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Evidence on request

Evidence categories for your own audit and evidence calendar. Noveu provides technical and organisational evidence on request.

Overview

Noveu provides technical and organisational evidence on request. Get in touch via compliance@noveu.eu.

Use the categories below to set up your own evidence calendar and to collect the documents for your audit. Record per piece of evidence who maintains it and how often you check it.

Evidence categories

1. Governance & Organisation

EvidenceDescriptionFrequency
Security PolicyCurrent security policyEvery year
ISMS ScopeScope of information securityEvery year
Risk RegisterIdentified risks and mitigationsQuarterly
Management ReviewMinutes of the management reviewEvery six months
Roles & ResponsibilitiesRACI matrix securityEvery year

2. Access management

EvidenceDescriptionFrequency
User Access ListAll users and rightsOn demand
Admin Account ListPrivileged accountsMonthly
Access ReviewsPeriodic rights reviewsQuarterly
MFA CoveragePercentage MFA-enabledMonthly
Password PolicyPassword requirementsEvery year
Session LogsLogin/logout eventsDaily

Example Export (Users):

UserId,Email,Department,Role,MFAEnabled,LastLogin,Created
u001,jan@example.com,IT,Admin,true,2026-01-15,2025-06-01
u002,lisa@example.com,Finance,User,true,2026-01-14,2025-07-15

3. Infrastructure & Network

EvidenceDescriptionFrequency
Network DiagramCurrent architectureEvery year
Firewall RulesRule set per zoneQuarterly
Hardening StatusCompliance with baselinesMonthly
Patch StatusVulnerability and patch levelsWeekly
Encryption StatusEncryption configurationMonthly

Example Export (Patch Status):

{
  "reportDate": "2026-01-15",
  "systems": [
    {
      "hostname": "app-server-01",
      "os": "Ubuntu 22.04",
      "patchLevel": "current",
      "criticalVulns": 0,
      "highVulns": 2,
      "lastScan": "2026-01-14"
    }
  ],
  "summary": {
    "totalSystems": 50,
    "fullyCurrent": 48,
    "pendingPatches": 2
  }
}

4. Operations & Monitoring

EvidenceDescriptionFrequency
Uptime ReportsAvailability per serviceMonthly
Incident LogAll security incidentsOn demand
Change LogAll changesOn demand
Backup ReportsBackup success/failureWeekly
DR Test ResultsDisaster recovery testsEvery six months

5. Vendor & Supply Chain

EvidenceDescriptionFrequency
Subprocessor ListAll suppliersQuarterly
Vendor AssessmentsSecurity assessmentsEvery year
ContractsDPAs and security addendaOn demand

6. Awareness & Training

EvidenceDescriptionFrequency
Training RecordsWho was trained in what, and whenOn demand
Phishing ResultsResults of phishing testsQuarterly
Policy AcknowledgementsSigned policiesEvery year

Framework Mappings

NIS2

NIS2 ArticleEvidence categoryDocuments
Art. 21(a): Risk analysisGovernanceRisk Register
Art. 21(b): Incident managementOperationsIncident Log, Runbooks
Art. 21(c): ContinuityOperationsDR Test Results, Backup Reports
Art. 21(d): Supply chainVendorSubprocessor List, Assessments
Art. 21(e): Network securityInfrastructureFirewall Rules, Hardening
Art. 21(f): Access managementAccess managementAccess Reviews, MFA Coverage
Art. 21(g): CryptographyInfrastructureEncryption Status

BIO

BIO ControlEvidence categoryDocuments
9.x: AccessAccess managementUser Lists, Access Reviews
11.x: PhysicalInfrastructureDC Audit Reports
12.x: OperationsOperationsChange Log, Incident Log
14.x: Developmentn/aSDLC Documentation
16.x: IncidentsOperationsIncident Log, Runbooks
18.x: ComplianceGovernanceAudit Reports

ISO 27001

ISO ClauseEvidence categoryDocuments
A.5: PoliciesGovernanceSecurity Policy, ISMS Scope
A.6: OrganisationGovernanceRoles & Responsibilities
A.7: HRTrainingTraining Records
A.8: Asset MgmtInfrastructureAsset Register
A.9: AccessAccess managementAll access documentation
A.12: OperationsOperationsAll operations logs
A.16: IncidentOperationsIncident Log
A.18: ComplianceGovernanceAudit Reports

Contact

Audit Requests: compliance@noveu.eu

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