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Escalation Procedure

What is Escalation Procedure?

A defined process for elevating issues, incidents, or decisions to higher levels of authority when they exceed current handling capability.

Governance

What the standards actually require on escalation procedure

Requirements naming escalation procedure across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.

COBIT 20192 controls

Deviations are dealt with by looking into and fixing the availability, performance and capacity problems that have been found: vendors' product manuals are used to set suitable performance and availability levels for peak workloads and processing;

cobit-2019::BAI04.05 · BAI04.05 Investigate and address availability, performance and capacity issues →
ISO 37500:20142 controls

Define the roles and responsibilities and assign the resources for transition: set up the team; set up a transfer management committee with its meeting frequency;

iso-37500-2014::8.2 · Establish transition project team →

A risk management approach is agreed for testing on live production systems, including controls, escalation procedures and a risk management plan to prevent and contain unintended impact.

TIBER-1.5 · Risk management for live testing →

Exercise and test plans state objectives, expectations, scenarios, assumptions and constraints, metrics for success, roles for participants, support staff and observers, a consolidated schedule, decision makers and succession, locations, escalation procedures...

ffiec-it-examination-handbook::BCM-VII.E · VII.E Exercise and Test Plans (Business Continuity Management) →
HKMA TM-G-11 control

HKMA TM-G-1 Cyber + Audit + Outsourcing + Cloud. (1) SECURITY MONITORING AND SIEM (TM-G-1.7.1) - SIEM + SOC + 24x7 monitoring + log management + correlation + use cases + alert handling + escalation + UEBA + behavior analytics + SOAR automation + threat detect...

HKMA-TMG1-Cyber-Monitoring-Threat-Intel-IR-Audit-Outsource-Cloud · TM-G-1 Security Monitoring + SIEM + Threat Intel + Cyber IR + Audit + Outsourcing + Cloud Computing Risk →

If a result falls inside an established critical decision limit, the user or another authorized person shall be told as soon as is clinically relevant.

iso-15189-2022-medical-laboratories-requirements-for-quality-and-competence::7.4.1.3 · 7.4.1.3 Critical result reports →

Questions people ask about escalation procedure

What is Escalation Procedure?
A defined process for elevating issues, incidents, or decisions to higher levels of authority when they exceed current handling capability.
Why is Escalation Procedure important for compliance?
Escalation Procedure is a key concept in Governance. Understanding escalation procedure helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 1,016 frameworks with 316K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Escalation Procedure?
Escalation Procedure appears in the requirement text of COBIT 2019, ISO 37500:2014, ECB TIBER-EU Framework, FFIEC IT Examination Handbook, HKMA TM-G-1. Across these standards we have identified 8 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Escalation Procedure?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how escalation procedure applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 1,016 frameworks.

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