Control Assessment
What is Control Assessment?
The evaluation of a security or compliance control to determine whether it is properly designed and operating effectively.
Terms that appear alongside control assessment
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as control assessment. The number is how many controls name both.
- remediation 3 shared controls
- security control assessment 3 shared controls
- continuous monitoring 2 shared controls
- audit 2 shared controls
- nist 2 shared controls
- security controls 2 shared controls
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What the standards actually require on control assessment
Requirements naming control assessment across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.
Requires selection of a suitably independent assessor, a documented assessment plan covering scope, procedures and environment, approval of that plan by the authorizing official before assessment begins, assessment of controls on a defined frequency, and produ...
NIST800-CA-2 · Control assessments →Executes the approved plan and records, for each determination statement, whether it is satisfied or other than satisfied, with the supporting evidence.
53A-3.3 · Conduct Control Assessments →Assess controls annually (FedRAMP); third-party assessor (3PAO) required; produce SAR.
CA-2 · Control Assessments →Assess controls annually (FedRAMP); third-party assessor (3PAO) required; produce SAR.
CA-2 · Control Assessments →Assess that the organization periodically assesses the security controls in organizational systems to determine if the controls are effective in their application.
3.12.1 · Security Control Assessment →Execute the Assess step per NIST SP 800-37 Rev 2 Chapter 3 Step 5. Determine whether controls selected for implementation are implemented correctly + operating as intended + producing the desired outcome with respect to meeting the security and privacy require...
NISTSP37-5 · RMF Assess Step: Control Assessment and Independent Assessor →Questions people ask about control assessment
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