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NCA Essential Cybersecurity Controls (ECC-1:2018)

Saudi National Cybersecurity Authority mandatory controls for all government entities, government-affiliated organizations, and critical infrastructure operators. 5 domains: cybersecurity governance, defence, resilience, third-party and cloud computing, and ICS/OT cybersecurity. Designed referencing NIST CSF, NIST 800-53, and ISO 27001.

Controls: 198
Total Mappings: 325
Publisher: National Cybersecurity Authority (NCA) Version: 2018 (updated 2022)
NCA ECC → SP 800-53 SP 800-53 → NCA ECC Coverage Analysis
AC (17) AT (5) AU (14) CA (7) CM (12) CP (11) IA (10) IR (9) MA (1) MP (6) PE (17) PL (3) PM (16) PS (9) PT (3) RA (7) SA (11) SC (20) SI (13) SR (7)

AC Access Control

Control Name NCA ECC References
AC-01 Policy and Procedures
1-32-2
AC-02 Account Management
2-2
AC-03 Access Enforcement
2-22-7
AC-04 Information Flow Enforcement
2-52-72-14
AC-05 Separation of Duties
2-2
AC-06 Least Privilege
2-2
AC-07 Unsuccessful Logon Attempts
2-2
AC-08 System Use Notification
2-2
AC-10 Concurrent Session Control
2-2
AC-11 Device Lock
2-2
AC-12 Session Termination
2-2
AC-14 Permitted Actions Without Identification or Authentication
2-2
AC-16 Security and Privacy Attributes
2-7
AC-17 Remote Access
2-2
AC-19 Access Control for Mobile Devices
2-6
AC-20 Use of External Systems
2-64-2
AC-24 Access Control Decisions
2-2

AT Awareness and Training

Control Name NCA ECC References
AT-01 Policy and Procedures
1-31-10
AT-02 Literacy Training and Awareness
1-10
AT-03 Role-based Training
1-10
AT-04 Training Records
1-10
AT-06 Training Feedback
1-10

AU Audit and Accountability

Control Name NCA ECC References
AU-01 Policy and Procedures
1-32-12
AU-02 Event Logging
2-12
AU-03 Content of Audit Records
2-12
AU-04 Audit Log Storage Capacity
2-12
AU-05 Response to Audit Logging Process Failures
2-12
AU-06 Audit Record Review, Analysis, and Reporting
1-82-12
AU-07 Audit Record Reduction and Report Generation
2-12
AU-08 Time Stamps
2-12
AU-09 Protection of Audit Information
2-12
AU-10 Non-repudiation
2-12
AU-11 Audit Record Retention
2-12
AU-12 Audit Record Generation
2-12
AU-13 Monitoring for Information Disclosure
2-12
AU-14 Session Audit
2-12

CA Security Assessment and Authorization

Control Name NCA ECC References
CA-01 Policy and Procedures
1-31-8
CA-02 Control Assessments
1-71-8
CA-03 Information Exchange
2-54-14-2
CA-05 Plan of Action and Milestones
1-51-8
CA-07 Continuous Monitoring
1-71-82-125-1
CA-08 Penetration Testing
1-82-11
CA-09 Internal System Connections
2-54-2

CM Configuration Management

Control Name NCA ECC References
CM-01 Policy and Procedures
1-3
CM-02 Baseline Configuration
2-35-1
CM-03 Configuration Change Control
2-3
CM-04 Impact Analyses
2-3
CM-05 Access Restrictions for Change
2-3
CM-06 Configuration Settings
2-32-105-1
CM-07 Least Functionality
2-32-62-145-1
CM-08 System Component Inventory
2-12-6
CM-09 Configuration Management Plan
2-1
CM-12 Information Location
2-1
CM-13 Data Action Mapping
2-1
CM-14 Signed Components
2-3

