5.14
Information Transfer
Establish information transfer rules, procedures, or agreements for all internal and external transfer facilities.
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5.6.2.4 Organizations shall store backups at a secure offsite location (either physically or via network separated cloud services) at regular intervals to provide diversity in the event of a disaster
(fire, flood, earthquake or localized cyber security incident).6.2.2.1 Organization using cloud applications and/or outsourcing IT services shall evaluate their risk tolerance level with how their outsourced IT providers handle and access their sensitive information.
6.2.3.1 The organization using cloud applications and/or outsourcing IT services shall:
a. Require that all their cloud service providers share an AICPA SSAE 18 or equivalent report that states that they achieved Trust Service Principles compliance or provide a documented business case as
why they chose not to;
NOTE: The organization determines equivalence to AICPA SSAE 18.
b. Evaluate their risk tolerance level with the legal jurisdictions where their outsourced providers store or use their sensitive information;
c. Ensure that their IT infrastructure and users communicate securely with all cloud services and applications; and
d. Ensure that administrative accounts for cloud services use multi-factor authentication and differ from internal administrator accounts. -
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