03.04.08 Authorized Software - Allow by Exception
Identify software authorized to execute; implement deny-all, allow-by-exception policy; review and update list periodically.
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
- Allowlist configuration (AppLocker/WDAC) · Cloud console / configuration management
periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review
- Review records · Document repository
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
- Software authorization 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
- allowlist in audit mode only
- no review cycle
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.
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