3.3. Establishing Controls
In order to enforce its policies, an enterprise must translate them into a series of control objectives. These are statements of results that need to be achieved in order to enforce the policies. Control objectives are often reasonably non-specific, in that they describe the ultimate goal but do not define the actual mechanisms or processes (controls) that are required to achieve this objective. For example, a control objective might be "Only valid users will have accounts on all systems."
The control objectives will, in turn, be implemented by a set of controls to help ensure that the objectives are met. Controls are simply technologies, procedures, or a combination of the two that are intended to help ensure the ...
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