EvidenceSheet
NIST CSF 2.0 · GV - Govern

GV.RM-04 Strategic direction that describes appropriate risk response options is established and communicated

Strategic direction that describes appropriate risk response options is established and communicated

Source: NIST CSF 2.0, GV.RM-04. The statement above is our statement of the clause, read from the published text and cited so you can check it against the official text, not the instrument verbatim. Open NIST CSF 2.0 in the compliance library.

5
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. To go live: easy when half or more of the artefacts are already held by a system, moderate from a quarter to a half, hard below a quarter.

These are the artefacts auditors commonly ask for on this requirement, our guidance rather than text from the standard. Your assessor decides what is sufficient in your context, and asks for samples across the period when a report covers one.

system holds itEvidence a system already holds

none for this control

periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review

  • Strategy approval record from executive leadership · Document repository
  • Annual strategy review and refresh records · Document repository

governing documentDocuments that govern the control

  • Cybersecurity strategy document with three to five year horizon · Document repository
  • Roadmap aligned to strategic pillars and resourcing · Document repository
  • Strategy traceability matrix to investments · Policy repository / GRC workspace

First move

No system holds this evidence for you: it is people and documents. Reminders and routing to the owner still save time. Put the document under version control with an owner and review date, and log each review as a record with reviewer and date.

Common gaps auditors find

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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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