← GLBA · Safeguards Rule (16 CFR 314)
314.4(f) — Oversight of service providers
Requirement
Service providers are overseen by taking reasonable steps to select and retain providers capable of maintaining appropriate safeguards, requiring them by contract to implement and maintain such safeguards, and periodically assessing them based on the risk they present and the continued adequacy of their safeguards.
What the engine looks for
Every group below must be satisfied — by an affirmative statement, not a plan, a hedge or a denial — for the control to count as covered. A term ending in … matches any word it begins. Supporting terms do not change the verdict — they raise confidence and distinguish a policy that names a mechanism from one that gestures at a category.
Finding any of these outranks coverage — a policy that admits the gap is worse than silence.
Equivalent controls elsewhere
Matched on shared topics. Satisfying this control usually moves these too.
| Framework | Control | Title | Shared topics |
|---|---|---|---|
| GDPR | Art.28 | Processors and processing agreements | vendor-management third-party |
| CCPA/CPRA | 1798.100(d) | Contracts with service providers, contractors and third parties | vendor-management third-party |
| SOC 2 | CC9.2 | Vendor and business partner risk management | vendor-management third-party |
| ISO 27001 | A.5.19 | Information security in supplier relationships | vendor-management third-party |
| PCI DSS 4.0.1 | 12.8 | Third-party service provider management | vendor-management third-party |
| HIPAA | 164.308(b)(1) | Business associate contracts (R) | vendor-management third-party |
| NIST CSF 2.0 | GV.SC-03 | Supply chain risk management is integrated | vendor-management third-party |
| NDPA 2023 | s.29 | Data processor engagement | vendor-management third-party |