PL-7 Concept of Operations. Develop a Concept of Operations (CONOPS) for the system describing how the organization intends to operate the system from the perspective of information security and privacy; and Review and update the
Concept of Operations. Develop a Concept of Operations (CONOPS) for the system describing how the organization intends to operate the system from the perspective of information security and privacy; and Review and update.
5
artefacts
0
held by a system
2
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
- Evidence the CONOPS covers operating modes, operator roles and the security assumptions behind them · Identity provider / directory
- Review and update records against the defined frequency · Document repository
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
- The Concept of Operations document describing how the system is intended to be operated from a security and privacy perspective · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Traceability from the CONOPS to the system security plan and privacy plan, showing they agree · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Approval of the CONOPS by the accountable system owner · 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
- CONOPS written as a functional description with security and privacy operation absent, which is the specific angle the control requires
- Never updated after major change, so it describes a system that no longer exists
- Contradicts the system security plan on operating assumptions, and neither document is reconciled
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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