What is the role of lessons learned in continual improvement?
- A.They provide insights from past experiences (incidents, audits, exercises) that inform improvements to prevent recurrence and enhance practices
- B.They are captured for incident response alone (major incidents, breaches) and filed with the incident record, outside the improvement process
- C.They are an optional record (kept at the ISMS manager's discretion), and fall outside the documented information clause 7.5 expects
- D.They are written up after major events (breaches, regulator inquiries) and sent to the certification body, rather than fed into improvement
Why A is correct
Lessons learned from incidents, audits, and exercises provide valuable insights that inform ISMS improvements and prevent recurrence of issues.
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