GRC-01 Governance Program Policy and Procedures
The organisation keeps approved, published and applied rules and working procedures for an information governance programme that has the sponsorship of organisational leadership. They are reviewed and refreshed at least once a year and when significant changes occur.
Source: CSA CCM v4.1, GRC-01. 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 CSA CCM v4.1 in the compliance library.
Version 4.1 adds 11 controls (among them API security, log sanitisation and a service bill of materials) and renumbers several domains. CSA accepts v4.0.x during its transition; if your STAR assessment is still on v4.0.1, check the numbering against it.
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
none for this control
periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review
- Review records annual and event driven · Document repository
- Communication records to staff · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Evidence of leadership oversight meetings · Document repository
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
- Information governance policy with leadership sponsorship stated · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Governance charter · Policy repository / GRC workspace
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Common gaps auditors find
- Sponsorship nominal with no leadership involvement
- Policy not reviewed after reorganisation
- Scope unclear
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