CPS 230 para 46 Internal Audit Review of the Business Continuity Plan
Internal audit must periodically review the business continuity plan and give the Board assurance that it is a credible plan for holding critical operations within tolerance levels through severe disruption and that test
3
artefacts
0
held by a system
2
at each review
hard
to go live
Policy repository / GRC workspace
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
- Internal audit reports on the BCP · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Assessment of the adequacy and conduct of testing · Policy repository / GRC workspace
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
- Assurance opinions provided to the Board · Policy repository / GRC workspace
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
- Audit reviews testing paperwork without opining on plan credibility
- No periodic cadence defined
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.
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