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Compliance Center
Compliance Is More Than a Checklist
Organizations are being asked to demonstrate that they can protect sensitive information, control access to their systems, identify vulnerabilities, detect cyberattacks, respond to security incidents, and maintain evidence that these activities are performed consistently.
Framework library
See the contribution, control by control.
Each guide separates direct technical coverage from supporting evidence and client-owned responsibilities.
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01International
Voluntary framework
NIST CSF 2.0
Use the six CSF functions as a common language for understanding, prioritizing, and communicating cybersecurity risk.View mapping →02International
Implementation roadmap
CIS Controls v8.1
Turn 18 prioritized Controls and 153 practical Safeguards into continuously operated cyber defenses.View mapping →03United States
Federal contracting
CMMC / NIST 800-171
Build an operational security foundation for protecting Federal Contract Information and Controlled Unclassified Information.View mapping →04United States
Banking supervision
FFIEC / FDIC
Turn banking-sector cybersecurity expectations into continuous managed security and examiner-ready evidence.View mapping →05United States
Healthcare regulation
HIPAA / HITECH
Bring current HIPAA Security Rule safeguards into continuous managed operation while preparing for incidents and breaches involving ePHI.View mapping →06International
Payment security standard
PCI DSS v4.0.1
Bring current PCI DSS requirements into continuous managed operation across a correctly scoped cardholder data environment.View mapping →07United States
Financial privacy regulation
GLBA / FTC Safeguards
Support the administrative, technical, and operational safeguards expected in a financial institution's written information security program.View mapping →08United States
CPA assurance reports
SOC I and II
Turn recurring security operations into controls and evidence an independent service auditor can examine for distinct financial-reporting and trust-services audiences.View mapping →09International
International standard
ISO/IEC 27001
Support technological controls and operating evidence within an organization-led information security management system.View mapping →10Canada
Federal cybersecurity certification
CyberSecure Canada
Turn Canada's practical cybersecurity baseline into continuously operated controls and defensible evidence for independent certification.View mapping →Choose the relevant mapping
Start with the requirement your organization needs to address.
| Guide | Use it to | Customer responsibility |
|---|---|---|
| NIST CSF 2.0 | Use the six CSF functions as a common language for understanding, prioritizing, and communicating cybersecurity risk. | The client owns risk appetite, governance, business context, policies, recovery objectives, and acceptance of residual risk. |
| CIS Controls v8.1 | Turn 18 prioritized Controls and 153 practical Safeguards into continuously operated cyber defenses. | The client selects its CIS Implementation Group and applicable Safeguards, defines scope, maintains authoritative inventories, governs identities and data, operates controls outside the managed-service scope, remediates findings, and makes the final determination that each Safeguard has been achieved. |
| CMMC / NIST 800-171 | Build an operational security foundation for protecting Federal Contract Information and Controlled Unclassified Information. | The contractor identifies FCI and CUI, defines the assessment boundary, maintains its System Security Plan and evidence, implements every applicable requirement, scopes external providers, remediates findings, completes assessments and SPRS submissions, and makes required affirmations. |
| FFIEC / FDIC | Turn banking-sector cybersecurity expectations into continuous managed security and examiner-ready evidence. | The institution and its board own governance, the written information-security program, enterprise risk assessment, customer-information protection, identity and data governance, business continuity, independent testing, regulatory decisions and notifications, and oversight of every service provider. Outsourcing security operations does not outsource accountability. |
| HIPAA / HITECH | Bring current HIPAA Security Rule safeguards into continuous managed operation while preparing for incidents and breaches involving ePHI. | The covered entity or business associate owns applicability, its complete ePHI inventory and risk analysis, governance, workforce and physical safeguards, identity and data controls, contingency planning, documentation, business-associate oversight, breach determinations, notifications, and every system or process outside the managed-service scope. |
| PCI DSS v4.0.1 | Bring current PCI DSS requirements into continuous managed operation across a correctly scoped cardholder data environment. | The merchant or service provider owns PCI applicability, payment channels and account-data flows, annual scope confirmation, stored-data protection, enterprise identity and physical controls, secure development, remediation, required scanning and penetration testing, third-party governance, incident obligations, evidence completeness, and accurate SAQ, AOC, ROC, or other validation submissions. |
| GLBA / FTC Safeguards | Support the administrative, technical, and operational safeguards expected in a financial institution's written information security program. | The institution designates its Qualified Individual and owns written risk assessment, governance, data inventory, workforce controls, provider oversight, board reporting, incident planning, and required FTC notification. |
| SOC I and II | Turn recurring security operations into controls and evidence an independent service auditor can examine for distinct financial-reporting and trust-services audiences. | Service-organization management owns report selection, the system description and boundaries, SOC 1 control objectives, SOC 2 categories and criteria, control design and ownership, evidence populations, CUECs and CSOCs, subservice-organization treatment, management assertion, exception handling, remediation, restricted distribution, and the independent CPA relationship. |
| ISO/IEC 27001 | Support technological controls and operating evidence within an organization-led information security management system. | The organization owns ISMS scope, context, leadership, policy, risk methodology, statement of applicability, objectives, resources, internal audit, management review, corrective action, and certification. |
| CyberSecure Canada | Turn Canada's practical cybersecurity baseline into continuously operated controls and defensible evidence for independent certification. | The organization owns certification scope, leadership accountability, risk decisions, policies, complete asset and identity governance, client-operated controls, evidence, corrective actions, and the application and independent audit. |
Applicability depends on your organization and actual obligations. These guides map service contributions; they do not certify the organization or replace the relevant assessment.
