Has your organization implemented a formal vulnerability management plan that includes identification, assessment, prioritization, and remediation processes?
Explanation
A vulnerability management plan is essential for systematically identifying and addressing security weaknesses across your systems and applications. This plan should outline processes for discovering vulnerabilities through scanning tools, assessing their severity based on potential impact, prioritizing fixes based on risk levels, and implementing appropriate remediation measures.
Evidence could include a documented vulnerability management policy/procedure, scan schedules, risk scoring methodology, remediation timeframes, and reports showing vulnerability tracking from identification through resolution.
Implementation Example
Create a vulnerability management plan to identify and assess all types of vulnerabilities and to prioritize, test, and implement risk responses
ID: ID.IM-04.191
Context
- Function
- ID: IDENTIFY
- Category
- ID.IM: Improvement
- Sub-Category
- Incident response plans and other cybersecurity plans that affect operations are established, communicated, maintained, and improved
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- Does your organization have a process to identify and implement improvements to incident response procedures based on findings from exercises, tests, and reviews?
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- Does your organization involve internal stakeholders (such as senior executives, legal, and HR) in security tests and exercises?