, organizing cybersecurity activity around six functions: Govern, Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond and Recover.

AI Risk Governance

NIST AI RMF

A framework to help organizations manage risks to individuals, organizations and society arising from the design, development and use of AI systems.

Defensive Actions

CIS Controls v8

Eighteen prioritized safeguards published by the Center for Internet Security to help organizations focus on foundational cyber hygiene.

IT Governance

COBIT

ISACA's framework for the governance and management of enterprise IT, aligning technology risk and investment with business objectives.

Payment Card Security

PCI DSS v4.0

The global technical and operational standard for organizations that store, process or transmit payment card data.

Service Organization Assurance

SOC 2

An AICPA reporting framework used by service organizations to demonstrate controls relevant to security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality and privacy.

Framework Lifecycle

CISOaaS Framework Governance & Harmonization Lifecycle

A structured, six-phase lifecycle to establish governance drivers, select target frameworks, harmonize control architecture, assess gaps and ownership, implement evidence and assurance, and monitor continuous improvement.

Establish Applicability & Governance DriversDefine regulatory scope and obligations
Select Baseline & Target FrameworksMap control frameworks to your needs
Harmonize into a Common Control ArchitectureConsolidate controls into one structure
Assess Gaps, Prioritize & Assign OwnershipIdentify gaps and assign ownership
Implement, Evidence & AssureExecute controls and validate compliance
Monitor Change, Extend & ImproveExpand coverage and drive improvement

Establish Applicability & Governance DriversDefine regulatory scope and obligations
Select Baseline & Target FrameworksMap control frameworks to your needs
Harmonize into a Common Control ArchitectureConsolidate controls into one structure
Assess Gaps, Prioritize & Assign OwnershipIdentify gaps and assign ownership
Implement, Evidence & AssureExecute controls and validate compliance
Monitor Change, Extend & ImproveExpand coverage and drive improvement

Aligning to More Than One Framework at Once

Most organizations need to satisfy several of these simultaneously. Our Cyber Risk, Compliance & ISMS Management service maps the overlap so the same control evidence can serve more than one framework.

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Managed cyber governance for organizations that need continuous CISO leadership, Cyber GRC expertise and operational governance — without building the entire capability in-house.

CISO Governance Brief — practical insights on cyber governance, regulatory developments, risk, compliance and CISO leadership.