MA-2(2) Automated Maintenance Activities
Schedule, conduct, document maintenance via automated mechanisms; HIGH only.
1
artefacts
0
held by a system
1
at each review
hard
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
none for this control
periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review
- Auto-patching evidence · Vulnerability scanner / patch tooling
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
none for this control
First move
This control is evidenced by people and documents, not systems. Put the document under version control with an owner and review date, and log each review as a record with reviewer and date. Do not try to automate it.
Common gaps auditors find
- Manual patch logs
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 sheetMA-2 Controlled Maintenance · MA-3 Maintenance Tools. a. Approve, control, and monitor the use of system maintenance tools; and b. Review previously approved system maintenance tools [Assignment: organization-defined frequency]