Criticality High Active

Vulnerability Reporting & SLA Management

Establishes vulnerability reporting and SLA management including SLA definition, monitoring, metrics, executive reporting, operational reporting, trend analysis, review, escalation, and continuous improvement.

Control ID
VUL-006
Domain Code
VUL
Control Nature
Detective
Business Owner
Security Operations / IT Operations
Category
Administrative
Compensating Control
No

Control Overview

VUL-006 · Full Control Profile
Business Description

Establish and maintain reporting processes and remediation service level objectives for vulnerability management activities.

Business Objective

Ensure timely remediation, management oversight, and continuous measurement of vulnerability management performance.

Business Benefits

    Business Risks if Missing

      Stakeholders, Industries & Technologies

      VUL-006 · Operating Context

      Primary Stakeholders

      Applicable Industries

      Applicable Technologies

      Mapped Regulatory & Industry Frameworks

      Harmonized Framework Mappings

      The following compliance and regulatory frameworks map directly to this control's governance scope.

      FRAMEWORK CODE FRAMEWORK NAME & DESCRIPTION FAMILY / CATEGORY VERSION ACTION
      DORA Digital Operational Resilience Act The EU Digital Operational Resilience Act establis...
      EU
      Regulation
      		 vCurrent View →
      IRDAI IRDAI Information & Cyber Security Guidelines IRDAI information and cyber-security requirements...
      India
      Guideline
      		 vLatest View →
      ISO27001 ISO/IEC 27001 ISO/IEC 27001 specifies auditable requirements for...
      ISO
      Standard
      		 v2022 View →
      ISO27002 ISO/IEC 27002 ISO/IEC 27002 is a guidance standard containing a...
      ISO
      Standard
      		 v2022 View →
      NIS2 NIS2 Directive The NIS2 Directive establishes EU-wide cybersecuri...
      EU
      Directive
      		 vCurrent View →
      NIST-CSF NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) The NIST Cybersecurity Framework provides high-lev...
      NIST
      Framework
      		 v2 View →
      NIST80053 NIST SP 800-53 NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 presents control families, i...
      NIST
      Control Catalog
      		 vRev. 5 View →
      NPCI-ISR NPCI Information Security Requirements NPCI information-security requirements define cont...
      India
      Standard
      		 vLatest View →
      PCI-DSS PCI DSS PCI DSS is an industry security standard maintaine...
      PCI
      Standard
      		 v4 View →
      RBI-CSF RBI Cyber Security Framework / Master Directions RBI cyber-security requirements and directions set...
      India
      Regulation
      		 vLatest View →
      SEBI-CSCRF SEBI Cyber Security & Cyber Resilience Framework SEBI’s Cybersecurity and Cyber Resilience Framewor...
      India
      Regulation
      		 vLatest View →
      SOC2 SOC 2 Trust Services Criteria SOC 2 is an independent examination and reporting...
      AICPA
      Audit Framework
      		 vLatest View →
      COBIT2019 COBIT COBIT is an enterprise governance and management f...
      COBIT
      Governance Framework
      		 v2019 View →
      GDPR General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) The General Data Protection Regulation is a bindin...
      EU
      Regulation
      		 vCurrent View →
      HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act HIPAA is a U.S. federal law supported by implement...
      US
      Law
      		 vCurrent View →

      Parent Domain Context

      Governance Domain Baseline
      Domain Name:
      Vulnerability & Patch Management (VUL)
      Purpose:
      To identify, prioritize, and remediate vulnerabilities and patch known security flaws.
      Scope:
      Enterprise
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      Compliance Requirements & Audit Crosswalk

      10 Specific Audit Clauses

      The following requirements dictate specific audit evidence criteria and testing steps mapped directly under this control.

      REQUIREMENT ID REQUIREMENT TITLE & DETAILS MAPPED CONTROL TYPICAL OWNER ACTION
      VUL-006-R001 Reporting Framework The organization shall establish a vulne... VUL-006 Vulnerability Reporting & SLA... Vulnerability Management / CISO View ↗
      VUL-006-R002 Remediation SLA Definition The organization shall define remediatio... VUL-006 Vulnerability Reporting & SLA... Vulnerability Management / CISO View ↗
      VUL-006-R003 SLA Monitoring The organization shall monitor remediati... VUL-006 Vulnerability Reporting & SLA... Vulnerability Management / CISO View ↗
      VUL-006-R004 Vulnerability Metrics The organization shall define and track... VUL-006 Vulnerability Reporting & SLA... Vulnerability Management / CISO View ↗
      VUL-006-R005 Executive Reporting The organization shall provide executive... VUL-006 Vulnerability Reporting & SLA... Vulnerability Management / CISO View ↗
      VUL-006-R006 Operational Reporting The organization shall provide operation... VUL-006 Vulnerability Reporting & SLA... Vulnerability Management / CISO View ↗
      VUL-006-R007 KPI & Trend Analysis The organization shall conduct KPI and t... VUL-006 Vulnerability Reporting & SLA... Vulnerability Management / CISO View ↗
      VUL-006-R008 Reporting Review The organization shall conduct periodic... VUL-006 Vulnerability Reporting & SLA... Vulnerability Management / CISO View ↗
      VUL-006-R009 Escalation Management The organization shall establish escalat... VUL-006 Vulnerability Reporting & SLA... Vulnerability Management / CISO View ↗
      VUL-006-R010 Reporting Continuous Improvement The organization shall establish a conti... VUL-006 Vulnerability Reporting & SLA... Vulnerability Management / CISO View ↗