GRC-01 Governance Program Policy and Procedures
Keep approved information governance policies and procedures with visible sponsorship from organisational leadership, and review them at least annually.
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
- Evidence of leadership engagement such as steering committee minutes · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Annual review record · Document repository
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
- The approved governance policy showing leadership sponsorship · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Communication of the policy across the organisation · 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
- Sponsorship claimed in the policy with no leadership activity behind it
- Annual review missed
- Governance programme run entirely below leadership visibility
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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