CA-7(1) Independent Assessment
Employ independent assessors for ongoing monitoring; FedRAMP 3PAO annual.
1
artefacts
0
held by a system
0
at each review
hard
to go live
Document repository
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
none for this control
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
- 3PAO ConMon engagement · Document repository
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
- No independent ConMon
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 sheetCA-7 Continuous Monitoring · CA-7(4) Continuous Monitoring | Risk Monitoring. Ensure risk monitoring is an integral part of the continuous monitoring strategy that includes the following: (a) Effectiveness monitoring; (b) Compliance monitoring; and (c) Change monitoring