Criticality Medium Active

Policy Communication & Awareness

Establishes processes to communicate security policies to all personnel, ensuring awareness, understanding, acknowledgment, and compliance with organizational security requirements.

Control ID
POL-002
Domain Code
POL
Control Nature
Preventive
Business Owner
CISO / HR
Category
Administrative
Compensating Control
No

Control Overview

POL-002 · Full Control Profile
Business Description

Ensure all employees and contractors are aware of relevant security policies and are trained on their responsibilities.

Business Objective

To embed policy compliance into the organizational culture.

Business Benefits

    Business Risks if Missing

      Stakeholders, Industries & Technologies

      POL-002 · Operating Context

      Primary Stakeholders

      Applicable Industries

      Applicable Technologies

      Mapped Regulatory & Industry Frameworks

      Harmonized Framework Mappings

      The following compliance and regulatory frameworks map directly to this control's governance scope.

      FRAMEWORK CODE FRAMEWORK NAME & DESCRIPTION FAMILY / CATEGORY VERSION ACTION
      COBIT2019 COBIT COBIT is an enterprise governance and management f...
      COBIT
      Governance Framework
      		 v2019 View →
      DORA Digital Operational Resilience Act The EU Digital Operational Resilience Act establis...
      EU
      Regulation
      		 vCurrent View →
      GDPR General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) The General Data Protection Regulation is a bindin...
      EU
      Regulation
      		 vCurrent View →
      HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act HIPAA is a U.S. federal law supported by implement...
      US
      Law
      		 vCurrent View →
      IRDAI IRDAI Information & Cyber Security Guidelines IRDAI information and cyber-security requirements...
      India
      Guideline
      		 vLatest View →
      ISO22301 ISO/IEC 22301 ISO 22301 specifies requirements for a Business Co...
      ISO
      Standard
      		 v2019 View →
      ISO27001 ISO/IEC 27001 ISO/IEC 27001 specifies auditable requirements for...
      ISO
      Standard
      		 v2022 View →
      ISO27002 ISO/IEC 27002 ISO/IEC 27002 is a guidance standard containing a...
      ISO
      Standard
      		 v2022 View →
      NIS2 NIS2 Directive The NIS2 Directive establishes EU-wide cybersecuri...
      EU
      Directive
      		 vCurrent View →
      NIST-CSF NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) The NIST Cybersecurity Framework provides high-lev...
      NIST
      Framework
      		 v2 View →
      NIST80053 NIST SP 800-53 NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 presents control families, i...
      NIST
      Control Catalog
      		 vRev. 5 View →
      NPCI-ISR NPCI Information Security Requirements NPCI information-security requirements define cont...
      India
      Standard
      		 vLatest View →
      PCI-DSS PCI DSS PCI DSS is an industry security standard maintaine...
      PCI
      Standard
      		 v4 View →
      RBI-CSF RBI Cyber Security Framework / Master Directions RBI cyber-security requirements and directions set...
      India
      Regulation
      		 vLatest View →
      SEBI-CSCRF SEBI Cyber Security & Cyber Resilience Framework SEBI’s Cybersecurity and Cyber Resilience Framewor...
      India
      Regulation
      		 vLatest View →
      SOC2 SOC 2 Trust Services Criteria SOC 2 is an independent examination and reporting...
      AICPA
      Audit Framework
      		 vLatest View →
      CIS-V8 CIS Controls CIS Controls are a prioritized set of cybersecurit...
      CIS
      Best Practice
      		 vv8 View →

      Parent Domain Context

      Governance Domain Baseline
      Domain Name:
      Policy & Document Management (POL)
      Purpose:
      To create, maintain, and manage the lifecycle of security and compliance policies, standards, and procedures.
      Scope:
      Enterprise
      View

      Compliance Requirements & Audit Crosswalk

      7 Specific Audit Clauses

      The following requirements dictate specific audit evidence criteria and testing steps mapped directly under this control.

      REQUIREMENT ID REQUIREMENT TITLE & DETAILS MAPPED CONTROL TYPICAL OWNER ACTION
      POL-002-R001 Policy Communication Communicate all approved policies to app... POL-002 Policy Communication & Awarene... Policy Owner, Security Awareness, HR, Communications View ↗
      POL-002-R002 Policy Acknowledgement Obtain documented acknowledgement from p... POL-002 Policy Communication & Awarene... HR, Security Awareness, Policy Owner, Compliance View ↗
      POL-002-R003 Role-Based Policy Communication Provide role-based policy communication... POL-002 Policy Communication & Awarene... Policy Owner, Security Awareness, HR, Business Unit Managers View ↗
      POL-002-R004 Policy Accessibility Make current policy documents readily ac... POL-002 Policy Communication & Awarene... Policy Governance, Document Management, IT, Policy Owners View ↗
      POL-002-R005 Policy Change Notification Notify affected stakeholders whenever po... POL-002 Policy Communication & Awarene... Policy Owner, Security Awareness, Communications, Compliance View ↗
      POL-002-R006 Policy Acknowledgement Tracking Track policy acknowledgement completion... POL-002 Policy Communication & Awarene... Security Awareness, HR, Policy Owner, Compliance View ↗
      POL-002-R007 Policy Awareness Integration Integrate policy awareness into onboardi... POL-002 Policy Communication & Awarene... HR, Security Awareness, Policy Owners, CISO View ↗