ISC2 Governance, Risk and Compliance (CGRC) Practice Question
A federal agency's authorizing official has just signed an Authorization to Operate (ATO) for a new payroll application. As the information system security officer, you must brief the business owner to ensure they can plan funding and staffing for post-authorization activities. Which document or information should you emphasize during this communication to best support the business owner's resource planning for remediation work?
The Plan of Action and Milestones that identifies each control weakness, required resources, and target completion dates.
The narrative section of the System Security Plan describing implemented security controls.
The full set of test procedures and evidence collected by the third-party assessment organization.
The organization's enterprise change-management policy and workflow diagram.
The Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&M) lists all known control deficiencies, the risk associated with each, the resources required, and the scheduled dates for completing corrective actions. Providing and explaining the POA&M enables the business owner to understand residual risks, budget for remediation tasks, assign responsibilities, and track progress. While the System Security Plan, assessment details, and general change-management policy are useful references, they do not give the concise, prioritized roadmap of outstanding work and associated costs that the business owner needs to allocate resources effectively.
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