ISC2 Governance, Risk and Compliance (CGRC) Practice Question
Following a security control assessment of an agency's new payroll system, you are directed to open a Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&M) for each control weakness that remains. To meet federal POA&M guidance and allow executives to monitor risk-remediation progress, which information must you record for every listed weakness?
A comprehensive list of all fully implemented security controls that have no findings.
Evidence that the system security plan was approved by the Authorizing Official before the assessment.
A clear description of the weakness, planned corrective action, responsible organization or individual, estimated resources, and target completion milestones.
Current authorization boundary diagrams and detailed network topology for the affected system.
Federal POA&M guidance (e.g., OMB M-04-25 and NIST SP 800-53A) specifies that each entry describe the weakness, identify the corrective action, assign responsibility, estimate the resources (funding or staff hours) needed, and state both interim and completion milestone dates. These data points let managers gauge risk, allocate budget, and verify that deficiencies are closed on schedule. Merely attaching diagrams, cataloging compliant controls, or noting SSP approval does not satisfy POA&M content requirements because they omit the actionable details-what must be done, by whom, with what resources, and by when.
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