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AWS Well-Architected Security Pillar SEC01-BP04: Stay up to date with security threats and recommendations

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What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 36 controls across 18 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

FedRAMP High · 3 controls

  • RA-3 Risk Assessment
  • RA-5(2) Update Vulnerabilities to be Scanned
  • SI-5 Security Alerts, Advisories, and Directives

FedRAMP Moderate · 3 controls

  • RA-3 Risk Assessment
  • RA-5(2) Update Vulnerabilities to be Scanned
  • SI-5 Security Alerts, Advisories, and Directives

ISO 27001:2022 · 3 controls

  • 5.6 Contact with special interest groups
  • 5.7 Threat intelligence
  • 8.8 Management of technical vulnerabilities

ISO 27002:2022 · 3 controls

  • 5.6 Contact with special interest groups
  • 5.7 Threat intelligence
  • 8.8 Management of technical vulnerabilities
  • NIST-CSF-DE.AE-07 Cyber threat intelligence and other contextual information are integrated into the analysis
  • NIST-CSF-ID.RA-02 Cyber threat intelligence is received from information sharing forums and sources
  • NIST-CSF-ID.RA-03 Internal and external threats to the organization are identified and recorded

NIST SP 800-161 Rev 1 · 3 controls

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 · 3 controls

C5 (Germany) · 2 controls

  • C5-OIS-05 Contact with Relevant Government Agencies and Interest Groups
  • C5-OPS-18 Managing Vulnerabilities, Malfunctions and Errors - Concept

CMMC 2.0 · 2 controls

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 · 2 controls

  • E8-PATCHAPP-ML1 Patch Applications (ML1)
  • AUCDR-IS-STEP3 Step 3 - Have and maintain an information security capability

NIST SP 800-218 · 1 control

PCI DSS 4.0 · 1 control

  • 6.3.1 6.3.1 Vulnerability identification and risk ranking

SOC 2 · 1 control

  • SOC2-CC7.1 CC7.1 Detecting configuration changes and new vulnerabilities

UK Cyber Essentials · 1 control

  • CE-SU.3 Critical and High Updates within 14 Days

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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