Criticality High Active

Exposure Analytics

Establishes exposure analytics including data collection, trend analysis, attack surface analysis, exposure scoring, executive dashboards, reporting, and predictive analysis for vulnerability intelligence.

Control ID
VUL-008
Domain Code
VUL
Control Nature
Detective
Business Owner
Security Operations
Category
Technical
Compensating Control
No

Control Overview

VUL-008 · Full Control Profile
Business Description

Establish and maintain capabilities to analyze vulnerability data, attack exposure, remediation trends, and organizational risk posture.

Business Objective

Support strategic decision-making through enterprise-wide vulnerability and exposure analytics.

Business Benefits

    Business Risks if Missing

      Stakeholders, Industries & Technologies

      VUL-008 · Operating Context

      Primary Stakeholders

      Applicable Industries

      Applicable Technologies

      Mapped Regulatory & Industry Frameworks

      Harmonized Framework Mappings

      The following compliance and regulatory frameworks map directly to this control's governance scope.

      FRAMEWORK CODE FRAMEWORK NAME & DESCRIPTION FAMILY / CATEGORY VERSION ACTION
      COBIT2019 COBIT COBIT is an enterprise governance and management f...
      COBIT
      Governance Framework
      		 v2019 View →
      DORA Digital Operational Resilience Act The EU Digital Operational Resilience Act establis...
      EU
      Regulation
      		 vCurrent View →
      GDPR General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) The General Data Protection Regulation is a bindin...
      EU
      Regulation
      		 vCurrent View →
      HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act HIPAA is a U.S. federal law supported by implement...
      US
      Law
      		 vCurrent View →
      IRDAI IRDAI Information & Cyber Security Guidelines IRDAI information and cyber-security requirements...
      India
      Guideline
      		 vLatest View →
      ISO27002 ISO/IEC 27002 ISO/IEC 27002 is a guidance standard containing a...
      ISO
      Standard
      		 v2022 View →
      NIS2 NIS2 Directive The NIS2 Directive establishes EU-wide cybersecuri...
      EU
      Directive
      		 vCurrent View →
      NIST-CSF NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) The NIST Cybersecurity Framework provides high-lev...
      NIST
      Framework
      		 v2 View →
      NIST80053 NIST SP 800-53 NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 presents control families, i...
      NIST
      Control Catalog
      		 vRev. 5 View →
      NPCI-ISR NPCI Information Security Requirements NPCI information-security requirements define cont...
      India
      Standard
      		 vLatest View →
      RBI-CSF RBI Cyber Security Framework / Master Directions RBI cyber-security requirements and directions set...
      India
      Regulation
      		 vLatest View →
      SEBI-CSCRF SEBI Cyber Security & Cyber Resilience Framework SEBI’s Cybersecurity and Cyber Resilience Framewor...
      India
      Regulation
      		 vLatest View →
      SOC2 SOC 2 Trust Services Criteria SOC 2 is an independent examination and reporting...
      AICPA
      Audit Framework
      		 vLatest View →
      ISO22301 ISO/IEC 22301 ISO 22301 specifies requirements for a Business Co...
      ISO
      Standard
      		 v2019 View →
      ISO27001 ISO/IEC 27001 ISO/IEC 27001 specifies auditable requirements for...
      ISO
      Standard
      		 v2022 View →
      PCI-DSS PCI DSS PCI DSS is an industry security standard maintaine...
      PCI
      Standard
      		 v4 View →

      Parent Domain Context

      Governance Domain Baseline
      Domain Name:
      Vulnerability & Patch Management (VUL)
      Purpose:
      To identify, prioritize, and remediate vulnerabilities and patch known security flaws.
      Scope:
      Enterprise
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      Compliance Requirements & Audit Crosswalk

      10 Specific Audit Clauses

      The following requirements dictate specific audit evidence criteria and testing steps mapped directly under this control.

      REQUIREMENT ID REQUIREMENT TITLE & DETAILS MAPPED CONTROL TYPICAL OWNER ACTION
      VUL-008-R001 Exposure Analytics Framework The organization shall establish an expo... VUL-008 Exposure Analytics Risk & Compliance / System Owner View ↗
      VUL-008-R002 Exposure Data Collection The organization shall collect exposure... VUL-008 Exposure Analytics Risk & Compliance / System Owner View ↗
      VUL-008-R003 Risk Trend Analysis The organization shall conduct risk tren... VUL-008 Exposure Analytics Risk & Compliance / System Owner View ↗
      VUL-008-R004 Attack Surface Analysis The organization shall conduct attack su... VUL-008 Exposure Analytics Risk & Compliance / System Owner View ↗
      VUL-008-R005 Exposure Scoring The organization shall apply exposure sc... VUL-008 Exposure Analytics Risk & Compliance / System Owner View ↗
      VUL-008-R006 Executive Dashboards The organization shall develop and maint... VUL-008 Exposure Analytics Risk & Compliance / System Owner View ↗
      VUL-008-R007 Analytics Reporting The organization shall report on exposur... VUL-008 Exposure Analytics Risk & Compliance / System Owner View ↗
      VUL-008-R008 Analytics Review The organization shall conduct periodic... VUL-008 Exposure Analytics Risk & Compliance / System Owner View ↗
      VUL-008-R009 Predictive Analysis The organization shall establish predict... VUL-008 Exposure Analytics Risk & Compliance / System Owner View ↗
      VUL-008-R010 Analytics Continuous Improvement The organization shall establish a conti... VUL-008 Exposure Analytics Risk & Compliance / System Owner View ↗