Managing Assurance Evidence for Critical Infrastructure
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A critical infrastructure review has a policy, records and certificate, but none shows that the control operated at the site under review. Establish what the documents support and request the missing evidence.
Define the review scope and map records to the required assertions. Record gaps and ownership in an evidence register. When a dated site test result arrives, assess what it shows, update the register and prepare the records for handover. Work with an approved area from your organisation or a case study.
Your completed register shows what is supported and which requests remain open. The evidence required depends on the review engagement and applicable requirements.
What you will work on
You define the review scope and evidence requirements for a defined part of your organisation in a traceable way.
You map existing evidence to the statements and accountable roles, and identify gaps.
You check a policy, certificate and record for evidence about the specific site.
Who it is for
Information security officers and security managers
Audit and assurance coordinators
Operators of critical infrastructure with review and reporting obligations
Topics
Clarifying the review case, scope and evidence requirements
Distinguishing evidence types, what the evidence shows and how current it is
Building an evidence register and assigning accountability
Action status: substantiated, asserted or open
Audit handover and evidence gaps
Escalation and updating after a changed situation
Your result
Your evidence register records required assertions, site evidence, gaps and requests. Use it to prepare the audit handover.
Prerequisites
Experience in security, compliance or audit work, and access to evidence repositories, action lists and accountable roles for a defined area. Where approved company information is unavailable, an anonymised case or case study is used. Familiarity with the German or EU regulatory context is helpful; the course does not provide a legal assessment of your obligations.
Format and approach
Planned: 8–10 hours of self-study, with templates and explanatory self-checks.
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