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Threat and Vulnerability Management

What is Threat and Vulnerability Management?

An ongoing programme for identifying, evaluating, and addressing threats and vulnerabilities in an organisation's IT environment. Combines threat intelligence, vulnerability scanning, risk prioritisation, and remediation tracking.

Information Security

What the standards actually require on threat and vulnerability management

Requirements naming threat and vulnerability management across 3 standards, quoted from the control text.

PCI SSF2 controls

Threats to and vulnerabilities in the software are identified, assessed and addressed through a maintained process.

pci-ssf::10.1 · Secure Software Standard 10.1 (Threat and Vulnerability Management) →

Keep approved policies and procedures for identifying, reporting and prioritising vulnerability remediation so systems are not left open to exploitation, and review them at least annually.

CCM-TVM-01 · Threat and Vulnerability Management Policy and Procedures →

The organisation maintains approved and enforced policies and procedures for finding, reporting and prioritising the fixing of vulnerabilities and threats so systems are protected against exploitation, communicates them, checks how well they work, and revisits...

cloud-security-alliance-cloud-controls-matrix-ccm-v4-1::TVM-01 · Threat and Vulnerability Management Policy and Procedures →

Questions people ask about threat and vulnerability management

What is Threat and Vulnerability Management?
An ongoing programme for identifying, evaluating, and addressing threats and vulnerabilities in an organisation's IT environment. Combines threat intelligence, vulnerability scanning, risk prioritisation, and remediation tracking.
Why is Threat and Vulnerability Management important for compliance?
Threat and Vulnerability Management is a key concept in Information Security. Understanding threat and vulnerability management 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 Threat and Vulnerability Management?
Threat and Vulnerability Management appears in the requirement text of PCI SSF, Cloud Security Alliance Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) v4.0.1, Cloud Security Alliance Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) v4.1. Across these standards we have identified 4 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Threat and Vulnerability Management?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how threat and vulnerability management 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.

See how Threat and Vulnerability Management applies across compliance frameworks

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