A governance objective typically requires ongoing monitoring, frequent audits, and controls that need to be assessed periodically. These control assessments generally require that the control testers read the control documents, test the controls, and capture the results.
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, you create the Assessment Periods within a Governance Objective that help track the Control Assessments for each period. To initiate Assessments, you activate an Assessment Period, create Control Assessments, and send notifications to the testers of those Controls that they need to test their Controls. At any time, you can analyze the status of the Control Assessments for the currently active Assessment Period (but not passed Assessment Periods) through the Analysis function.