What is the most common gap auditors find on ID.IM-02?

Closure declared without retest

`ID.IM-02` Improvements are identified from security tests and exercises, including those done in coordination with…

Q: What evidence do auditors commonly ask for on ID.IM-02 Improvements are identified from security tests and exercises, including those done in coordination with…?

Risk and control assessment findings tracker; Internal audit cyber findings with management responses; External assessment reports with action plans; Closure verification evidence per finding; Trend report across assessment cycles.

Improvements are identified from security tests and exercises, including those done in coordination with suppliers and relevant third parties

Source: NIST CSF 2.0, ID.IM-02. 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.

artefacts

held by a system

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

Risk and control assessment findings tracker · Document repository
Internal audit cyber findings with management responses · Policy repository / GRC workspace
External assessment reports with action plans · Policy repository / GRC workspace
Closure verification evidence per finding · Document repository
Trend report across assessment cycles · Document repository

governing documentDocuments that govern the control

none for this control

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

Closure declared without retest
Findings aggregated and forgotten
Management responses lack measurable actions
Trends not surfaced to leadership

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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ID.IM-01 Improvements are identified from evaluations · ID.IM-03 Improvements are identified from execution of operational processes, procedures, and activities