How Censys Supports Customer Compliance Programs

Censys helps organizations support NIST CSF 2.0 compliance by providing visibility into internet-facing assets, external risk, suspicious infrastructure, and security events that affect governance, detection, and response workflows. Customers can use Censys ASM and Censys Platform to support outcomes across ID.AM asset management, ID.RA risk assessment, DE.CM continuous monitoring, DE.AE adverse event analysis, RS.AN incident analysis, and GV.SC supply chain risk management.

Censys helps organizations support CIS Controls compliance by giving security teams an attacker’s-eye view of exposed assets, services, software, vulnerabilities, and infrastructure changes. Customers can use Censys to support CIS Controls 1, 2, 7, 12, 13, 15, 17, and 18, including enterprise asset inventory, software inventory, continuous vulnerability management, network monitoring, service provider management, incident response, and penetration testing preparation.

Censys helps organizations support SOC 2 compliance by providing external evidence for vulnerability management, security monitoring, incident evaluation, and risk mitigation workflows. Customers can use Censys ASM to identify internet-facing exposure and Censys Platform to enrich security events, investigate suspicious infrastructure, and support SOC 2 CC7 system operations evidence. 

Censys helps organizations support ISO 27001 compliance by providing outside-in evidence for threat intelligence, asset inventory, technical vulnerability management, monitoring activities, network security, and incident management. Customers can use Censys ASM and Censys Platform to support ISO 27001 Annex A control areas such as A.5.7 threat intelligence, A.5.9 asset inventory, A.8.8 technical vulnerability management, A.8.16 monitoring activities, A.8.20 network security, and A.5.24 through A.5.27 incident management.

Censys helps organizations support PCI DSS compliance readiness by identifying internet-facing scope drift, exposed services, vulnerable technologies, and risky changes before required scans or post-change reviews. Customers can use Censys ASM and Censys Platform to support PCI DSS Requirement 11 activities around regular security testing, external exposure visibility, vulnerability validation, and remediation readiness. Censys does not replace a PCI Approved Scanning Vendor or QSA process, but it can help teams reduce surprises between formal PCI assessments.

Censys helps organizations support NIST SP 800-53 aligned programs by providing visibility and investigation context for continuous monitoring, vulnerability monitoring, system monitoring, incident handling, threat hunting, supply chain risk, and external system inventory. Customers can use Censys ASM and Censys Platform to support control families such as CA continuous monitoring, RA risk assessment and vulnerability monitoring, SI system monitoring, IR incident response, CM system component inventory, and SR supply chain risk management.

Censys helps organizations support FedRAMP-aligned compliance programs by providing external visibility into internet-facing assets, services, vulnerabilities, risky changes, and threat infrastructure that may affect cloud security operations. Customers can use Censys ASM and Censys Platform to support continuous monitoring, vulnerability management, incident response, system boundary awareness, and external risk validation. 

Censys helps organizations support NIST SP 800-171 compliance by improving visibility into external attack surface risk around systems that may support controlled unclassified information. Customers can use Censys to support requirements related to risk assessment, system and information integrity, incident response, configuration awareness, vulnerability monitoring, and external exposure reduction.

Censys helps organizations support CMMC compliance readiness by providing evidence and operational context for asset visibility, vulnerability management, risk assessment, system monitoring, incident response, and external exposure reduction. Customers in the defense industrial base can use Censys ASM to identify exposed assets and Censys Platform to investigate suspicious infrastructure, validate indicators, and support SOC workflows tied to CMMC practices.

Censys helps financial entities support DORA compliance by improving visibility into external ICT assets, exposed services, risky infrastructure changes, suspicious activity, and third-party digital risk. Customers can use Censys ASM and Censys Platform to support DORA activities across Article 8 identification, Article 10 detection, Article 11 response and recovery, Article 13 learning and evolving, and ICT third-party risk management.

Censys helps organizations support NIS2 compliance by identifying internet-facing systems, validating risky services, monitoring external change, investigating suspicious infrastructure, and assessing third-party exposure. Customers can use Censys ASM and Censys Platform to support NIS2 Article 21 risk-management measures, including incident handling, supply chain security, vulnerability handling, effectiveness assessment, and asset management.

Censys helps energy and utility organizations support NERC CIP compliance activities by validating externally reachable services, remote access exposure, vendor access risk, and public internet infrastructure that may affect regulated environments. Customers can use Censys ASM and Censys Platform to support workflows related to CIP-005 electronic security perimeters and remote access management, CIP-007 system security management, exposure validation, and security event investigation.

