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Research Note

EXAM-013 - Legal, IP, and Contractual Compliance

These controls are compliance-heavy. The exam may test whether the organization can prove obligations are known, current, owned, mapped to controls, and evidenced.

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Exam focus

A.5.31 is about identifying and meeting obligations. A.5.32 is about protecting intellectual property rights and licence restrictions.

Topic Summary

These controls are compliance-heavy. The exam may test whether the organization can prove obligations are known, current, owned, mapped to controls, and evidenced.

Key Concepts

Control Exam cue
A.5.31 Identify, document, keep current, and meet legal/statutory/regulatory/contractual requirements
A.5.32 Protect IP rights for software, content, source code, licences, libraries, and AI-generated material

Common Exam Traps

  • Treating a register as enough without owners or evidence.
  • Forgetting contractual requirements.
  • Ignoring cryptographic legal requirements.
  • Treating software inventory as licence compliance.
  • Assuming AI-generated material has no IP risk.