Criticality High Active

Policy Management

Establishes a governed lifecycle for creating, approving, maintaining, and retiring security, privacy, and compliance policies, standards, and procedures.

Control ID
POL-001
Domain Code
POL
Control Nature
Preventive
Business Owner
CISO / General Counsel
Category
Administrative
Compensating Control
No

Control Overview

POL-001 · Full Control Profile
Business Description

Define, maintain, and manage the lifecycle of security, privacy, and compliance policies, standards, and procedures.

Business Objective

To ensure all security requirements are clearly documented, current, and accessible.

Business Benefits

    Business Risks if Missing

      Stakeholders, Industries & Technologies

      POL-001 · 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 →

      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

      8 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-001-R001 Policy Framework Establishment Establish and maintain a formal informat... POL-001 Policy Management Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Compliance, Policy Governance Committee, Legal View ↗
      POL-001-R002 Policy Ownership Assignment Define policy ownership and accountabili... POL-001 Policy Management Policy Owner, CISO, Business Unit Leaders, Compliance View ↗
      POL-001-R003 Policy Development Criteria Develop policies based on legal, regulat... POL-001 Policy Management Policy Owner, Compliance Officer, Legal, CISO, Risk Management View ↗
      POL-001-R004 Supporting Standards and Procedures Maintain documented standards and proced... POL-001 Policy Management Policy Owner, Security Engineering, IT Operations, Compliance View ↗
      POL-001-R005 Centralized Policy Repository Store policies in a centralized, control... POL-001 Policy Management Policy Governance, Compliance, Document Management, CISO View ↗
      POL-001-R006 Policy Document Metadata Ensure policy documents include approval... POL-001 Policy Management Policy Owner, Policy Governance, Compliance, Document Management View ↗
      POL-001-R007 Policy Integrity Protection Protect policy documents from unauthoriz... POL-001 Policy Management Policy Governance, Document Management, IT Security, CISO View ↗
      POL-001-R008 Policy Archival and Retirement Retire obsolete policies using a documen... POL-001 Policy Management Policy Owner, Policy Governance, Compliance, Records Management View ↗