EvidenceSheet

11 Operating system hardening (Very Good)

Harden operating systems based on vendor guidance and ASD guidance. Remove unneeded software, services and ports.

4
artefacts
2
held by a system
1
at each review
easy
to go live
Endpoint management (MDM / EDR)
where the evidence lives
teal = a system already holds it · olive = produced at each review

system holds itEvidence a system already holds

  • Configuration / tooling output demonstrating the strategy · Endpoint management (MDM / EDR)
  • Records showing ongoing operation · Endpoint management (MDM / EDR)

periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review

  • Evidence the mitigation strategy is implemented and maintained: Operating system hardening · Endpoint management (MDM / EDR)

governing documentDocuments that govern the control

  • Coverage across in-scope systems · Policy repository / GRC workspace

First move

Automate the pull from your Endpoint management (MDM / EDR). Device compliance report from the MDM (encryption, EDR agent, OS version) on a daily pull.

Common gaps auditors find

Do this for your whole sheet

Paste the rows you run your controls from and get this mapping for every control at once, with the periodic-review ones flagged and a first move per row. No account for the first run.

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10 Server application hardening (Very Good) · 12 Antivirus software with heuristics (Very Good)