Requirement
Information security policy and topic-specific policies shall be defined, approved by management, published, communicated to and acknowledged by relevant personnel, and reviewed at planned intervals.
What the engine looks for
Every group below must be satisfied — by an affirmative statement, not a plan, a hedge or a denial — for the control to count as covered. A term ending in … matches any word it begins. Supporting terms do not change the verdict — they raise confidence and distinguish a policy that names a mechanism from one that gestures at a category.
Finding any of these outranks coverage — a policy that admits the gap is worse than silence.
Equivalent controls elsewhere
Matched on shared topics. Satisfying this control usually moves these too.
| Framework | Control | Title | Shared topics |
|---|---|---|---|
| GDPR | Art.24 | Responsibility of the controller | policy-governance |
| GDPR | Art.31 | Cooperation with the supervisory authority | policy-governance |
| SOC 2 | CC5.1 | Selection and development of control activities | policy-governance |
| SOC 2 | CC5.3 | Deployment through policies and procedures | policy-governance |
| PCI DSS 4.0.1 | 12.1 | Information security policy | policy-governance |
| HIPAA | 164.308(a)(1)(ii)(C) | Sanction policy (R) | policy-governance |
| NIST CSF 2.0 | GV.PO-01 | Cybersecurity policy is established and communicated | policy-governance |
| GDPR | Art.5(2) | Accountability | policy-governance |