CIS Controls v8
CIS Control 14: Security Awareness and Skills Training

CIS Controls v8 CIS-14.7: Train Workforce on How to Identify and Report if Their Enterprise Assets are Missing Security Updates

Teach the workforce how to check for and report missing software patches and any failure of automated processes and tools. The training should cover telling IT staff about such failures.

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What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 29 controls across 10 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

SOC 2 · 6 controls

  • SOC2-CC2.2 CC2.2 Internal communication of objectives and control responsibilities (COSO principle 14)
  • SOC2-CC4.1 CC4.1 Ongoing and separate evaluations of control (COSO principle 16)
  • SOC2-CC4.2 CC4.2 Evaluating and communicating control deficiencies (COSO principle 17)
  • SOC2-CC5.2 CC5.2 General controls over technology (COSO principle 11)
  • SOC2-CC7.1 CC7.1 Detecting configuration changes and new vulnerabilities
  • SOC2-CC7.2 CC7.2 Monitoring system components for anomalies

ISO 27001:2022 · 5 controls

  • 5.24 Information security incident management planning and preparation 
  • 6.3 Information security awareness, education and training
  • 6.8 Information security event reporting
  • 8.8 Management of technical vulnerabilities
  • 8.9 Configuration management

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 · 5 controls

ISO 27002:2022 · 3 controls

  • 5.24 Information security incident management planning and preparation
  • 6.3 Information security awareness, education and training
  • 8.8 Management of technical vulnerabilities

ISO 22301:2019 · 2 controls

ISO 27701:2019 · 2 controls

  • 5.5.3 Awareness
  • 6.9.6 Technical vulnerability management
  • NIST-CSF-DE.AE-06 Information on adverse events is provided to authorized staff and tools
  • NIST-CSF-PR.AT-01 Personnel are provided with awareness and training so that they possess the knowledge and skills to perform general tasks with cybersecurity risks in mind

PCI DSS 4.0 · 2 controls

  • 5.3.1 5.3.1 Anti-malware kept current through automatic updates
  • 6.3.1 6.3.1 Vulnerability identification and risk ranking

CMMC 2.0 · 1 control

  • 03.02.01 Literacy Training and Awareness

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 CIS Control 14: Security Awareness and Skills Training

You are reading one control. How much of CIS Controls v8 have you already done?

CIS Controls v8 CIS-14.7 is one control. If you already hold one of the frameworks below, a reviewed crosswalk already says how much of CIS Controls v8 your existing evidence covers. Hold ISO 27001:2022 and 102 of 153 CIS Controls v8 controls already carry evidence.

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