CC1.4: Competent people

The company hires people who can do the job, checks their background where the law allows, and trains them so they can carry out their security responsibilities.

Category: Security (common criteria, required in every SOC 2 report) · Series: CC1 (Control environment) · TSC 2017 (2022 points of focus)

That summary is Policyseed’s own paraphrase, written to be read next to the policy sections below. The authoritative wording is the AICPA’s Trust Services Criteria, which the CPA firm tests your controls against during the examination.

Policies that address CC1.4

The Policyseed crosswalk points CC1.4 at one policy. Each link opens the full sample text at the section an auditor would read. Section 4 holds the statements management commits to; section 5 holds the procedures that produce evidence.

Evidence examples for CC1.4

Artifacts a company of 5 to 200 people can realistically produce. The Audit Kit’s evidence checklist lists them per policy with an owner column so each one has a name against it before the examination.

  • Job descriptions for security-relevant roles listing security responsibilities
  • Background check completion records or vendor confirmations for hires in the audit period
  • Security awareness training completion report for all staff within 30 days of hire and annually

Related criteria in CC1 (Control environment)

Previous: CC1.3 Structure, reporting lines and authority. Next: CC1.5 Accountability. All 38 criteria are listed on the template index.

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