COSO Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013)
Monitoring Activities – COSO Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013)

COSO Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013) P16: Principle 16: Conducts ongoing and/or separate evaluations

What does P16 require?

The organization chooses, designs and carries out ongoing evaluations, separate evaluations or both, to establish whether each component of internal control is in place and working. Points of focus (7). Mix of evaluations: management weighs how much to rely on ongoing versus separate evaluations. Rate of change: how fast the business and its processes change affects which evaluations are chosen. Baseline: the design and present state of the system give the starting point for evaluation. Knowledgeable evaluators: the people evaluating understand what they are looking at. Integration: ongoing evaluations sit inside business processes and adapt as conditions change. Scope and frequency: separate evaluations are scoped and scheduled according to risk. Objectivity: separate evaluations are carried out from time to time to provide objective feedback. Approaches the framework suggests for external financial reporting: revisiting the balance of monitoring activities periodically; setting a baseline; defining and using metrics; building and using a dashboard; supporting monitoring with technology; performing separate evaluations; having internal audit perform separate evaluations; understanding the controls operated by an outsourced service provider.

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What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 4 controls across 2 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

COBIT 2019 · 3 controls

  • MEA02.01 MEA02.01 Monitor internal controls
  • MEA02.03 MEA02.03 Perform control self-assessments
  • MEA04.07 MEA04.07 Execute the assurance initiative, focusing on operating effectiveness
  • P26 Principle 26: internal control and audit

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