compliance guide
One scan. 25 frameworks. Citations included.
Abhra maps every finding to the specific clause or requirement in each framework. Below is the breakdown by region: global baseline (ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI DSS, GDPR, HIPAA), cloud-native (CIS, NIST, FedRAMP), and India BFSI (SEBI, RBI, CERT-In, DPDPA). Industry- and country-specific frameworks (NESA UAE, SAMA Saudi, MAS TRM Singapore, NIS2, DORA, CMMC, ISO 27017 / 27018) are included in Professional and Enterprise tiers.
Global frameworks
SOC 2 Type II
45 controlsService Organization Controls covering Trust Service Criteria — Security, Availability, Confidentiality, Processing Integrity, Privacy.
Example controls
- CC6.1 — Logical access controls
- CC6.6 — Encryption of data at rest
- CC7.1 — System monitoring and incident detection
- CC8.1 — Change management procedures
ISO 27001:2022
52 controlsInternational standard for ISMS. Annex A controls mapped to cloud-infrastructure findings.
Example controls
- A.8.5 — Secure authentication
- A.8.9 — Configuration management
- A.8.15 — Logging and monitoring
- A.8.24 — Use of cryptography
PCI DSS 4.0
40 controlsPayment Card Industry Data Security Standard — required for any entity that stores, processes, or transmits cardholder data.
Example controls
- Req 1 — Network security controls (firewalls, segmentation)
- Req 3 — Protect stored account data
- Req 8 — Identify users + authenticate access
- Req 10 — Log and monitor all access
HIPAA
35 controlsHealth Insurance Portability and Accountability Act — required when handling ePHI.
Example controls
- §164.312(a) — Access control
- §164.312(c) — Integrity of ePHI
- §164.312(d) — Person or entity authentication
- §164.312(e) — Transmission security
GDPR
28 controlsGeneral Data Protection Regulation — required when processing EU residents' personal data.
Example controls
- Art 25 — Data protection by design and by default
- Art 30 — Records of processing activities
- Art 32 — Security of processing
- Art 33 — Breach notification within 72 hours
Cloud-native benchmarks
CIS Benchmarks v8
38 controlsCenter for Internet Security prioritized cybersecurity practices, mapped per cloud (AWS / Azure / GCP).
Example controls
- CIS 1 — Inventory of enterprise assets
- CIS 3 — Data protection
- CIS 4 — Secure configuration
- CIS 6 — Access control management
NIST CSF
40 controlsNIST Cybersecurity Framework, organized into Identify · Protect · Detect · Respond · Recover.
Example controls
- ID.AM-2 — Software platform inventory
- PR.AC-1 — Identity and access management
- PR.DS-1 — Data-at-rest protection
- DE.CM-1 — Network monitoring
AWS Well-Architected · Security Pillar
18 controlsAWS's own architectural guidance — IAM, detection, infrastructure protection, data protection, incident response.
Example controls
- SEC02 — Manage identities for people and machines
- SEC04 — Detect and investigate security events
- SEC08 — Protect data at rest
- SEC10 — Anticipate, respond to, and recover from incidents
India BFSI frameworks
SEBI Cybersecurity & Resilience Framework
38 controlsSecurities and Exchange Board of India's cybersecurity framework — applicable to brokers, depositories, AMCs, and other regulated financial entities.
Example controls
- Inventory of cryptographic and key-management assets
- Network segmentation between production and operations
- Encryption of data at rest and in transit
- Incident reporting + 6-hour escalation to CERT-In
RBI IT Framework
42 controlsReserve Bank of India's IT framework for banks and NBFCs — application security, network controls, BCP/DR, third-party risk.
Example controls
- Application-layer access controls
- Endpoint protection on all administrative workstations
- Vendor / third-party risk assessment
- Data localization for payment-system operators
CERT-In Cybersecurity Directives 2022
30 controlsIndian Computer Emergency Response Team mandates — incident reporting, log retention, breach notification.
Example controls
- Incident reporting within 6 hours of detection
- Log retention for 180 days minimum
- Vulnerability disclosure obligations
- NTP synchronization to national time service
DPDPA 2023
27 controlsDigital Personal Data Protection Act — consent, purpose limitation, data principal rights, breach notification.
Example controls
- Lawful basis + consent capture for personal-data processing
- Data Principal access / erasure rights workflow
- Cross-border transfer safeguards
- Breach notification to Data Protection Board
MeitY Guidelines
22 controlsMinistry of Electronics & IT empanelment guidelines for cloud service providers serving government workloads.
Example controls
- Data residency in MeitY-empanelled regions
- ISO 27001 + ISO 27017 + ISO 27018 baseline
- Audit trail retention
- Encryption controls for government workloads
How compliance mapping works
- Scan execution — Abhra inventories cloud resources and identifies misconfigurations against the plugin engine.
- Control mapping — each finding is bound to controls from our unified control library.
- Framework mapping — controls are mapped to specific clauses / requirements in each framework.
- Coverage calculation — (passed controls / total applicable controls) × 100%.
- Report generation — framework-specific PDF + Excel reports for auditor handover.
Audit-prep tips
- Run a full scan weekly — auditors expect current data, not a snapshot from six weeks ago.
- Address Critical and High findings first — these are what get raised in the opening conversation.
- Export per-framework PDF reports — they include control mappings, evidence, and remediation status in a format the auditor expects.
- Use the Compliance drift view to track posture between scans.
- Share the CycloneDX CBOM with third-party assessors for standardized risk communication.