Arcfield Improvement audit
Source: Arcfield EN Companion · Volume 1 audit + OSCAL assessment plan (AP) / assessment results (AR) · oscal/assessment-plan.md, oscal/assessment-results.md · HITL: oscal-guide.md · SIMULATION
How this report is elaborated
Scope is the Volume 1 Improvement audit. Artefacts installed in this volume are in-pack; neighbours named from other volumes stay in those books (Vol. 1, Vol. 2).
The process we followed is ISO 27001 → Policies → Processes and Systems → Protected Assets → Objects needed by the process → Evidences. Standard vs policy examines whether a policy covers the cited clause or control. Policy vs evidence tests the join from policy rule to recorded evidence.
How to read this report
Start with Results at a glance, then how this category is set up. Standard vs policy is EXAMINE and stays not scored. Nonconformities are kernel FAIL (Policy ↔ evidence, default minor) and Requirement ↔ evidence: no policy and no implementation, or implementation without effectiveness evidence. UNKNOWN is not an NC. Glance counts Conformity, Defined, Implemented, and Effectiveness — not PASS/FAIL compliance. Not scored on an inventory row means the subject is not in this topic's kernel join. It is not a Statement of Applicability exclusion.
Results at a glance
Companion Contract/Example unchanged. This audit does not invent a certification statement.
How improvement is set up
One graph. Green boxes are installed in this volume. Dashed edges: HITL. CAR is not joined to NC-RP. CIL is not joined to CAR. Not an action-count, improvement-count, or nonconformity-count score.
In-pack corrective-actions register. Needle CAR-REG-001 / CAR-001. CAR-003 Effectiveness check, CAR-005 Closed, CAR-2026-027 In progress and CAR-REVIEW-2026-Q3 stay citations, not an action-count score. Not joined to NC-RP or CIL.
Volume 2 continual-improvement log. Named, not packed, not joined in this volume.
Volume 2 nonconformity pack. Named, not packed, not joined in this volume. Not a process-component.
Nonconformities
Nonconformities this pack can show. Kernel FAIL is Policy ↔ evidence, default minor — not an automatic major. No policy and no implementation, or implementation without effectiveness evidence, is Requirement ↔ evidence. UNKNOWN is not an NC. Assessment Results stay the kernel SSOT. How to fix is the follow-up, not a customer ticket.
| Requirement | Statement | Grade | Path | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.1 Continual improvement | 10.1 Continual improvement is named in this pack, but there is no effectiveness evidence. Cited implementation: CAR. | minor | Requirement ↔ evidence | NC-IMPROVEMENT-missing-evidence |
| 7.5 Documented information | 7.5 Documented information is named in this pack, but there is no effectiveness evidence. Cited implementation: CAR. | minor | Requirement ↔ evidence | NC-IMPROVEMENT-missing-evidence |
| 8.1 Operational planning and control | 8.1 Operational planning and control has no policy and no implementation evidence in this pack. | minor | Requirement ↔ evidence | NC-IMPROVEMENT-not-implemented |
Operational Evaluation
Artefacts in this category. Defined is a cited policy (HOW). Implemented is in-pack or named operating evidence. Effective is the kernel join or HITL effectiveness. Ratings are yes, no, or partially. DK or NA when this pack has no data.
| Artifact | Defined | Implemented | Effective | Artefact |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAR | NA | yes | no | Artefact |
What we found
What this pack actually cited for each artefact. Counts are from this pack. Presence is not a PASS. No ISO shall-text.
CAR
- Defined: NA.
- Implemented: yes.
- Effective: no.
- Nonconformity on this artefact: yes.
- Layers present: Office, OSCAL.
CAR is in-pack in Volume 1. Defined NA, implemented yes, effective no. A nonconformity cites this artefact. Missing layers are explained on the artefact page — not joined from another book.
Improvement inventory
No inventory rows in the examined Example JSON.