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Policy Development

What is Policy Development?

The process of creating new organizational policies including research, drafting, stakeholder consultation, approval, and implementation.

Governance

Frameworks that govern policy development

COBIT 2019View framework →ISO 27001:2022View framework →NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0View framework →

What the standards actually require on policy development

Requirements naming policy development across 3 standards, quoted from the control text.

ISO/IEC 29147:20181 control

Developing a vulnerability disclosure policy including required and recommended elements

29147-9.1 · Vulnerability disclosure policy development →
EU Better Internet for Kids (BIK+) Strategy1 control

Pillar 3 commits the Commission to embedding child participation in policymaking on issues affecting them. The Strategy invites Member States to involve children in national policy development on digital issues, supported by the BIK Youth Panel, the SICs youth...

BIK-P1 · Child participation in policymaking →
UNESCO Recommendation on the Ethics of AI1 control

Per UNESCO AI: 11 policy action areas including ethical impact assessment + ethical governance + data policy + development + employment + culture + education + research + health + environment + gender + child.

UNESCOAI-4 · Policy Action Areas (Ethical Impact, Research, Data, etc.) →

Questions people ask about policy development

What is Policy Development?
The process of creating new organizational policies including research, drafting, stakeholder consultation, approval, and implementation.
Why is Policy Development important for compliance?
Policy Development is a key concept in Governance. Understanding policy development helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Policy Development?
Policy Development appears in the requirement text of ISO/IEC 29147:2018, EU Better Internet for Kids (BIK+) Strategy, UNESCO Recommendation on the Ethics of AI. Across these standards we have identified 3 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Policy Development?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how policy development 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 686 frameworks.

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Written and maintained by Gerard Blokdyk, The Art of Service.