The organization shall establish and enforce security requirements for business-critical third-party providers and users.
Guidance
Enforcement should include that ‘third party stakeholder’-users (e.g. suppliers, customers, partners) can
demonstrate the understanding of their roles and responsibilities.'
Third-party providers shall be required to notify any personnel transfers, termination, or
transition involving personnel with physical or logical access to organization's business
critical system's components.
Guidance
Third-party providers include, for example, service providers, contractors, and other organizations
providing system development, technology services, outsourced applications, or network and security
management.
The organization shall monitor business-critical service providers and users for security compliance.
Guidance
Third party audit results can be used as audit evidence.
The organization shall audit business-critical external service providers for security compliance.
Guidance
Third party audit results can be used as audit evidence.
The organization must communicate to suppliers their roles and responsibilities in supply chain security. It must also be ensured that suppliers understand their security guidelines and any other security responsibilities under the agreements.
When involving subprocessors in processing personal data related to offered cloud services, the organization ensures that contracts clearly specify the minimum technical and organizational security measures required from subprocessors.
A designated responsible person actively monitors the supplier's activities and services to ensure compliance with the security terms of the contracts and the proper management of security incidents.
Monitoring includes the following:
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