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  3. >Threat And Vulnerability Management
  4. >Threat And Vulnerability Management - Objective 1
  5. >C2M2-THREAT-1M
C2M2-THREAT-1MActive

Mechanisms are established and maintained to receive and respond to reports from the public or external parties of potential vulnerabilities related to the organization’s IT and OT assets, such as public-facing websites or mobile applications

Statement

Mechanisms are established and maintained to receive and respond to reports from the public or external parties of potential vulnerabilities related to the organization’s IT and OT assets, such as public-facing websites or mobile applications

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Domain
Threat and Vulnerability Management
Objective
Threat and Vulnerability Management - Objective 1

Practice Details

Identifier
C2M2-THREAT-1M
Domain
Threat and Vulnerability Management
Objective
Objective 1
Maturity Level
MIL-3

Help Text

In the event that an individual external to the organization identifies a vulnerability in an IT or OT asset within the organization, it would be beneficial for the organization to be notified. Development of a process that integrates with existing vulnerability management activities would better enable the cybersecurity program in the identification of vulnerabilities. This mechanism should enable the organization to receive communications and take necessary action (e.g., analysis and testing to verify a reported vulnerability exists). The implemented mechanism should complement current vulnerability management activities and organizations should consider if the mechanism would necessitate additional resources. For example, if a bug in a website allows an attacker to access unauthorized information, the individual who discovered the vulnerability sends an email to a specified email address with details about the vulnerability. This capability may be implemented in a variety of ways, such as setting up a web form, a dedicated email address, or through a third-party service.

Related Practices · Progression: This practice is part of a practice progression. Practice progressions are groups of related practices that represent increasingly complete or more advanced implementations of an activity. The practices in this progression include: THREAT-1b, THREAT-1i, THREAT-1m.

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C2M2-THREAT-1AInformation sources to support cybersecurity vulnerability discovery are identified, at least in an ad hoc mannerC2M2-THREAT-1BCybersecurity vulnerability information is gathered and interpreted for the function, at least in an ad hoc mannerC2M2-THREAT-1CCybersecurity vulnerability assessments are performed, at least in an ad hoc mannerC2M2-THREAT-1DCybersecurity vulnerabilities that are relevant to the delivery of the function are mitigated, at least in an ad hoc mannerC2M2-THREAT-1ECybersecurity vulnerability information sources that collectively address higher priority assets are monitoredC2M2-THREAT-1FCybersecurity vulnerability assessments are performed periodically and according to defined triggers, such as system changes and external eventsC2M2-THREAT-1GIdentified cybersecurity vulnerabilities are analyzed and prioritized, and are addressed accordinglyC2M2-THREAT-1HOperational impact to the function is evaluated prior to deploying patches or other mitigationsC2M2-THREAT-1IInformation on discovered cybersecurity vulnerabilities is shared with organization-defined stakeholdersC2M2-THREAT-1JCybersecurity vulnerability information sources that collectively address all IT and OT assets within the function are monitoredC2M2-THREAT-1KCybersecurity vulnerability assessments are performed by parties that are independent of the operations of the functionC2M2-THREAT-1LVulnerability monitoring activities include review to confirm that actions taken in response to cybersecurity vulnerabilities were effectiveC2M2-THREAT-1MMechanisms are established and maintained to receive and respond to reports from the public or external parties of potential vulnerabilities related to the organization’s IT and OT assets, such as public-facing websites or mobile applications