UK Cyber Essentials
Security Update Management

UK Cyber Essentials CE-SU.5: Firmware Updates

Firmware on routers, firewalls and other in-scope network devices must be kept current. Firmware is treated as software for update purposes.

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What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 17 controls across 13 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

  • ASBv3-PV-6 Rapidly and automatically remediate vulnerabilities
  • PV-5 Perform vulnerability assessments

FedRAMP High · 2 controls

  • CM-6 Configuration Settings
  • SI-2 Flaw Remediation

FedRAMP Moderate · 2 controls

  • CM-6 Configuration Settings
  • SI-2 Flaw Remediation

NIST SP 800-161 Rev 1 · 2 controls

  • ANSSI-HYG-34 Define an Update Policy for Information System Components
  • ASD37-19 Patch operating systems (Essential)

C5 (Germany) · 1 control

  • C5-OPS-22 Testing and Documentation of known Vulnerabilities

CIS Controls v8 · 1 control

  • CIS-12.1 Ensure Network Infrastructure is Up-to-Date

ISO 27001:2022 · 1 control

  • 8.20 Networks security

ISO 27002:2022 · 1 control

  • 8.20 Networks security
  • NIST-CSF-PR.PS-03 Hardware is maintained, replaced, and removed commensurate with risk

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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You are reading one control. How much of UK Cyber Essentials have you already done?

UK Cyber Essentials CE-SU.5 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.

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 FedRAMP Moderate pair alone.

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