Azure Security Benchmark
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Azure Security Benchmark ASBv3-ES-3: Ensure anti-malware software and signatures are updated

Ensure anti-malware signatures and the anti-malware solution itself are updated rapidly and consistently across the endpoint estate.

What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 33 controls across 25 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

CMMC 2.0 · 2 controls

FedRAMP High · 2 controls

  • SI-2 Flaw Remediation
  • SI-3 Malicious Code Protection

FedRAMP Moderate · 2 controls

  • SI-2 Flaw Remediation
  • SI-3 Malicious Code Protection

NIST SP 800-161 Rev 1 · 2 controls

  • SI-2 Flaw Remediation
  • SI-3 Malicious Code Protection
  • SI-2 Flaw Remediation
  • SI-3 Malicious Code Protection
  • SI-2 Flaw Remediation
  • SI-3 Malicious Code Protection

PCI DSS 4.0 · 2 controls

  • 5.3.5 Anti-malware cannot be disabled by users
  • 5.3.1 The anti-malware solution(s) is kept current via automatic updates
  • ASD37-16 Antivirus software with signatures (Limited)
  • AUCDR-IS-5 Limit, prevent, detect and remove malware

C5 (Germany) · 1 control

  • C5-OPS-05 Protection Against Malware - Implementation

CIS Controls v8 · 1 control

  • CIS-10.2 Configure Automatic Anti-Malware Signature Updates

HIPAA Security Rule · 1 control

ISO 27001:2022 · 1 control

  • 8.7 Protection against malware

ISO 27002:2022 · 1 control

  • 8.7 Protection against malware

ISO 27701:2019 · 1 control

  • 6.9.2 Protection from malware
  • NIST-CSF-PR.PS-02 Software is maintained, replaced, and removed commensurate with risk

NIST SP 800-172 · 1 control

  • 3.14.6e Use Threat Indicator Information for Detection

SOC 2 · 1 control

  • SOC2-CC6.8 Controls to prevent or detect unauthorized or malicious software

UK Cyber Essentials · 1 control

  • CE-MP.2 Anti-Malware Signatures Updated

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.

Other controls in Endpoint Security

You are reading one control. How much of Azure Security Benchmark have you already done?

Azure Security Benchmark ASBv3-ES-3 is one control. If you already hold one of the frameworks below, a reviewed crosswalk already says how much of Azure Security Benchmark your existing evidence covers. Hold NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 and 71 of 85 Azure Security Benchmark controls already carry evidence.

Each report names every control your existing framework evidences, every one it does not, the reasoning behind each claim, and the claims that were argued against and rejected. 0 were rejected on the NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 pair alone.

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