CP Contingency Planning

Control Name NCA ECC References
CP-01 Policy and Procedures
1-33-1
CP-02 Contingency Plan
3-13-25-1
CP-03 Contingency Training
3-1
CP-04 Contingency Plan Testing
3-13-2
CP-06 Alternate Storage Site
2-93-13-2
CP-07 Alternate Processing Site
3-13-2
CP-08 Telecommunications Services
3-1
CP-09 System Backup
2-93-13-2
CP-10 System Recovery and Reconstitution
2-93-13-2
CP-12 Safe Mode
3-1
CP-13 Alternative Security Mechanisms
3-1

IA Identification and Authentication

Control Name NCA ECC References
IA-01 Policy and Procedures
1-32-2
IA-02 Identification and Authentication (Organizational Users)
2-25-1
IA-03 Device Identification and Authentication
5-1
IA-04 Identifier Management
2-2
IA-05 Authenticator Management
2-2
IA-06 Authentication Feedback
2-2
IA-08 Identification and Authentication (Non-organizational Users)
2-2
IA-09 Service Identification and Authentication
5-1
IA-11 Re-authentication
2-2
IA-12 Identity Proofing
2-2

IR Incident Response

Control Name NCA ECC References
IR-01 Policy and Procedures
1-32-13
IR-02 Incident Response Training
2-13
IR-03 Incident Response Testing
2-13
IR-04 Incident Handling
2-133-25-1
IR-05 Incident Monitoring
2-13
IR-06 Incident Reporting
2-13
IR-07 Incident Response Assistance
2-13
IR-08 Incident Response Plan
2-13
IR-09 Information Spillage Response
2-13

MA Maintenance

Control Name NCA ECC References
MA-01 Policy and Procedures
1-3

MP Media Protection

Control Name NCA ECC References
MP-01 Policy and Procedures
1-32-7
MP-02 Media Access
2-7
MP-03 Media Marking
2-7
MP-04 Media Storage
2-62-72-9
MP-05 Media Transport
2-62-72-9
MP-06 Media Sanitization
2-7

PE Physical and Environmental Protection

Control Name NCA ECC References
PE-01 Policy and Procedures
1-31-11
PE-02 Physical Access Authorizations
1-11
PE-03 Physical Access Control
1-115-1
PE-04 Access Control for Transmission
1-11
PE-05 Access Control for Output Devices
1-11
PE-06 Monitoring Physical Access
1-11
PE-08 Visitor Access Records
1-11
PE-09 Power Equipment and Cabling
1-11
PE-10 Emergency Shutoff
1-11
PE-11 Emergency Power
1-11
PE-12 Emergency Lighting
1-11
PE-13 Fire Protection
1-11
PE-14 Environmental Controls
1-11
PE-15 Water Damage Protection
1-11
PE-17 Alternate Work Site
1-112-6
PE-18 Location of System Components
1-11
PE-23 Facility Location
1-11

PL Planning

Control Name NCA ECC References
PL-01 Policy and Procedures
1-11-31-4
PL-04 Rules of Behavior
1-7
PL-09 Central Management
1-11-2

PM Program Management

Control Name NCA ECC References
PM-01 Information Security Program Plan
1-11-21-31-7
PM-02 Information Security Program Leadership Role
1-21-4
PM-03 Information Security and Privacy Resources
1-2
PM-04 Plan of Action and Milestones Process
1-5
PM-05 System Inventory
2-1
PM-06 Measures of Performance
1-21-71-8
PM-07 Enterprise Architecture
1-11-6
PM-08 Critical Infrastructure Plan
1-13-1
PM-09 Risk Management Strategy
1-11-21-5
PM-10 Authorization Process
1-21-4
PM-11 Mission and Business Process Definition
1-13-1
PM-13 Security and Privacy Workforce
1-21-41-10
PM-14 Testing, Training, and Monitoring
1-8
PM-16 Threat Awareness Program
1-102-13
PM-28 Risk Framing
1-5
PM-29 Risk Management Program Leadership Roles
1-11-21-4