Censys helps organizations support NIST SP 800-82 aligned OT security programs by identifying externally exposed industrial services, remote access pathways, management interfaces, vulnerable technologies, and suspicious internet infrastructure that may affect operational environments. Customers can use Censys Platform and Critical Infrastructure data to investigate exposed ICS and OT services while using Censys ASM to monitor external exposure tied to owned infrastructure. Learn how Censys supports OT security compliance workflows for exposed industrial systems, remote access risk, and incident investigation.

Censys helps organizations support ISA/IEC 62443 aligned security programs by validating externally exposed industrial services, remote access pathways, public-facing infrastructure, and threat activity that may affect industrial automation and control systems. Customers can use Censys to compare intended segmentation and zone models against what the public internet can actually reach. Learn how Censys supports IEC 62443 compliance workflows for OT exposure visibility, vulnerability management, and infrastructure investigation.

Censys helps financial institutions support FFIEC-aligned cybersecurity programs by improving visibility into internet-facing assets, exposed services, vulnerable technologies, risky changes, and suspicious external infrastructure. Customers can use Censys ASM and Censys Platform to support risk management, monitoring, incident response, third-party oversight, and threat investigation workflows.

Censys helps healthcare organizations support HIPAA compliance activities by improving visibility into internet-facing systems, exposed services, vulnerable technologies, and third-party infrastructure that may affect protected health information. Customers can use Censys ASM and Censys Platform to support risk analysis, vulnerability management, security monitoring, incident investigation, and external exposure reduction.

Censys helps eligible organizations support CJIS compliance activities by identifying exposed infrastructure, monitoring risky services, validating external vulnerabilities, and enriching investigations involving internet-facing indicators. Customers can use Censys ASM and Censys Platform to support security operations workflows related to asset visibility, vulnerability management, incident response, and third-party infrastructure risk.

Censys helps organizations support GDPR compliance activities by improving visibility into internet-facing systems, exposed services, risky changes, suspicious infrastructure, and third-party digital risk that may affect personal data processing environments. Customers can use Censys ASM and Censys Platform to support technical and organizational measures for security, risk management, breach response, and processor oversight.

Censys helps organizations support UK NCSC Cyber Assessment Framework compliance by providing visibility into internet-facing assets, exposed services, vulnerable technologies, suspicious infrastructure, and external risk trends. Customers can use Censys ASM and Censys Platform to support CAF outcomes related to asset management, protection, detection, response, recovery, supply chain risk, and security monitoring. Learn how Censys supports NCSC CAF compliance workflows for cyber resilience, external visibility, and incident response.

Censys helps organizations support the UK NCSC 14 Cloud Security Principles by discovering internet-facing cloud assets, identifying exposed services, monitoring public-facing configuration drift, and investigating cloud infrastructure tied to suspicious activity. Customers can use Censys ASM and Censys Platform to support cloud security governance across asset protection, operational security, monitoring, and secure cloud use.

Censys helps health and care organizations support NHS Data Security and Protection Toolkit activities by identifying externally exposed systems, monitoring vulnerable services, investigating suspicious internet infrastructure, and supporting incident scoping for public-facing digital services. Customers can use Censys ASM and Censys Platform to improve external visibility and gather evidence for security operations workflows tied to data protection. Learn how Censys supports DSPT compliance workflows for healthcare exposure management and incident investigation.

Censys helps organizations support CSA Cloud Controls Matrix aligned programs by identifying exposed cloud-hosted assets, validating internet-facing services, monitoring externally visible configuration drift, and enriching investigations involving cloud infrastructure. Customers can use Censys ASM and Censys Platform to support cloud security workflows related to asset inventory, vulnerability management, monitoring, incident response, and third-party cloud risk.

Censys helps organizations support BSI C5 aligned cloud security programs by providing outside-in visibility into internet-facing cloud infrastructure, exposed services, risky changes, and security events involving public infrastructure. Customers can use Censys ASM and Censys Platform to support cloud exposure monitoring, vulnerability validation, incident investigation, and external risk evidence.

Censys helps automotive organizations support TISAX-aligned security programs by identifying external exposure, monitoring supplier and subsidiary infrastructure, validating vulnerable services, and investigating internet-facing indicators tied to security events. Customers can use Censys ASM and Censys Platform to support information security workflows related to asset visibility, third-party risk, vulnerability management, and incident response.

Censys helps organizations support Australian ISM and IRAP-aligned programs by identifying internet-facing assets, validating exposed services, monitoring external risk, and enriching incident investigations with internet infrastructure context. Customers can use Censys ASM and Censys Platform to support security controls related to asset visibility, vulnerability management, continuous monitoring, incident response, and third-party risk.