API Reference: Vulnerability Exception Tracking
Exception States
| State |
Description |
| draft |
Initial creation, not yet submitted |
| pending_approval |
Awaiting approval chain |
| approved |
All approvers accepted |
| rejected |
Any approver denied |
| expired |
Past expiration date |
| revoked |
Manually revoked |
Approval Chain by Severity
| Severity |
Approvers |
| Critical |
Security Lead -> CISO -> Risk Committee |
| High |
Security Lead -> CISO |
| Medium |
Security Lead |
| Low |
Security Lead |
Maximum Exception Duration
| Severity |
Max Days |
| Critical |
30 |
| High |
90 |
| Medium |
180 |
| Low |
365 |
ServiceNow GRC API
# Create risk exception
curl -X POST "https://instance.service-now.com/api/now/table/sn_grc_exception" \
-u "user:pass" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"short_description":"CVE-2024-1234 exception","risk_score":"8.5","state":"draft"}'
Archer GRC API
# Create exception record
curl -X POST "https://archer.example.com/api/core/content" \
-H "Authorization: Archer session-token=$TOKEN" \
-d '{"Content":{"LevelId":42,"FieldContents":{"1001":{"Value":"Exception for CVE-2024-1234"}}}}'
Compensating Control Categories
| Category |
Examples |
| Network |
Segmentation, ACLs, micro-segmentation |
| Monitoring |
Enhanced logging, alerting, SIEM rules |
| Application |
WAF rules, input validation, rate limiting |
| Access |
MFA, PAM, least privilege enforcement |
| Process |
Manual review, change control, audit |