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Governance, Risk, Audit & Privacy · Foundational

Managerial Control

Control category focused on governance and risk management activities such as policies, assessments, and planning.

Definition

Managerial (administrative) controls include risk assessments, security policies, personnel procedures, vendor management, and security planning. Security+ uses the categories managerial, operational, technical, and physical. They set direction for how other controls are implemented.

Example

Conducting an annual risk assessment is a managerial control.

Exam tip

Security+ categories: managerial, operational, technical, physical; know examples of each.

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