# Policy Review Procedure

- Source: https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/policy-docs/policy-review-procedure
- Section: [Compliance](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance) › [Policy Documents](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/policy-docs) › All policy documents
- Last updated: 2026-06-05
- Publisher: iCompaas, Inc. (https://www.icompaas.com)

**Policy Document**·7 mapped controls

## What this policy is

The policy that governs all other policies — how often each policy is reviewed, by whom, the change-control process for policy revisions, and the communication / acknowledgement loop.

## Why every organization needs one

Stale policies are worse than no policies because they create a false sense of coverage. The review procedure is what keeps the policy library current.

## What a competent Policy Review Procedure typically contains

-   Purpose and scope
-   Roles and responsibilities
-   Definitions
-   Review cadence per policy criticality
-   Review-owner assignment
-   Change-control workflow
-   Re-acknowledgement requirement
-   Review cadence (typically annual) and version control
-   Approval, sign-off and effective date

## How iCompaas tracks this policy

The icompaas policy-doc producer manages this document through an 8-state lifecycle: `draft` → `generated` → `internal_qa` → `customer_review` → `in_review` → `approved` → `signed` (with `rejected` as a terminal side-state). The producer publishes a `policy_doc_policy_review_procedure_signed` compliance finding once at least one document of this kind reaches the `signed` state for the account being assessed; the finding then rolls up into every compliance framework that references this policy (see the table below).

## Compliance frameworks that reference this policy

The icompaas [compliance controls library](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance) links every policy document to the controls in each framework that require, evidence, or otherwise rely on it. Below: every control across every framework in the iCompaas catalogue that names this policy as part of its evidence base. Each control links to its own dedicated page with auditor-view content + implementation guidance.

| Framework | Control | Title | Component |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ISO/IEC 27001:2022 | [A.5.1](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/iso-27001-2022/a-5-1-policies-for-information-security) | [Policies for information security](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/iso-27001-2022/a-5-1-policies-for-information-security) | Organizational controls |
| ISO/IEC 27701:2025 | [A.1.3.11](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/iso-27701-2025/a-1-3-11-automated-decision-obligations) | [Automated decision obligations](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/iso-27701-2025/a-1-3-11-automated-decision-obligations) | Obligations to PII principals |
| ISO/IEC 27701:2025 | [A.1.4.4](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/iso-27701-2025/a-1-4-4-accuracy-quality) | [Accuracy & quality](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/iso-27701-2025/a-1-4-4-accuracy-quality) | Privacy by design / default |
| ISO/IEC 27701:2025 | [A.3.9](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/iso-27701-2025/a-3-9-access-rights) | [Access rights](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/iso-27701-2025/a-3-9-access-rights) | Security considerations |
| ISO/IEC 27701:2025 | [A.3.16](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/iso-27701-2025/a-3-16-compliance-with-policies) | [Compliance with policies](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/iso-27701-2025/a-3-16-compliance-with-policies) | Security considerations |
| ISO/IEC 27701:2025 | [A.3.18](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/iso-27701-2025/a-3-18-confidentiality-agreements) | [Confidentiality agreements](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/iso-27701-2025/a-3-18-confidentiality-agreements) | Security considerations |
| ISO/IEC 42001:2023 | [A.2.4](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/iso-42001-2023/a-2-4-review-of-policies-for-responsible-ai) | [Review of policies for responsible AI](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/iso-42001-2023/a-2-4-review-of-policies-for-responsible-ai) | Organizational controls |

7 controls across 3 frameworks reference this policy.

## About this page

This article is part of the iCompaas [Policy Documents](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/policy-docs) library — one page per signed-document type the icompaas policy-doc producer tracks for customer accounts. The article is intentionally framework-agnostic: a customer signing a policy of this kind gets the same regulatory benefit across every framework that references it.

## Related compliance guidance

- [SOC 2 compliance: a practical implementation guide for cloud-native SaaS teams](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/soc-2-trust-services-criteria): SOC 2 auditors test that policies like this one exist, are approved, and are reviewed on schedule; the guide lists the full set.
- [ISO/IEC 27001:2022 compliance: a practical implementation guide](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/iso-27001-2022): ISO 27001 clause 5.2 and Annex A.5.1 require a documented, approved policy set; the guide shows how it fits the ISMS.