The success of control self-assessment (CSA) depends highly
on:
A. Having line managers assume a portion of the responsibility for control monitoring.
B. Assigning staff managers the responsibility for building,
but not monitoring, controls.
C. The implementation of stringent control policy and rule-
driven controls.
D. The implementation of supervision and the monitoring of
control assigned duties
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