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Monitor, Evaluate and Assess<br />

214<br />

: ENABLING PROCESSES<br />

MEA03 Process Practices, Inputs/Outputs and Activities<br />

Management Practice Inputs Outputs<br />

MEA03.01 Identify external<br />

compliance requirements.<br />

On a continuous basis, identify and monitor for changes<br />

in local and international laws, regulations and other<br />

external requirements that must be complied with from<br />

an IT perspective.<br />

From Description Description To<br />

Outside COBIT Legal and regulatory<br />

compliance requirements<br />

Compliance requirements<br />

register<br />

Log of required<br />

compliance actions<br />

Activities<br />

1. Assign responsibility for identifying and monitoring any changes of legal, regulatory and other external contractual requirements relevant to the use of<br />

IT resources and the processing of information within the business and IT operations of the enterprise.<br />

2. Identify and assess all potential compliance requirements and the impact on IT activities in areas such as data flow, privacy, internal controls, financial<br />

reporting, industry-specific regulations, intellectual property, health and safety.<br />

3. Assess the impact of IT-related legal and regulatory requirements on third-party contracts related to IT operations, service providers and business<br />

trading partners.<br />

4. Obtain independent counsel, where appropriate, on changes to applicable laws, regulations and standards.<br />

5. Maintain an up-to-date log of all relevant legal, regulatory and contractual requirements, their impact and required actions.<br />

6. Maintain a harmonised and integrated overall register of external compliance requirements for the enterprise.<br />

Management Practice Inputs Outputs<br />

MEA03.02 Optimise response to<br />

From Description Description To<br />

external requirements.<br />

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procedures and methodologies to ensure that legal,<br />

regulatory and contractual requirements are addressed<br />

Updated policies,<br />

principles, procedures<br />

and standards<br />

APO01.07<br />

APO01.08<br />

and communicated. Consider industry standards,<br />

Communications of EDM01.01<br />

codes of good practice, and best practice guidance for<br />

changed compliance All APO<br />

adoption and adaptation.<br />

Activities<br />

requirements<br />

All BAI<br />

All DSS<br />

All MEA<br />

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and addressing enterprise risk using internal and external experts, as required.<br />

2. Communicate new and changed requirements to all relevant personnel.<br />

Management Practice Inputs Outputs<br />

MEA03.03 Confirm external compliance.<br />

From Description Description To<br />

Confirm compliance of policies, principles, standards,<br />

procedures and methodologies with legal, regulatory<br />

BAI05.06 Compliance audit results Identified compliance gaps MEA02.08<br />

and contractual requirements.<br />

BAI09.05 Results of installed licence<br />

audits<br />

Compliance confirmations EDM01.03<br />

BAI10.05 Licence deviations<br />

DSS01.04 Insurance policy reports<br />

Activities<br />

1. Regularly evaluate organisational policies, standards, procedures and methodologies in all functions of the enterprise to ensure compliance with<br />

relevant legal and regulatory requirements in relation to the processing of information.<br />

2. Address compliance gaps in policies, standards and procedures on a timely basis.<br />

3. Periodically evaluate business and IT processes and activities to ensure adherence to applicable legal, regulatory and contractual requirements.<br />

4. Regularly review for recurring patterns of compliance failures. Where necessary, improve policies, standards, procedures, methodologies, and<br />

associated processes and activities.<br />

Personal Copy of: Mr. Dong Hong Wang<br />

Internal<br />

Internal

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