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16.6 IG2

Control 16 / Application Software Security

Establish and Maintain a Severity Rating System and Process for Application Vulnerabilities

Think of it likeRanking home repairs by importance and urgency.

In plain English

A rating system ranks software vulnerabilities by severity, so the most urgent fixes come first.

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