Administrative controls

Administrative controls

Administrative controls (pronunciation: /ədˈmɪnɪstrətɪv kənˈtroʊlz/) are the measures, policies, procedures, and guidelines that are implemented by an organization to manage the day-to-day operations, reduce risks, and ensure the organization's systems are operating effectively.

Etymology

The term "administrative controls" is derived from the words "administration", which comes from the Latin word 'administratio', meaning 'to serve', and "controls", which comes from the Middle English word 'controlen', meaning 'to check or verify'.

Definition

Administrative controls are the procedures and mechanisms put in place by an organization to ensure that its policies and goals are met. These controls can include procedures for risk management, data security, and human resources management. They are designed to mitigate the risk of errors, fraud, or loss, and to ensure that the organization's operations are conducted in a manner that is consistent with its objectives and values.

Related Terms

• Risk Management: The process of identifying, assessing, and controlling threats to an organization's capital and earnings.
• Data Security: Measures taken by an organization to prevent unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction of information.
• Human Resources Management: The process of managing people within an organization, including hiring, training, and developing employees, and dealing with performance issues.
• Policy: A statement of intent, and is implemented as a procedure or protocol.
• Procedure: An established or official way of doing something.

See Also

• Physical Controls
• Technical Controls
• Preventive Controls
• Detective Controls
• Corrective Controls

External links

• Medical encyclopedia article on Administrative controls
• Wikipedia's article - Administrative controls

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