The system must employ automated mechanisms or must have an application installed that, on an organization defined frequency determines the state of information system components with regard to flaw remediation.

Organizations are required to identify information systems containing software affected by recently announced software flaws (and potential vulnerabilities resulting from those flaws) and report this information to designated organizational officials with information security responsibilities (e.g., senior information security officers, information system security managers, information systems security officers). To support this requirement, an automated process or mechanism is required.