COBIT 2019
Monitor, Evaluate and Assess – COBIT 2019

COBIT 2019 MEA03.01: MEA03.01 Identify external compliance requirements

The enterprise continuously watches for changes in local and international law, regulation and other external requirements and identifies, from an I&T perspective, what it is mandated to comply with: responsibility is assigned for identifying and tracking changes in legal, regulatory and other contractual requirements that bear on how IT resources are used and how information is processed; every potential requirement is identified and assessed for its effect on I&T activities in fields such as privacy, data flow, financial reporting, internal controls, intellectual property, industry regulation and health and safety; the effect of legal and regulatory requirements relating to I&T on contracts with providers and trading partners is assessed; the consequences of failing to comply are defined; independent counsel is sought where appropriate on changes to laws, regulations and standards; a current log records every relevant requirement with its effect and the action it calls for; and the enterprise keeps one harmonised, integrated register of its external compliance requirements.

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ISO 22301:2019 · 1 control

  • 4.2.2 Legal and regulatory requirements

ISO 27001:2022 · 1 control

  • 5.31 Legal, statutory, regulatory and contractual requirements

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