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Control state. Possible choices are: - Draft In this state, all compliance users can modify the control. Only available when creating a one-off control. One-off controls are possible but not recommended. - Attest When the control is created from a control objective, controls are in this state.

Note: When a control is set back to draft, the attestation is canceled.

• Review Controls are automatically moved to review from the attestation phase.
• Monitor In this state, all compliance managers can move the control from review to monitor.
• Retired Compliance managers or administrators can move a control from Monitor to Retired.

Note: When a control is retired:

• Associated indicators do not run
• Associated attestations are canceled
• Changes to associated control objectives do not update the control

List of options:- Standard control - Common control

Note: All existing controls are termed as standard controls. You can convert a standard control to common and reverse its function as standard if you so require. However, by default all controls whether existing or created are standard.

For more information, see Convert standard control to common control.

Frequency at which the control is tested. This field is for the control's testing and reporting purpose.List of options:

• Event Driven
• Daily
• Weekly
• Monthly
• Quarterly
• Semi-Annually
• Annually

Note: For information on the difference between the Frequency field for a control and the Attestation Frequency field in an entity, see KB0694607.

Select from a list of options.

• Other attestation types can be configured.
• If this field is populated, then the Attestation Respondents field automatically becomes mandatory, and the owner is made the respondent.

Note: If the user changes the attestation type in the control objective, all the related controls are changed also.

• Users assigned to the attestation of this control.
• Only a user with the sn_grc.user role can be added as a respondent.

Note: When both the Attestation and Attestation respondents fields are set, attestations are created when you select Attest.

Frequency at which attestations on the control are triggered. If the field has no value selected, then the associated entity's Attestation frequency value defaults to this field.Option for attestation frequency.

• Daily
• Weekly
• Monthly
• Quarterly
• Semi-Annually
• Annually

Note: After the attestation is complete, the control moves to Review and Monitor states. The control is then monitored for its next due date of attestation. You have the option to trigger the control's attestation frequency based on the attestation's Created date or the last completed attestation's Updated date. This option is based on the value in Trigger control attestations based on the created or updated date of the last completed attestation system property.