164.308(a)(5)(ii)(B) Protection from Malicious Software (Addressable)
Implement procedures for guarding against, detecting, and reporting malicious software. NIST recommends endpoint protection, email filtering, web filtering, and user reporting channels.
4
artefacts
1
held by a system
1
at each review
moderate
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
- Email gateway configuration · Endpoint management (MDM / EDR)
periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review
- Malware incident records · Endpoint management (MDM / EDR)
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
- Endpoint protection deployment report · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- User reporting procedure · Policy repository / GRC workspace
First move
Start with the 1 of 4 artefacts that already live in a system (Endpoint management (MDM / EDR)); keep the periodic reviews but log each one as a dated record with a named reviewer.
Common gaps auditors find
- Endpoints with disabled protection
- No central management console
- Servers excluded from protection
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 sheet164.308(a)(5)(ii)(A) Security Reminders (Addressable) · 164.308(a)(5)(ii)(C) Log-in Monitoring (Addressable)