SU.5 Firmware Updates
Firmware on routers, firewalls and other in-scope network devices must be kept current. Firmware is treated as software for update purposes.
3
artefacts
1
held by a system
0
at each review
moderate
to go live
Ticketing / ITSM
where the evidence lives
teal = a system already holds it · olive = produced at each review
system holds itEvidence a system already holds
- Firmware change tickets · Ticketing / ITSM
periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review
none for this control
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
- Network device firmware report · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Vendor advisory subscription · Vendor register / contract repository
First move
Start with the 1 of 3 artefacts that already live in a system (Ticketing / ITSM); keep the periodic reviews but log each one as a dated record with a named reviewer.
Common gaps auditors find
- consumer router firmware never updated
- no inventory of firmware versions
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 sheet