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Mapping Continuous Improvement

The organization shall drive ongoing enhancement of obligation mapping through a continuous improvement process. The process shall use inputs from mapping reviews, stakeholder feedback, and best practice benchmarking to identify, implement, and measure improvements.

Requirement ID
CMP-007-R010
Parent Control
Domain Code

Requirement Details & Guidance

CMP-007-R010 · CMP-007
Why This Requirement Exists

This requirement exists to enhance obligation mappings using review findings, feedback, and better compliance practices and to support consistent, auditable compliance management.

Implementation Guidance

Define the required mapping continuous improvement process, accountable roles, inputs, outputs, approval points, evidence requirements, review frequency, and escalation criteria. Integrate the activity with the organization's compliance records and related risk, policy, control, and assessment processes. A regulated organization maintains traceable mappings from legal and regulatory obligations to policies, controls, risks, and assessments to demonstrate coverage.

Practical Application & Audit Readiness

CMP-007-R010 · Field Guidance

Business Examples

    Common Audit Findings

      Common Mistakes

        Best Practices & Ownership

        CMP-007 · Recommended Approach

        Recommended Practices

          Typical Owner

          Cross-Mapped Regulatory Frameworks

          Harmonized Control Mappings
          FRAMEWORK CODE FRAMEWORK NAME & DETAILS FAMILY / CATEGORY VERSION ACTION
          ISO27001 ISO/IEC 27001 ISO/IEC 27001 specifies auditable requirements for... Clause: 10.1 – Continual improvement
          ISO
          Standard
          v2022 View →
          SEBI-CSCRF SEBI Cyber Security & Cyber Resilience Framework SEBI’s Cybersecurity and Cyber Resilience Framewor... Clause: 1.1 GV.OC: Organizational Context; 1.4 GV.OV: Oversight
          India
          Regulation
          vLatest View →
          DORA Digital Operational Resilience Act The EU Digital Operational Resilience Act establis... Clause: Article 6(3) – Minimising ICT risk and providing ICT risk/framework information to competent authorities
          EU
          Regulation
          vCurrent View →
          ISO27002 ISO/IEC 27002 ISO/IEC 27002 is a guidance standard containing a... Clause: 5.31 – Legal, statutory, regulatory and contractual requirements
          ISO
          Standard
          v2022 View →
          COBIT2019 COBIT COBIT is an enterprise governance and management f... Clause: 4.5 – Monitor, Evaluate and Assess (MEA) > MEA02 – Managed System of Internal Control > MEA02.01 – Monitor internal controls. 4.2 – Align, Plan and Organize (APO) > APO01 – Managed I&T Management Framework > APO01.11 – Manage continual improvement of the I&T management
          COBIT
          Governance Framework
          v2019 View →
          ISO22301 ISO/IEC 22301 ISO 22301 specifies requirements for a Business Co... Clause: 4.2.2 – Legal and regulatory requirements
          ISO
          Standard
          v2019 View →
          NIST-CSF NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) The NIST Cybersecurity Framework provides high-lev... Clause: ID.IM – Improvement | ID.IM-01 – Improvements are identified from evaluations
          NIST
          Framework
          v2 View →
          NIST80053 NIST SP 800-53 NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 presents control families, i... Clause: 3.13 – PROGRAM MANAGEMENT, 3.4 – ASSESSMENT, AUTHORIZATION, AND MONITORING; PM-6 – MEASURES OF PERFORMANCE, CA-7 – CONTINUOUS MONITORING
          NIST
          Control Catalog
          vRev. 5 View →
          SOC2 SOC 2 Trust Services Criteria SOC 2 is an independent examination and reporting... Clause: CC3.2 – Risk Assessment – COSO Principle 7: The entity identifies risks to the achievement of its objectives across the entity and analyzes risks as a basis for determining how the risks should be managed. CC5.3 – Control Activities – COSO Principle 12: The entity deploys control activities through policies that establish what is expected and in procedures that put policies into action. CC4.1 – Monitoring of Controls – COSO Principle 16: The entity selects, develops, and performs ongoing and/or separate evaluations to ascertain whether the components of internal control are present and functioning. CC4.2 – Monitoring of Controls – COSO Principle 17: The entity evaluates and communicates internal control deficiencies in a timely manner to those parties responsible for taking corrective action, including senior management and the board of directors, as appropriate.
          AICPA
          Audit Framework
          vLatest View →

          Parent Domain Context

          Governance Domain Baseline
          Domain Name:
          Compliance Management (CMP)
          Purpose:
          To ensure adherence to applicable laws, regulations, and contractual obligations.
          Scope:
          Enterprise

          Parent Control Context

          Control Baseline
          Control Name:
          Compliance Obligation Mapping (CMP-007)
          Summary:
          Establishes comprehensive mapping of applicable obligations to security and privacy controls, demonstrating how obligations are satisfied and enabling gap analysis and compliance demonstration.
          Business Description:
          Identify and map all applicable statutory, regulatory, and contractual obligations to the organization's security and privacy controls.