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Vol. I · No. 251
Mon · 8 Jun
A Daily Lexicon of Trustworthy Data
The Lexicon

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control attestation

/kənˈtroʊl əˌtɛˈsteɪʃən/ - n.

1 [colloq.] A signature confirming that someone read the sentence describing the control, which is legally distinct from the control existing.Keep. Punchy.This is the problem.

Working definition

2. A signed assertion by an accountable owner that a stated control operated as designed over a defined period.

Evidence
See also
  • access recertificationThe quarterly ritual of approving every entry on a list too long to read, thereby renewing access nobody remembers granting.
  • decision rightsWho may decide, within what bounds — the one field every RACI leaves to a future workshop.