At least one application administrator must be registered to receive update notifications, or security alerts, when automated alerts are available.

From Application Security and Development Security Technical Implementation Guide

Associated with: CCI-001285

SV-85039r1_rule At least one application administrator must be registered to receive update notifications, or security alerts, when automated alerts are available.

Vulnerability discussion

Administrators should register for updates to all COTS and custom-developed software, so when security flaws are identified, they can be tracked for testing and updates of the application can be applied.Admin personnel should be registered to receive updates to all components of the application, such as Web Server, Application Servers, and Database Servers. Also, if update notifications are provided for any custom-developed software, libraries or third-party tools, deployment personnel must also register for these updates.

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Review the components of the application. Ask the application representative to demonstrate deployment personnel are registered to receive notifications for update notification for all of the application components including custom-developed software, libraries and third-party tools. If no deployment personnel are registered to receive the alerts, this is a finding.

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Register administrators to receive update notifications so they can patch and update applications and application components.

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