8.3.3 Selection of strategies and solutions
Select from the identified candidates on the extent to which they meet the required time frames and agreed capacity, fit the amount and type of risk the organization is prepared to take, and stand up on associated costs
4
artefacts
0
held by a system
1
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
- Selection decision record naming the three selection factors · Document repository
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
- Statement of the risk the organization is prepared to take that the decision was judged against · Document repository
- Cost and benefit analysis behind the chosen solution · Document repository
- Approval by the authority able to accept the residual exposure · 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
- Selection made on cost with time frames and risk appetite unexamined
- Risk appetite never articulated, so fit to appetite cannot be judged
- Residual gap between what the solution delivers and what the BIA requires left unrecorded and unaccepted
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 sheet8.3.2 Identification of strategies and solutions · 8.3.4 Resource requirements