Clauses
Clauses Overview
Purpose: To define and reference any compliance requirements which will need to be selected when defining the scope of an audit. These requirements may include clauses from a management system standard or others defined in legal, regulatory, contractual requirement. Each requirement may be independent or grouped together under a parent summary.
If this module is implement with the 27001 module the controls listed in the Control Maturity Facility will also be available for selection and need not be repeated here.
Select the ‘Create a New Clause’ to create each compliance requirement.
Each clause requirement a unique reference – it is recommended that the reference stated in the source materials is used. Ie the legislation, regulations, standard or contractual reference.
Clauses may be nested or grouped together under a parent clause or heading.
With the definition of a sort code the clauses may be displayed or reported in any particular order.
Explainer video on how to add clauses
When the clauses are added, they should look like this hieratical breakdown.
When undertaking an audit or managing an action it possible to give an indication of the maturity of the clause, based on a predefined maturity level – See Control Maturity Assessment>CMA Set UP> Maturity Models