Risk & Controls / Insight
Preventive vs. Detective Controls
Preventive and detective controls serve different purposes. Strong control design is about balancing both around the actual risk.
Return to your library resultsStrong control design is not about choosing prevention or detection. It is about placing the right controls around the risk.
Put the perspective to work.
Use these questions to connect the resource to your own business context.
What could prevent the objective from being achieved?
How does the control respond to that failure?
What evidence shows its design and actual operation?
Who owns exceptions, escalation and corrective action?
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