8.3.1 General
On the basis of the business impact analysis and risk assessment outputs, identify and select business continuity strategies that consider options for before, during and after a disruption, each strategy comprising one o
3
artefacts
0
held by a system
2
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
- Traceability from BIA and risk assessment outputs into the strategy options considered · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Record of which solutions make up each selected strategy · Document repository
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
- Options covering the before, during and after phases · 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
- Only during disruption options considered, with nothing done to reduce likelihood beforehand
- Strategy stated at a level too high to name any actual solution
- Options never documented, so only the chosen one is visible
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 sheet8.3 Business continuity strategies and solutions · 8.3.2 Identification of strategies and solutions