SI-2(4)

Requirement

Employ automated patch management tools to facilitate flaw remediation to the following system components: [Assignment: organization-defined system components].

Discussion

Using automated tools to support patch management helps to ensure the timeliness and completeness of system patching operations.

NIST 800-53A Assessment Guidance

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; list of system flaws; records of recent security-relevant software and firmware updates that are 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: Automated patch management tools; mechanisms implementing automatic software/firmware updates; mechanisms facilitating flaw remediation to system components].

ID	Assessment Objectives
SI-02(04)	automated patch management tools are employed to facilitate flaw remediation to <SI-02(04)_ODP components>.

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