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A.8.6 · Technological

Capacity management

Why it matters

Running out of capacity (storage, compute, bandwidth) can itself become an availability incident.

How a self-led small team implements it

Basic cloud provider usage alerts/dashboards are legitimate evidence at small scale — no need for dedicated capacity planning software.

What auditors expect to see

Monitoring dashboards, usage alerts.

Track A.8.6 in your own Statement of Applicability — mark it applicable, log your justification, and link it to the risk that drove it.

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