Standard
SaaS Security Posture Management Standard
This standard defines the security posture management of the organization's SaaS portfolio: inventory, configuration baselines, continuous posture monitoring, SaaS-to-SaaS integration risk, third-party application access, shadow-SaaS detection, and offboarding. It complements the supplier programme (which addresses contractual and assurance posture) with the technical and configuration posture of SaaS in use.
- Type
- Standard
- Version
- 1.0.9
- Date
- 2026-09-25
- Owner
- Chief Information Security Officer
- Approving authority
- Governance Library Maintainer
- Classification
- Public
- Confidentiality
- Public
- Category
- Information Security
- Review frequency
- Annual and upon material change to SaaS portfolio, threat-pattern, or platform-native posture controls
- Licence
- CC BY-SA 4.0
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Outline
- 1. Purpose
- 2. Scope
- 3. SaaS inventory
- 4. Configuration baselines
- 5. Continuous posture monitoring
- 6. SaaS-to-SaaS integration risk
- 7. Third-party application access
- 8. Shadow-SaaS detection and management
- 9. SaaS-to-SaaS supplier risk
- 10. Data protection within SaaS
- 11. Incident readiness
- 12. Lifecycle
- 13. Operating expectations
- 14. Framework alignment
- 15. Limitations
Frameworks it maps to
- ISO/IEC 27001:2022
- ISO/IEC 27017:2026
- CSA Cloud Controls Matrix v4.1
- CSA Security Trust Assurance and Risk (STAR)
- NIST CSF 2.0
- NIST SP 800-204D
- NIST SP 800-210
- OWASP SaaS Application Security Checklist
- MITRE ATT&CK (Cloud)
Related documents
- Information Security Policysecurity
- Identity and Access Management Policysecurity
- Data Classification and Handling Standardsecurity
- Data Loss Prevention Standardsecurity
- Cloud Security Configuration Baselineoperations
- Supplier Security and Privacy Assurance Standardsupply-chain
- Supplier Ongoing Monitoring Proceduresupply-chain
- Third-Party and Supply Chain Risk Standardrisk
- Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) Policysecurity
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