ACSC Essential Eight E8-PATCHAPP-ISM-1691: Patch applications (ISM-1691): Patches, updates or other vendor mitigations for vulnerabilities in office productivity suites, web browsers and their extensions, email clients, PDF software, and security products are applied within two weeks of release
Patches, updates or other vendor mitigations for vulnerabilities in office productivity suites, web browsers and their extensions, email clients, PDF software, and security products are applied within two weeks of release. Required at Maturity Levels One and Two of the Patch applications mitigation strategy (Appendices A and B); ISM control ISM-1691 in ASD's Essential Eight to ISM mapping (December 2023). At Maturity Level Three this requirement is replaced by ISM-1692 (48 hours when critical or exploited) and ISM-1901 (two weeks when non-critical).
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