164.308(a)(8) Evaluation (Standard)
Perform periodic technical and nontechnical evaluation. NIST recommends combining policy review, control testing, vulnerability assessments, and audits to evaluate ongoing compliance.
4
artefacts
0
held by a system
3
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
- Annual evaluation report · Document repository
- Internal audit reports · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Vulnerability assessment results · Vulnerability scanner / patch tooling
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
- Policy compliance reviews · 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
- Evaluation skipped after major changes
- Evaluation limited to technical scans
- Findings unremediated
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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