GRC-06 Governance Responsibility Model
Document who plans, implements, operates, assesses and improves the governance programme, and what each of those roles is accountable for.
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 the assessment role is independent of the operate role · Identity provider / directory
- Review of the model as the organisation changes · Identity provider / directory
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
- A responsibility model covering plan, implement, operate, assess and improve · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Named roles or individuals against each · 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
- Assessment and operation held by the same role, removing independence
- Model documented at a level too abstract to hold anyone accountable
- Improvement stage unassigned, so findings never drive change
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 sheetGRC-05 Information Security Program · GRC-07 Information System Regulatory Mapping