CCR034
Require every exception to carry a documented authorization, expiration date, and compensating control, and review recurring exceptions for control redesign.
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Regulations
Control Exception Flexibility vs Exception Abuse
Business ContextOrganizations need exceptions when standard controls cannot accommodate legitimate emergencies, unusual transactions, temporary operating conditions, or approved business needs. Broad exception mechanisms can become permanent workarounds that weaken the original control.
Audit TRIZ ResolutionMake exceptions temporary, authorized, traceable, and condition-specific. Expiration dates, compensating controls, usage monitoring, and recurring-exception analysis preserve flexibility while preventing exceptions from becoming uncontrolled alternative processes.
Applicable TRIZ Principles
Principle 15 – Dynamics allows temporary control modification under defined conditions.
Principle 10 – Prior Action establishes exception governance before exceptions are required.
Principle 23 – Feedback uses exception patterns to identify abuse or required control redesign.
Expected Outcome
Greater legitimate flexibility
Reduced exception abuse
Better exception accountability
Stronger control sustainability
Decision Indicators
Temporary exceptions remain active indefinitely.
The same users repeatedly request similar exceptions.
Exceptions lack documented authorization or expiration.
Business units use exceptions as normal operating procedures.
Exception volumes increase without corresponding control redesign.