AM-05 Commitment to Permissible Use, Safe Handling and Return of Assets
Obtain a demonstrable commitment from internal and external personnel to the acceptable use and handling rules before they receive assets that the risk assessment identifies as security relevant, and evidence the return
4
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
- Signed handling commitments held against individual personnel records · Document repository
- Risk assessment determining which asset types require an explicit prior commitment · Policy repository / GRC workspace
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
- Issue register linking every handed out device or token to its current holder · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Return receipts and offboarding sign off for departed employees and contractors · HR system / LMS
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
- Devices handed to new starters before any handling commitment is signed
- Leavers keep equipment with no recorded recovery attempt or write off decision
- Issue register never reconciled against the list of departures
- Commitments collected from employees only, leaving contracted personnel outside the control
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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