ISC2 Governance, Risk and Compliance (CGRC) Practice Question
During development of a risk response plan, you are asked to prepare a Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&M) for each significant residual risk. Which information must the POA&M contain to help management allocate resources and set a realistic mitigation timeline?
Executive summary describing the audit objectives and scope
Detailed vulnerability scan outputs that justify the risk rating
Estimated cost, responsible parties, and target completion milestone for each corrective action
Contingency plan activation procedures for catastrophic system failure
A POA&M documents how each residual risk will be addressed. NIST guidance states it must list the specific corrective task, identify the parties responsible, show required resources (including budget), and state the planned completion milestone or date. These items enable leadership to commit funding and personnel and to track progress. Detailed scan outputs, contingency activation steps, and an audit scope summary may be useful background material, but they do not satisfy the core purpose of the POA&M, which is scheduling and resourcing mitigation work.
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