UK Cyber Essentials
Security Update Management

UK Cyber Essentials CE-SU.3: Critical and High Updates within 14 Days

All high or critical security updates (CVSS 7.0+ or vendor critical/high rating) must be applied within 14 days of release.

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This control maps to 41 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 · 4 controls

  • RA-5 Vulnerability Monitoring and Scanning
  • SI-2 Flaw Remediation
  • SI-2(3) Flaw Remediation | Time to Remediate Flaws and Benchmarks for Corrective Actions (SI-2(3))
  • SI-5 Security Alerts, Advisories, and Directives

FedRAMP Moderate · 4 controls

  • RA-5 Vulnerability Monitoring and Scanning
  • SI-2 Flaw Remediation
  • SI-2(3) Flaw Remediation | Time to Remediate Flaws and Benchmarks for Corrective Actions (SI-2(3))
  • SI-5 Security Alerts, Advisories, and Directives

C5 (Germany) · 3 controls

  • C5-OPS-18 Managing Vulnerabilities, Malfunctions and Errors - Concept
  • C5-OPS-19 Managing Vulnerabilities, Malfunctions and Errors - Penetration Tests
  • C5-OPS-22 Testing and Documentation of known Vulnerabilities

CIS Controls v8 · 3 controls

  • CIS-7.1 Establish and Maintain a Vulnerability Management Process
  • CIS-7.3 Perform Automated Operating System Patch Management
  • CIS-7.7 Remediate Detected Vulnerabilities

CMMC 2.0 · 3 controls

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 · 3 controls

  • 03.11.02 Vulnerability Monitoring and Scanning
  • 03.14.01 Flaw Remediation
  • 03.14.03 Security Alerts, Advisories, and Directives

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 · 3 controls

  • ASD37-02 Patch applications (Essential)
  • ASD37-19 Patch operating systems (Essential)
  • SEC01-BP04 Stay up to date with security threats and recommendations
  • SEC06-BP01 Perform vulnerability management
  • ASBv3-PV-6 Rapidly and automatically remediate vulnerabilities
  • PV-5 Perform vulnerability assessments

NIST SP 800-161 Rev 1 · 2 controls

PCI DSS 4.0 · 2 controls

  • 6.3.1 6.3.1 Vulnerability identification and risk ranking
  • 6.3.3 6.3.3 Timely installation of security patches
  • ANSSI-HYG-34 Define an Update Policy for Information System Components

ISO 27001:2022 · 1 control

  • 8.8 Management of technical vulnerabilities

ISO 27002:2022 · 1 control

  • 8.8 Management of technical vulnerabilities

SOC 2 · 1 control

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

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UK Cyber Essentials CE-SU.3 is one control. If you already hold one of the frameworks below, a reviewed crosswalk already says how much of UK Cyber Essentials your existing evidence covers. Hold FedRAMP Moderate and 29 of 36 UK Cyber Essentials controls already carry evidence.

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