ISO 27001 Annex A.8.8: technical vulnerability management, in practice.
ISO 27001 expects an ongoing, documented process for managing technical vulnerabilities — not a once-a-year scan. PollySec gives you continuous identification across your external and internal surface, exploit-aware prioritisation, and audit-ready evidence.
Where PollySec supports ISO 27001
PollySec covers the technical-vulnerability and monitoring controls of Annex A — the operational evidence your ISMS and auditor rely on.
A.8.8 — Technical vulnerability management
Continuously identify technical vulnerabilities across your external and internal surface, ranked by real-world exploit risk — the operational core of A.8.8.
A.8.16 — Monitoring activities
Continuous re-scanning and deception decoys detect drift and intrusion, feeding the monitoring evidence auditors ask for.
A.5.7 — Threat intelligence
Findings are enriched with known-exploited, exploit-probability and malicious-infrastructure intelligence, so prioritisation reflects real attacker activity.
Asset inventory (A.5.9)
A live inventory of internet-facing and internal assets underpins the information-asset register your ISMS depends on.
Audit-ready evidence
Generate an ISO 27001 evidence pack as a PDF on demand — timestamps, verified findings, remediation and re-tests, not a one-off snapshot.
Continuous, not a snapshot
A certificate is a three-year cycle, not one audit. PollySec keeps the technical-vulnerability process running and documented in between.
A Swedish security company — your data in Sweden
PollySec is built by a Swedish company. Run it in our cloud in Sweden or fully self-hosted — data and systems stay under your control. The same continuously-verified evidence base carries your NIS2 and PCI DSS work.
PollySec supports your ISO 27001 work with continuous technical monitoring and evidence — it is not a certification, not an audit, and not legal advice. Your certification body determines certification.
Frequently asked questions
- Does ISO 27001 require vulnerability scanning?
- ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A.8.8 requires you to manage technical vulnerabilities — identify them, evaluate exposure and take action. A vulnerability assessment is not strictly mandatory as a named control, but continuous technical-vulnerability management is the practical way to satisfy A.8.8 and to hold the evidence an auditor expects.
- What is Annex A.8.8 in practice?
- You need to know your assets, learn about their vulnerabilities in a timely way, evaluate the risk and remediate. PollySec covers the identification, prioritisation and evidence side — continuous scanning of your external and internal surface, exploit-aware ranking, and an audit-ready record.
- Is a scan the same as evidence for the auditor?
- No. "We have a scanner" is not an evidence chain. PollySec turns findings into standing, timestamped proof — what existed, that it was validated, that it was remediated and that the fix held — so your compliance spend produces the artefact the audit needs.
- Where is our data stored?
- PollySec is built by a Swedish company. Run it in our cloud in Sweden or fully self-hosted in your own environment — data and systems stay under your control, which helps with data-sovereignty expectations across ISO 27001, NIS2 and PCI DSS.
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