How frequently should the policy for ICT security be reviewed?

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Information Security Analyst in Government6 months ago

Common industry best practice is to review security policies and procedures at least annually. However, organizations should also review and update their policies whenever there are major changes, such as:
- Compliance with new laws and regulations (e.g. recent launch of PCI 4.0, GDPR, new cybersecurity regulations etc..)
- Experiencing a data breach or other security incident
- Adopting new technologies or business processes
- Changes in organizational leadership or structure
- Identification of new security threats or risks

Guidance from NIST as per Special Publication 800-53
- Review and update the access control policy and procedures at an organization-defined frequency
- Develop, document, and disseminate security policies and procedures to relevant personnel
- Ensure security policies and procedures are sufficiently current to accommodate the information security environment and agency mission and operational requirements

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Sr. Mgr. Enterprise Risk in Manufacturing6 months ago

While we are not subject matter experts specific IT / ICT within our company, in general from a governance/policy perspective and best practice it would be common to review policies annually (even though no revisions may be required) or when certain events occur that may trigger a review or update (i.e. org restructure, new internal controls, new procedures, etc.)