6.12.1 Information security in supplier relationships
Supplier agreements must state whether personal data is processed and the minimum technical and organizational measures the supplier must meet for the organization to satisfy its own security and privacy obligations, mus
5
artefacts
0
held by a system
1
at each review
hard
to go live
Vendor register / contract 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
- Independent audit reports or certifications obtained and reviewed, not merely required · Vendor register / contract repository
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
- Supplier agreements stating whether personal data is processed and the minimum measures required · Vendor register / contract repository
- Responsibility allocation matrix across the organization, partners, suppliers and third parties · Vendor register / contract repository
- Compliance support mechanism written into the agreement · Vendor register / contract repository
- Where the organization is a processor, contract terms limiting subcontractor processing to its instructions · Vendor register / contract 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
- Agreements requiring appropriate measures without specifying any, which is unenforceable
- Independent audit called for in the contract and never collected or read
- Responsibility allocation absent, so obligations fall between the organization and its supplier
- Processor to subcontractor contracts silent on the instruction limitation, breaking the chain
- Supply chain assurance stopping at the first tier
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 sheet6.11.3 Test data · 6.12.2 Supplier service delivery management