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Control
The policies, procedures, practices and organisational structures designed to provide reasonable assurance that the business objectives will be achieved and undesired events will be prevented or detected
source: COBIT 4.0
means of managing risk, including policies, procedures, guidelines, practices or organizational structures, which can be of administrative, technical, management, or legal nature NOTE Control is also used as a synonym for safeguard or countermeasure.
source: ISO17799:2005 and ISO27002:2005
in the context of ICT security, the term .control. may be considered synonymous with “safeguard”. See 2.24, “safeguard”
source: ISO13335-1, 2004
1. A noun, denoting an item, e.g., existence of a control – a policy or procedure that is part of internal control. A control can exist within any of the eight components. 2. A noun, denoting a state or condition, e.g., to effect control – the result of policies and procedures designed to control; this result may or may not be effective internal control. 3. A verb, e.g., to control – to regulate; to establish or implement a policy that effects control.
source: COSO, 2004
A means of managing a Risk, ensuring that a Business Objective is achieved, or ensuring that a Process is followed. Example Controls include Policies, Procedures, Roles, RAID, door locks, etc. A control is sometimes called a Countermeasure or safeguard. Control also means to manage the utilization or behaviour of a Configuration Item, System or IT Service.
source: ITIL v3, Service Operation, 2007
A means of managing a Risk, ensuring that a Business Objective is achieved, or ensuring that a Process is followed. Example Controls include Policies, Procedures, Roles, RAID, door locks, etc. A control is sometimes called a Countermeasure or safeguard. Control also means to manage the utilization or behaviour of a Configuration Item, System or IT Service.
source: ITIL v3, Service Design, 2007
A means of managing a Risk, ensuring that a Business Objective is achieved, or ensuring that a Process is followed. Example Controls include Policies, Procedures, Roles, RAID, door locks, etc. A control is sometimes called a Countermeasure or safeguard. Control also means to manage the utilization or behaviour of a Configuration Item, System or IT Service.
source: ITIL v3, Service Transition, 2007
A means of managing a Risk, ensuring that a Business Objective is achieved, or ensuring that a Process is followed. Example Controls include Policies, Procedures, Roles, RAID, door locks, etc. A control is sometimes called a Countermeasure or safeguard. Control also means to manage the utilization or behaviour of a Configuration Item, System or IT Service.
source: ITIL v3, Continual Service Improvement, 2007
A means of managing a Risk, ensuring that a business objective is achieved, or ensuring that a Process is followed. Example Controls include Policies, Procedures, Roles, RAID, door locks, etc. A control is sometimes called a Countermeasure or safeguard. Control also means to manage the utilization or behaviour of a Configuration Item, System or IT Service.
source: ITIL v3, Service Strategy, 2007
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