PV-6 Rapidly and automatically remediate vulnerabilities
Deploy patches and updates rapidly and automatically to remediate vulnerabilities in cloud resources, prioritising by risk so severe vulnerabilities on high value assets are addressed first.
4
artefacts
2
held by a system
0
at each review
easy
to go live
Vulnerability scanner / patch tooling
where the evidence lives
teal = a system already holds it · olive = produced at each review
system holds itEvidence a system already holds
- Automated patch deployment configuration and schedule · Vulnerability scanner / patch tooling
- Exception register for assets excluded from automated patching · Vulnerability scanner / patch tooling
periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review
none for this control
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
- Risk-based prioritisation criteria combining severity and asset value · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Mean time to remediate by severity · Policy repository / GRC workspace
First move
Automate the pull from your Vulnerability scanner / patch tooling. Scan schedule, findings and remediation age straight from the scanner; patch compliance from the patch console.
Common gaps auditors find
- patching scheduled monthly regardless of severity
- asset value not factored so critical systems queue behind test systems
- automation covers operating systems only, leaving platform services unpatched
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.
Build my evidence sheetPV-5 Perform vulnerability assessments · PV-7 Conduct regular red team operations