---
type: "term"
title: "Control Operational Effectiveness"
description: "An evaluation of whether a control is actually working as designed in practice, examining if the control is being executed correctly and consistently over time to meet its objective."
resource: "tlctc:term:control-operational-effectiveness"
tags:
  - "glossary"
---
# Control Operational Effectiveness

An evaluation of whether a control is actually working as designed in practice, examining if the control is being executed correctly and consistently over time to meet its objective. May vary depending on the nature of the threat cluster (e.g., controls for Malware #7 may never achieve 100% due to detection latencies).

**Related reading:** [TLCTC Control Matrix Manager](https://www.tlctc.net/control-matrix.html)