PS Personnel Security

Control Name NCA ECC References
PS-01 Policy and Procedures
1-31-41-9
PS-02 Position Risk Designation
1-9
PS-03 Personnel Screening
1-9
PS-04 Personnel Termination
1-9
PS-05 Personnel Transfer
1-9
PS-06 Access Agreements
1-9
PS-07 External Personnel Security
1-94-1
PS-08 Personnel Sanctions
1-9
PS-09 Position Descriptions
1-41-9

PT Personally Identifiable Information Processing and Transparency

Control Name NCA ECC References
PT-01 Policy and Procedures
1-3
PT-02 Authority to Process Personally Identifiable Information
2-7
PT-03 Personally Identifiable Information Processing Purposes
2-7

RA Risk Assessment

Control Name NCA ECC References
RA-01 Policy and Procedures
1-31-5
RA-02 Security Categorization
1-52-12-7
RA-03 Risk Assessment
1-52-135-1
RA-05 Vulnerability Monitoring and Scanning
1-52-102-115-1
RA-07 Risk Response
1-52-10
RA-09 Criticality Analysis
1-52-1
RA-10 Threat Hunting
2-13

SA System and Services Acquisition

Control Name NCA ECC References
SA-01 Policy and Procedures
1-31-6
SA-02 Allocation of Resources
1-6
SA-03 System Development Life Cycle
1-6
SA-04 Acquisition Process
1-61-72-144-1
SA-08 Security and Privacy Engineering Principles
1-62-32-145-1
SA-09 External System Services
4-14-2
SA-10 Developer Configuration Management
1-62-3
SA-11 Developer Testing and Evaluation
1-62-32-102-112-14
SA-15 Development Process, Standards, and Tools
1-62-14
SA-17 Developer Security and Privacy Architecture and Design
1-6
SA-22 Unsupported System Components
2-32-10

SC System and Communications Protection

Control Name NCA ECC References
SC-01 Policy and Procedures
1-32-5
SC-02 Separation of System and User Functionality
2-3
SC-03 Security Function Isolation
2-3
SC-05 Denial-of-service Protection
2-5
SC-07 Boundary Protection
2-32-42-52-144-25-1
SC-08 Transmission Confidentiality and Integrity
2-42-52-8
SC-10 Network Disconnect
2-5
SC-12 Cryptographic Key Establishment and Management
2-8
SC-13 Cryptographic Protection
2-42-8
SC-17 Public Key Infrastructure Certificates
2-8
SC-18 Mobile Code
2-3
SC-20 Secure Name/Address Resolution Service (Authoritative Source)
2-5
SC-21 Secure Name/Address Resolution Service (Recursive or Caching Resolver)
2-5
SC-22 Architecture and Provisioning for Name/Address Resolution Service
2-5
SC-23 Session Authenticity
2-5
SC-24 Fail in Known State
3-13-25-1
SC-28 Protection of Information at Rest
2-32-62-72-84-2
SC-32 System Partitioning
2-32-55-1
SC-45 System Time Synchronization
2-12
SC-46 Cross Domain Policy Enforcement
2-55-1

SI System and Information Integrity

Control Name NCA ECC References
SI-01 Policy and Procedures
1-3
SI-02 Flaw Remediation
2-32-10
SI-03 Malicious Code Protection
2-32-4
SI-04 System Monitoring
2-42-52-125-1
SI-05 Security Alerts, Advisories, and Directives
2-102-13
SI-07 Software, Firmware, and Information Integrity
2-35-1
SI-08 Spam Protection
2-4
SI-10 Information Input Validation
2-14
SI-11 Error Handling
2-14
SI-12 Information Management and Retention
2-7
SI-16 Memory Protection
2-32-14
SI-17 Fail-safe Procedures
3-1
SI-19 De-identification
2-7

SR Supply Chain Risk Management

Control Name NCA ECC References
SR-01 Policy and Procedures
1-34-14-2
SR-02 Supply Chain Risk Management Plan
4-1
SR-03 Supply Chain Controls and Processes
4-14-2
SR-05 Acquisition Strategies, Tools, and Methods
4-1
SR-06 Supplier Assessments and Reviews
4-1
SR-08 Notification Agreements
4-1
SR-11 Component Authenticity
4-1