DS13.2:
DS 12.4 Protection against Environmental Factors
Control Objective:
Design and implement measures for protection against environmental factors. Specialized equipment and devices to monitor and control the environment should be installed.
Applicability:
- Sarbanes-Oxley
- HIPAA
- GLBA
- PCI
- FISMA
- NIST SP 800-66
- Ditscap
- Control Exception
- User Defined
Risk Association Control Activities:
- 1. Risk: Job schedules can be easily ignored or circumvented, resulting in processing errors or processing failures.
- a. SOX.2.0.3: Controls provide reasonable assurance that the scheduling of jobs, processes and tasks are properly authorized, sequenced and managed.
- 1. Risk: Job schedules can be easily ignored or circumvented, resulting in processing errors or processing failures.
- 2. Risk: Batch processes may be incomplete, inaccurate, or overlooked.
- a. SOX.2.2.1: The procedures for batch processes that must be run at specific times (e.g., daily, weekly, month end, year end) should be documented, scheduled, and maintained on an ongoing basis.
- 2. Risk: Batch processes may be incomplete, inaccurate, or overlooked.
- 3. Risk: Unauthorized individuals have access to batch processing.
- a. SOX.2.2.2: Access to batch processing applications is restricted to the appropriate individuals.
- 3. Risk: Unauthorized individuals have access to batch processing.
- 4. Risk: Financial reporting is misstated because batch processes that fail to run correctly are not corrected in a timely manner.
- a. SOX.2.2.3: Batch processing is monitored and failures are reviewed.
- 4. Risk: Financial reporting is misstated because batch processes that fail to run correctly are not corrected in a timely manner.
- 5. Risk: Financial reporting is misstated because output is incomplete and has not been verified for accuracy.
- a. SOX.2.2.4: Users review the process output for completeness and accuracy.
- 5. Risk: Financial reporting is misstated because output is incomplete and has not been verified for accuracy.
- 6. Risk: Financial reporting is misstated because a manual process is used to process mission critical data.
- a. SOX.2.2.5: To ensure the completeness of the processing an automated scheduling is being used.
- 6. Risk: Financial reporting is misstated because a manual process is used to process mission critical data.
Process Narrative
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Process Illustration
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Control Commentary
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Control Exception Commentary
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Evidence Archive Location
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Control Status and Auditors Commentary
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Remediation Plan
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Supplemental Information:
ITIL ICT Infrastructure Management, Operations
ITIL 4.6.2 The tools - scheduling tools ICT Infrastructure Management
ITIL Operations
ITIL 4.4.3 Workload, output, resilience testing management and scheduling
ISO 8.1 Operational procedures and responsibilities
ISO 8.4 Housekeeping
