10.2: Configure Automatic Anti-Malware Signature Updates

Configure automatic updates for anti-malware signature files on all enterprise assets.

Asset Type

Security Function

Implementation Groups

Devices

Protect

1, 2, 3

Dependencies

  • Safeguard 10.1: Deploy and Maintain Anti-Malware Software

Inputs

  1. GV30: Assets capable of supporting anti-malware software

  2. GV31: Assets with at least one authorized anti-malware software intalled

  3. GV3: Configuration standards

Operations

  1. For each asset in Input 2 GV31, check configuraions GV3 to determine if anti-malware software is configured to autmatically update signature files

    1. Identify and enumerate assets properly configured for automatic updates (M2)

    2. Identify and enumerate asets not properly configured for automatic updates (M3)

Measures

  • M1 = Count of GV30

  • M2 = Count of assets configured to automatically update signature files

  • M3 = Count of assets not configured to automatically update signature files

Metrics

Coverage