Australian Information Security Manual
Guidelines for system management

Australian Information Security Manual ISM-1691: Patching user-facing applications within two weeks

Patches, updates or other vendor mitigations for vulnerabilities in office productivity suites, web browsers and their extensions, email clients, PDF applications, and security products are applied within two weeks of release.

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What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 2 controls across 2 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

ACSC Essential Eight · 1 control

  • 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

CIS Controls v8 · 1 control

  • CIS-7.4 Perform Automated Application Patch Management

Every mapping shown was judged rather than inferred from wording similarity, and the ones that failed review are published too. See the coverage reports and what was rejected.

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