What evidence do auditors commonly ask for on CPS 230 para 44 Annual BCP update?

BCP version history with annual review dates and change log; Trace from test and review findings to BCP amendments; Annual BCP review sign-off.

What is the most common gap auditors find on CPS 230 para 44?

BCP reviewed annually but test findings not reflected

APRA CPS 230 · Business continuity (paras 33 to 45)

`CPS 230 para 44` Annual BCP update

Each year the entity must update its BCP as needed to reflect changes to its strategy, business mix, risk profile, or legal or organisational structure, and to address shortcomings found through reviewing and testing the BCP.

Source: APRA CPS 230, CPS 230 para 44. The statement above is our statement of the clause, read from the published text and cited so you can check it against the official text, not the instrument verbatim. Open APRA CPS 230 in the compliance library.

Applies to APRA-regulated entities.

artefacts

held by a system

at each review

moderate

to go live

SIEM / log platform

where the evidence lives

teal = a system already holds it · olive = produced at each review. To go live: easy when half or more of the artefacts are already held by a system, moderate from a quarter to a half, hard below a quarter.

These are the artefacts auditors commonly ask for on this requirement, our guidance rather than text from the standard. Your assessor decides what is sufficient in your context, and asks for samples across the period when a report covers one.

system holds itEvidence a system already holds

BCP version history with annual review dates and change log · SIEM / log platform

periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review

Annual BCP review sign-off · Policy repository / GRC workspace

governing documentDocuments that govern the control

Trace from test and review findings to BCP amendments · Policy repository / GRC workspace

First move

Start with the 1 of 3 artefacts that already live in a system (SIEM / log platform); keep the periodic reviews but log each one as a dated record with a named reviewer.

Common gaps auditors find

BCP reviewed annually but test findings not reflected
Restructures not reflected in plan owners and contacts

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 sheet

CPS 230 para 43 Tailored test scenarios including material service provider disruption · CPS 230 para 45 Internal audit periodic review and assurance on the BCP