PR.PS-02 Software is maintained, replaced, and removed commensurate with risk
Software is maintained, replaced, and removed commensurate with risk. Control from NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 framework, domain: PR - Protect.
5
artefacts
0
held by a system
2
at each review
hard
to go live
Policy repository / GRC workspace
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
- Software risk assessments for unsupported tools · Document repository
- Software retirement records · Document repository
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
- Software lifecycle policy with end of support tracking · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Patch management cadence and exception register · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- End of life replacement plan · Policy repository / GRC workspace
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
- EOL software in production beyond plan
- Patch SLAs missed for embedded systems
- Replacement plans unfunded
- Retirement records incomplete
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 sheetPR.PS-01 Configuration management practices are established and applied · PR.PS-03 Hardware is maintained, replaced, and removed commensurate with risk