Control Testing
What is Control Testing?
The process of evaluating whether controls are designed appropriately and operating effectively to achieve their intended objectives. Control testing is a core component of compliance audits and attestation engagements.
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What the standards actually require on control testing
Requirements naming control testing across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.
Where the entity relies on a related party or third party testing of controls over its information assets, it must assess whether the nature and frequency of that testing meets the same factors that govern its own testing program.
CPS234-P28 · Assessment of Reliance on Third Party Control Testing →Per PIC/S GMP Chapter 6: quality control. Requirements include (a) implement Quality Control independent from production with separate authority + (b) implement Quality Control Testing including raw materials + intermediates + finished products + stability + e...
PICSGMP-6 · Chapter 6: Quality Control, Testing, Batch Release →Conduct controls testing covering each control included in the program of risk analysis and oversight, at a frequency determined by an appropriate risk analysis, with key controls tested no less frequently than every three years for covered entities and the ke...
CFTC-SS-15 · Controls Testing →Perform periodic technical and nontechnical evaluation. NIST recommends combining policy review, control testing, vulnerability assessments, and audits to evaluate ongoing compliance.
164.308(a)(8) · Evaluation (Standard) →Perform periodic technical and nontechnical evaluation. NIST recommends combining policy review, control testing, vulnerability assessments, and audits to evaluate ongoing compliance.
164.308(a)(8) · Evaluation (Standard) →Engage independent third-party for annual cybersecurity assessment per NGC 5.260(k) covering the cybersecurity programme effectiveness + risk assessment validation + control testing + compliance with NGC 5.260 + recommendations.
NGCB-8 · Annual Independent Cybersecurity Assessment + Reporting + Board Oversight →Questions people ask about control testing
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