ISC2 Governance, Risk and Compliance (CGRC) Practice Question
After monthly vulnerability scanning flagged several critical operating-system patches as missing, the operations team installed the patches on every affected production server. According to ongoing compliance requirements, what is the security practitioner's next step?
Reduce the vulnerability-scan frequency from monthly to quarterly because the risk has been lowered.
Remove the patched servers from future vulnerability scans to avoid duplicate findings.
Record the remediation in the POA&M or risk register, attach evidence, and close the finding.
Submit a formal waiver request so management can accept any residual risk from the vulnerability.
Ongoing compliance activities require that remediation actions be fully documented. Once a weakness has been corrected, the practitioner should update the plan of action and milestones (POA&M) or risk register with evidence of the fix and mark the item as closed. This demonstrates due diligence for future audits. Simply changing scan schedules, requesting risk waivers, or removing the assets from scanning do not satisfy documentation and tracking obligations and could create new compliance gaps.
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