CPS 230 para 43 Systematic BCP Testing Program
The entity must run a systematic testing program for its business continuity plan that covers all critical operations and includes an annual business continuity exercise, testing the effectiveness of the plan and the abi
3
artefacts
0
held by a system
1
at each review
hard
to go live
Document repository
where the evidence lives
teal = a system already holds it · olive = produced at each review
system holds itEvidence a system already holds
none for this control
periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review
- Annual business continuity exercise reports · Document repository
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
- Testing program and schedule covering all critical operations · Document repository
- Results measured against tolerance levels · Document repository
First move
This control is evidenced by people and documents, not systems. Put the document under version control with an owner and review date, and log each review as a record with reviewer and date. Do not try to automate it.
Common gaps auditors find
- Testing covers selected operations only
- Exercises run but tolerance levels not measured
Do this for your whole sheet
Paste the rows you run your controls from and get this mapping for every control at once, with the periodic-review ones flagged and a first move per row. No account for the first run.
Build my evidence sheetCPS 230 para 42 APRA Notification of Disruption Outside Tolerance within 24 Hours · CPS 230 para 44 Tailoring of the Testing Program