SU.2 Automatic Updates Enabled Where Possible
Automatic updates must be enabled on devices and software where the option exists, to ensure security updates are applied without delay.
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
- WSUS/Intune config · Cloud console / configuration management
periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review
- MacOS auto-update screenshot · Cloud console / configuration management
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
- Windows Update for Business policy · Policy repository / GRC workspace
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
- auto-update deferred indefinitely
- users can opt out
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 sheetSU.1 Software Licensed and Supported · SU.3 Critical and High Updates within 14 Days