# CIS Controls v8 14.7 — Train Workforce on How to Identify and Report if Their Enterprise Assets are Missing Security Updates - Source: https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/cis-controls-v8/14-7-train-workforce-on-how-to-identify-and-report-if-their-enterprise-assets-are-missing - Section: [Compliance](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance) › [CIS Critical Security Controls v8](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/cis-controls-v8) › Control 14 — Security Awareness and Skills Training - Last updated: 2026-06-05 - Publisher: iCompaas, Inc. (https://www.icompaas.com) **CIS Controls v8**·Control `14.7`·critical·Component: **Protect** ## What this control requires > Train workforce to understand how to verify and report out-of-date software patches or any failures in automated processes and tools. Part of this training should include notifying IT personnel of any failures in automated processes and tools. > > — CIS Controls v8, Control 14.7 ### In plain English Train workforce to understand how to verify and report out-of-date software patches or any failures in automated processes and tools. In practice, this means you can prove you protect software-level controls on a defined cadence. ## Why it matters The CIS Controls are an industry-vetted, prioritised defence: skipping a safeguard widens the attack surface that the safeguards above and below it assume is closed. Audit frameworks (FedRAMP, PCI DSS, HIPAA) all cite CIS as evidence of due care. This control is rated **critical** in the source catalogue. Treat gaps here as production incidents in the risk register, not housekeeping. ## What an auditor looks for A CIS-aligned reviewer wants to see (a) which Implementation Group you are targeting, (b) a documented owner for the safeguard, and (c) a tooling or process artefact (config, scan output, ticket) that proves the safeguard runs on the cadence the control demands. Within **Protect**, the assessor will trace your implementation back to the catalogue reference (Control 14.7) and look for objective evidence on the latest two assessment cycles. ## How to implement #### Policy Management **Docs.** Keep each policy in version-controlled Markdown alongside the code that implements it; ship a signed PDF snapshot at each annual review and link the SHA into the SoA. ### Operational checklist - **Protect.** Document the trigger, the owner and the cadence. - **Train.** Document the trigger, the owner and the cadence. - **Scope:** software, date, tools, enterprise. ## Evidence to collect - **Policy Document.** A signed and version-controlled policy / standard / procedure document. Signed policy or standard documents the safeguard. Focus: Train Workforce on How to Identify and Report if Their Enterprise Assets are Missing Security Updates. ## Common pitfalls - Policies that no engineer has read; the version in Confluence drifts from the version that's actually being enforced. ## How it maps to other frameworks Computed from shared tags, control component and key-operation subjects — handy when you are reconciling controls across an audit. - [**GDPR Article 39** — Tasks of the data protection officer](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/gdpr/article-39-tasks-of-the-data-protection-officer) - [**ISO/IEC 27001:2022 A.8.19** — Installation of software on operational systems](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/iso-27001-2022/a-8-19-installation-of-software-on-operational-systems) - [**India DPDP Act 2023 SE-005** — Information Security Governance, Training & Audit](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/india-dpdp-act-2023/se-005-information-security-governance-training-audit) ## Related controls in CIS Controls v8 - [**Control 2.6** — Allowlist Authorized Libraries](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/cis-controls-v8/2-6-allowlist-authorized-libraries) - [**Control 2.3** — Address Unauthorized Software](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/cis-controls-v8/2-3-address-unauthorized-software) - [**Control 2.2** — Ensure Authorized Software is Currently Supported](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/cis-controls-v8/2-2-ensure-authorized-software-is-currently-supported) - [**Control 2.4** — Utilize Automated Software Inventory Tools](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/cis-controls-v8/2-4-utilize-automated-software-inventory-tools) - [**Control 17.3** — Establish and Maintain an Enterprise Process for Reporting Incidents](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/cis-controls-v8/17-3-establish-and-maintain-an-enterprise-process-for-reporting-incidents) - [**Control 3.5** — Securely Dispose of Data](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/cis-controls-v8/3-5-securely-dispose-of-data) ## References - [Center for Internet Security — CIS Controls v8](https://www.cisecurity.org/controls/v8) - Catalogue identifier: `Control 14.7` Topics: governance riskawareness trainingpolicy managementsecurity training ## Related compliance guidance - [SOC 2 compliance: a practical implementation guide for cloud-native SaaS teams](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/soc-2-trust-services-criteria): Configuration checks like this one are the technical half of a SOC 2 / ISO 27001 programme — the guide shows where they fit, what else an auditor expects, and how to evidence them. - [ISO/IEC 27001:2022 compliance: a practical implementation guide](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/iso-27001-2022): ISO 27001 Annex A.8 (technological controls) is where cloud hardening evidence lands; the guide shows how to run the ISMS around it.