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Service Reporting

The organization shall report on critical business services, providing visibility into service status, performance, and resilience. Reporting shall include service status summaries, performance reports, and resilience assessments, presented in a format that facilitates understanding and decision-making.

Requirement ID
OPR-002-R008
Parent Control
OPR-002
Domain Code
OPR

Requirement Details & Guidance

OPR-002-R008 · OPR-002
Why This Requirement Exists

This requirement exists to identify, classify, own, document, prioritize, monitor, govern, review, and improve critical business services, with specific focus on service reporting, so that critical services remain resilient against disruption and decisions are accountable and traceable.

Implementation Guidance

Establish and document the process for service reporting. Define accountable owners, required inputs and outputs, assessment or approval criteria, review frequency, monitoring, reporting, exception handling, evidence requirements, and escalation paths. Apply the process consistently to critical services and their dependencies, and integrate it with risk management, business continuity, incident management, technology operations, and third-party management where relevant.

Practical Application & Audit Readiness

OPR-002-R008 · Field Guidance

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          		 v2019 View →
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          Parent Domain Context

          Governance Domain Baseline
          Domain Name:
          Operational Resilience (OPR)
          Purpose:
          To ensure the organization can withstand and adapt to operational disruptions.
          Scope:
          Enterprise
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          Parent Control Context

          Control Baseline
          Control Name:
          Critical Business Service Management (OPR-002)
          Summary:
          Establishes critical business service management including identification, classification, ownership, documentation, prioritization, review, monitoring, reporting, governance, and continuous improvement.
          Business Description:
          Establish and maintain processes to identify, classify, document, assess, and govern critical business services and their supporting business capabilities.
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