One security foundation
Multiple compliance frameworks.
Whether your clients are working toward NIST, CMMC, PCI DSS, HIPAA, FFIEC guidance, GLBA, SOC 1, SOC 2, ISO/IEC 27001, or another cybersecurity framework, many of the underlying security expectations are remarkably similar.
Network Box helps MSPs deliver essential security capabilities through an integrated portfolio of managed cybersecurity services backed by continuous monitoring and a 24/7 Security Operations Center.
01Govern
02Identify
03Protect
04Detect
05Respond
06Recover
How Network Box helps
Controls, operations, and evidence working together.
Most frameworks expect the same foundational capabilities, even when their language and assurance models differ.
Identify vulnerabilities
Exposure reviews, penetration testing, security monitoring, findings, and remediation guidance
Detect suspicious activity
MDR, SIEM, network monitoring, threat intelligence, and 24/7 SOC oversight
Respond to incidents
Alert analysis, investigation, escalation, containment assistance, and incident-response support
Protect users
Email threat protection, web filtering, malware defenses, and security awareness training
Maintain audit evidence
Centralized logs, security events, reports, tickets, vulnerability findings, and incident documentation
Apply controls consistently
Managed configuration, security updates, policy enforcement, and continuous service oversight
Because services are centrally managed and continuously monitored, clients can also gain access to security logs, alerts, reports, incident records, vulnerability findings, and other evidence that may support audits and assessments.
- Corporate governance and management oversight
- Written policies and procedures
- Employee onboarding and termination processes
- Physical security
- Data classification and retention decisions
- Vendor governance
- Business continuity and recovery planning
- Legal and regulatory reporting
- Formal assessments, certifications, and attestations
How to read the mappings
Coverage is intentionally not a yes or no claim.
Network Box can directly deliver and operate a substantial part of this technical outcome when the relevant services are in scope.
Network Box contributes meaningful controls, but the requirement also depends on the client's systems, configuration, people, or processes.
Network Box provides useful security operations or evidence, but does not satisfy the requirement by itself.
This area primarily remains with the MSP and client, their assessors, or other qualified parties.
A stronger starting point
Make the path to assessment more achievable and sustainable.
Organizations beginning a compliance initiative often discover that required security controls are not implemented, are inconsistently managed, or cannot be adequately documented. Network Box managed security services can close many of these gaps, establish continuous security operations, and produce meaningful evidence of ongoing protection. This can reduce remediation before an assessment and make compliance considerably more achievable.
Compliance FAQ
Questions about controls, evidence, and accountability.
Does Network Box USA certify an organization as compliant?
Network Box USA strengthens your compliance program with managed technical safeguards, continuous security operations, reporting, and supporting evidence. These services work alongside your organization's governance, policies, and physical safeguards. Formal certification or attestation is performed through the appropriate qualified assessors or auditors as part of evaluating the complete program.
What is a compliance control mapping?
A control mapping explains how a managed service may directly address, partially support, or provide evidence for a particular requirement. It also identifies work that remains outside the managed-service scope.
Which compliance frameworks are covered in the Compliance Center?
The library includes guidance for NIST CSF, CIS Controls, CMMC and NIST SP 800-171, FFIEC and FDIC expectations, HIPAA and HITECH, PCI DSS, GLBA and the FTC Safeguards Rule, SOC 1 and SOC 2 readiness, ISO/IEC 27001, and CyberSecure Canada.
Can one security foundation support more than one framework?
Yes. Capabilities such as access control, vulnerability management, monitoring, incident response, secure configuration, and evidence collection recur across many frameworks, although their exact scope and assessment criteria differ.
What compliance evidence can managed security produce?
Depending on the subscribed services and retention settings, evidence may include configurations, logs, alerts, incident records, vulnerability findings, service reports, change records, and recurring operational reviews.
How should an organization choose the right framework?
Start with applicable laws, contracts, customer requirements, industry expectations, geography, data types, and business objectives. Legal counsel, auditors, assessors, or regulators should confirm formal applicability when needed.
Compliance and legal disclaimer
The information in this Compliance Center is provided for general informational purposes and does not constitute legal, regulatory, audit, or certification advice. Requirements vary by organization, jurisdiction, contract, data, and system scope. Network Box services can support selected technical and operational safeguards but do not by themselves establish compliance, certification, or attestation. Each organization remains responsible for determining its obligations, defining scope, implementing governance and non-technical controls, and obtaining advice or assessment from qualified legal, compliance, audit, or certification professionals.
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