CM-11 User-Installed Software
Prevents users and integrators from installing software of unverified origin onto organizational systems.
3
artefacts
1
held by a system
1
at each review
moderate
to go live
Cloud console / configuration management
where the evidence lives
teal = a system already holds it · olive = produced at each review
system holds itEvidence a system already holds
- Installation restriction configuration · Cloud console / configuration management
periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review
- Records of exceptions and their basis · Document repository
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
- Approved software list · Document repository
First move
Start with the 1 of 3 artefacts that already live in a system (Cloud console / configuration management); keep the periodic reviews but log each one as a dated record with a named reviewer.
Common gaps auditors find
- integrators install tooling on production systems at will
- restriction enforced on endpoints only
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 sheetCM-10 Software Usage Restrictions · CM-12 Information Location