7.5 Perform Automated Vulnerability Scans of Internal Enterprise Assets
Perform automated vulnerability scans of internal enterprise assets on a quarterly, or more frequent, basis. Conduct both authenticated and unauthenticated scans, using a SCAP-compliant vulnerability scanning tool.
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artefacts
2
held by a system
1
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
- Evidence the safeguard is implemented: Perform Automated Vulnerability Scans of Internal Enterprise Assets · Vulnerability scanner / patch tooling
- Configuration / tooling output demonstrating the safeguard · Cloud console / configuration management
periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review
- Records showing the safeguard is operating (logs, reports, reviews) · SIEM / log platform
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
- Policy/standard covering CIS Control 7 (Continuous Vulnerability Management) · 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
- Safeguard implemented for some assets but not all in scope
- No evidence of ongoing operation (point-in-time only)
- Implementation Group IG2 baseline not met
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 sheet7.4 Perform Automated Application Patch Management · 7.6 Perform Automated Vulnerability Scans of Externally-Exposed Enterprise Assets