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Vulnerability Management Policy Template

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Summary

Defines how vulnerabilities are identified, documented, assessed, prioritized, remediated, verified, and reported across applications, infrastructure, endpoints, cloud resources, databases, devices, and code repositories. Covers scanning, testing, timelines, exceptions, and risk acceptance.

Purpose

The purpose of this policy is to define a structured process for discovering, documenting, and mitigating vulnerabilities in systems, applications, and infrastructure, thereby reducing risk exposure and supporting business resilience.

Scope

This policy applies to all assets under the organization's control, including on-premises systems, cloud-hosted resources, applications, databases, servers, workstations, network devices, IoT/OT systems (if applicable), and code repositories, that could impact security posture or service delivery.

Framework Mapping

Appendix A includes mappings to common security and compliance frameworks for this template.
ISO/IEC 27002:2022
8.30 Technical Vulnerability Management
SOC 2 TSC
CC7.2: Threat and vulnerability detectionCC7.4: Remediation procedures
NIST CSF v2.0
DE.CM-8: Vulnerability scansPR.IP-12: Vulnerability management
NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5
RA-5: Vulnerability Monitoring and ScanningSI-2: Flaw Remediation

Complete table of contents

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  1. 1. Purpose
  2. 2. Scope
  3. 3. Policy Statement
  4. 3.1 Vulnerability Documentation
  5. 3.2 Identification Methods
  6. 3.2.1 Vulnerability Scanning
  7. 3.2.2 Penetration Testing
  8. 3.3 Vulnerability Assessment
  9. 3.4 Remediation and Risk Acceptance
  10. 3.4.1 Remediation Timelines
  11. 3.4.2 Risk Acceptance and Controls
  12. 3.5 Threat Intelligence and Monitoring
  13. 3.6 Management Reporting and Metrics
  14. 4. Roles and Responsibilities
  15. 5. References and Related Policies
  16. 6. Definitions
  17. 7. Policy Exceptions
  18. 8. Compliance and Monitoring
  19. 9. Policy Review
  20. Appendix A: Framework Control Mapping
  21. Appendix B: Revision History
  22. Appendix C: Approvals

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