ISC2 Governance, Risk and Compliance (CGRC) Practice Question
After completing a security control assessment, the project team discovers two moderate vulnerabilities that cannot be fixed before the system's upcoming authorization to operate (ATO). They need a formal record that identifies each weakness, assigns a responsible party, and establishes interim milestones for remediation. Which document should they update to capture this residual risk and planned corrective actions?
A Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&M) is used to document known security weaknesses, the resources required to remediate them, the individual or group responsible, and scheduled completion dates. It provides management with a structured, trackable plan for reducing residual risk after an assessment.
A risk register logs identified risks and their status but does not require detailed milestones for remediation activities. A configuration management plan governs how system configurations are controlled and does not track open security deficiencies. A contingency plan describes how to respond to disruptive events rather than how to resolve known control gaps. Therefore, updating the POA&M is the correct action in this scenario.
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