FedRAMP High
RA - Risk Assessment

FedRAMP High RA-5(2): Update Vulnerabilities to be Scanned

Update vulnerability list prior to scan, when new vulnerabilities identified, or at FedRAMP frequency.

Maintained by Gerard BlokdykVerified against the published standard Control text last updated

What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 23 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.

SOC 2 · 3 controls

  • SOC2-CC3.4 CC3.4 Identifying and assessing significant changes (COSO principle 9)
  • SOC2-CC7.1 CC7.1 Detecting configuration changes and new vulnerabilities
  • SOC2-CC8.1 CC8.1 Managing changes to procedures, software, data and infrastructure

ACSC Essential Eight · 2 controls

  • E8-PATCHAPP-ML1 Patch Applications (ML1)
  • E8-PATCHAPP-ML2 Patch Applications (ML2)

CIS Controls v8 · 2 controls

  • CIS-7.1 Establish and Maintain a Vulnerability Management Process
  • CIS-7.5 Perform Automated Vulnerability Scans of Internal Enterprise Assets

ISO 27002:2022 · 2 controls

  • 5.7 Threat intelligence
  • 8.8 Management of technical vulnerabilities
  • SEC01-BP04 Stay up to date with security threats and recommendations
  • PV-5 Perform vulnerability assessments

C5 (Germany) · 1 control

  • C5-OPS-18 Managing Vulnerabilities, Malfunctions and Errors - Concept

CMMC 2.0 · 1 control

ISO 27001:2022 · 1 control

  • 8.8 Management of technical vulnerabilities
  • 03.11.02 Vulnerability Monitoring and Scanning
  • RA-5(2) RA-5(2) Vulnerability Monitoring and Scanning | Update Vulnerabilities to Be Scanned
  • RA-5(2) RA-5(2) Vulnerability Monitoring and Scanning | Update Vulnerabilities to Be Scanned
  • RA-5(2) RA-5(2) Vulnerability Monitoring and Scanning | Update Vulnerabilities to Be Scanned

PCI DSS 4.0 · 1 control

  • 6.3.1 6.3.1 Vulnerability identification and risk ranking

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 RA - Risk Assessment

You are reading one control. How much of FedRAMP High have you already done?

FedRAMP High RA-5(2) is one control. If you already hold one of the frameworks below, a reviewed crosswalk already says how much of FedRAMP High your existing evidence covers. Hold C5 (Germany) and 119 of 410 FedRAMP High 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. 6 were rejected on the C5 (Germany) pair alone.

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The graph holds this control, the 23 it maps to, and the evidence behind each claim, over MCP and REST.