Control Design
What is Control Design?
The process of defining the specifications and implementation approach for security and compliance controls to address identified risks.
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What the standards actually require on control design
Requirements naming control design across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.
Internal audit's work has to cover whether information security controls are well designed and whether they operate effectively, including controls run by related and third parties (this is information security control assurance).
apra-cps-234::32 · Para 32 Internal audit review of control design and operation →Management's assertion must cover each criterion management applied when judging whether the description is fair, whether control design is suitable and, for a type 2 engagement, whether they operated effectively.
ssae-18-attestation-standards-soc-reporting::320.18 · AT-C 320.18 Assessing the Suitability of the Criteria →There shall be written procedures for production and process control designed to assure that drug products have the identity, strength, quality, and purity they purport or are represented to possess.
CFR211-F-100 · Section 211.100 - Written Procedures and Deviations →The organization plans, carries out and controls the processes needed to satisfy product and service requirements and to put the 6.1 actions into effect.
as9100d-aerospace-quality-management-system::8.1 · 8.1 Operational planning and control →Establish and implement a testing program that assesses the effectiveness of the information security capability, monitor and evaluate control design and operating effectiveness, escalate deficiencies to senior management, use independent skilled testers, and...
AUCDR-IS-STEP4 · Step 4 - Implement a formal controls assessment program →The report and controls matrix clearly state why each control, design, process or procedure is effective or ineffective. The controls matrix records for each ISM control a brief description of its implementation and effectiveness, the split of responsibility w...
australia-irap-information-security-registered-assessors-program::IRAP-AR-0040 · IRAP-AR-0040 Explain why each control is effective or ineffective →Questions people ask about control design
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