CCI-002611

Defines the security-relevant software updates to be automatically installed on organization-defined system components.

Implementation Guidance

Determine if [SI-02(05)_ODP[01]; security-relevant software and firmware updates to be automatically installed to system components are defined] are installed automatically to [SI-02(05)_ODP[02]; system components requiring security-relevant software updates to be automatically installed are defined].

Validation Procedures

Examine: [SELECT FROM: System and information integrity policy; system and information integrity procedures; procedures addressing flaw remediation; mechanisms supporting flaw remediation and automatic software/firmware updates; system design documentation; system configuration settings and associated documentation; records of recent security-relevant software and firmware updates automatically installed to system components; system audit records; system security plan; other relevant documents or records]. Interview: [SELECT FROM: System/network administrators; organizational personnel with information security responsibilities; organizational personnel installing, configuring, and/or maintaining the system; organizational personnel responsible for flaw remediation]. Test: [SELECT FROM: Mechanisms implementing automatic software/firmware updates].

The controls below (if any) were marked by NIST as being related to CCI-002611.