Draft

A policy that is authored in its initial form. The policy has not been reviewed. The policy may or may not be complete in the view of the author.

Also, a policy that has been reviewed but which has change requests, or a policy that has been unpublished.

Policies can only be changed while in Draft status.

In Review

A policy in its first draft that is considered complete by the author. The policy is automatically submitted to the policy reviewers for their comments. Reviewer comments and change requests can be made while the policy is In Review.

Awaiting Approval

A policy that may or may not have reviewer comments. If a policy does not have change requests from reviewers, the status changes to Awaiting Approval. The status changes automatically when the review deadline that was set during the policy creation passes.

If a policy does have change requests, its status reverts automatically to Draft when the review deadline passes. After the change requests are addressed, the author can submit it for review again.

Policy Approved

A policy is Approved when the author has incorporated all the reviewer comments and is completely satisfied. A policy that is marked as Approved is ready for publication.

Published

A policy administrator with rights to the policy can publish an approved policy. A published policy is accessible to members of the audience from the Control Compliance Suite Web Portal.

Archived

A policy that is archived and no longer in effect. An archived policy is not visible in the Policy view. Inactive policies are stored in the database.