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France ANSSI RGS

Referentiel General de Securite - French government security baseline, crypto, IAM, audit.

Referentiel General de Securite - French government security baseline, crypto, IAM, audit.

Short nameANSSI RGS
RegionEurope
Country or scopeFrance
SectorGovernment
In your workspaceOn unless you switch it off in Compliance › Manage.

How Safeguard covers ANSSI RGS

  • Scan requirements: 6, all decided by a scan.
  • Controls: the scan requirements below, plus 10 controls from Safeguard's control catalog for ANSSI RGS.
  • Automated tests: none map to it directly. You can link any automated test to its controls yourself (how).
  • Policy templates: 25: 3 written for ANSSI RGS and 22 from the standard set.

How each kind of coverage works, and what the readiness score counts: Compliance frameworks.

What a scan checks

Each scan of a product checks these 6 requirements against what the scan found, including the product's software inventory (SBOM).

RequirementWhat Safeguard checksDecided by
FR-RGS-B1 Cryptographic Integrity MechanismsSystems must employ ANSSI-approved cryptographic mechanisms to guarantee integrity and authenticity; cryptographic hashes over the deployed software components are the SBOM-level expression of this control (RGS v2.0 Annex B1)Scan
FR-RGS-RISK Risk Analysis Asset IdentificationSecurity accreditation rests on a risk analysis (EBIOS-style) that must identify the assets composing the system; an enumerated software component inventory is the entry condition for that analysis (RGS v2.0, risk-analysis requirement)Scan
FR-RGS-HOMOLOG Homologation DossierInformation systems must undergo formal security accreditation supported by a documented dossier describing the system; an identified, timestamped SBOM is a core artifact of such a dossier (RGS v2.0, homologation requirement)Scan
FR-RGS-QUALIF Qualified Products and ProvidersThe RGS establishes qualification of security products and trust service providers, presupposing that the origin and creator of deployed software artifacts is recorded and verifiable (RGS v2.0, qualification scheme)Scan
FR-RGS-MCS Maintaining Security Over TimeAccredited systems must be kept in a secure condition throughout their life, including applying security updates; that maintenance is only auditable when component versions are recorded (RGS v2.0, maintien en condition de sécurité)Scan
FR-RGS-AUDIT Auditability of ComponentsPeriodic security audits of accredited systems require that the audited components be unambiguously identifiable via standard identifiers (RGS v2.0, audit requirement)Scan

More controls in the catalog

The framework's Controls tab lists its scan requirements and these controls from Safeguard's control catalog. Evidence them with automated tests, uploaded evidence, policies or an attestation.

ControlName
RGS-A1-1Cryptographic Algorithm Approval (Annex A1)
RGS-A1-2Cryptographic Key Management
RGS-A2-1Authentication Mechanism Qualification (Annex A2)
RGS-A2-2Electronic Signature Qualification (Annex A2)
RGS-A3-1Audit Log Integrity (Annex A3)
RGS-A3-2Timestamping and Non-Repudiation (Annex A3)
RGS-A4-1Software Integrity Verification (Annex A4)
RGS-A4-2Secure Software Distribution
RGS-PSSI-1Information System Security Policy (PSSI)
RGS-HOMO-1ANSSI Security Product Homologation

Policy templates

Written for ANSSI RGS:

  • ANSSI RGS: Privacy Notice (French Public Services)
  • ANSSI RGS: Data Subject Rights Procedure
  • ANSSI RGS: Information Security Policy (PSSI)

And 22 from the standard set, adapted to ANSSI RGS.

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