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Remediation Plan

What is Remediation Plan?

A documented plan of action for addressing identified compliance gaps, audit findings, or security vulnerabilities. Remediation plans include specific actions, owners, timelines, and priorities for closing each identified gap.

Compliance

Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as remediation plan. The number is how many controls name both.

What the standards actually require on remediation plan

Requirements naming remediation plan across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.

The entity agrees and finalises a Remediation Plan for the findings, in close consultation with the supervisor/authority, and tracks remediation to completion.

TIBER-3.6 · Remediation Plan →

Within eight weeks of the authority's notification under Article 12(7) the entity must give the TLPT authority, and its competent authority where different, remediation plans and the DORA Article 26(6) documentation.

dora-rts-on-threat-led-penetration-testing-commission-delegated-regulation-eu-2025-1190::13 · Article 13: Remediation plan →

Plan and implement risk responses for vulnerabilities, including remediation, mitigation, or acceptance with rationale.

SP800-218-RV.2.2 · Develop and Implement Remediation Plans →

The assessment and gap identification must use the form TSA provides (TSA Form 1604, Pipeline Cybersecurity Self-Assessment, aligned with the NIST Cybersecurity Framework functions and categories;

tsa-pipeline-cybersecurity-directives::SD01-II.D.2 · SD01 II.D.2 and 3 Use TSA Form 1604 and submit the assessment and remediation plan →
FedRAMP Rev 53 controls

The preparation phase ends with a kickoff meeting that formally begins the agency authorization, introduces the team, reviews the offering and aligns the process and milestone timelines, so that all stakeholders share an understanding of the process, milestone...

fedramp-rev-5::A.6 · A.6 Kickoff meeting →

The entity must keep the capability needed to carry out the BCP, including access to technology, resources and people (which may be held in-house or under an agreement with another party, in which case that agreement must meet the service provider requirements...

apra-cps-230-operational-risk-management::40 · Para 40 Maintain BCP execution capability; monitor tolerances; report breaches to the Board →

Questions people ask about remediation plan

What is Remediation Plan?
A documented plan of action for addressing identified compliance gaps, audit findings, or security vulnerabilities. Remediation plans include specific actions, owners, timelines, and priorities for closing each identified gap.
Why is Remediation Plan important for compliance?
Remediation Plan is a key concept in Compliance. Understanding remediation plan helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 1,016 frameworks with 316K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Remediation Plan?
Remediation Plan appears in the requirement text of ECB TIBER-EU Framework, DORA RTS on Threat-Led Penetration Testing (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/1190), NIST SP 800-218, TSA Pipeline Cybersecurity Directives, FedRAMP Rev 5. Across these standards we have identified 9 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Remediation Plan?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how remediation plan applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 1,016 frameworks.

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Written and maintained by Gerard Blokdyk, The Art of Service.