The phrase "adequacy of controls" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to evaluating the effectiveness or sufficiency of control measures in various fields, such as finance, security, or quality assurance.
Example: "The audit report highlighted concerns regarding the adequacy of controls in place to prevent fraud."
Alternatives: "sufficiency of controls" or "effectiveness of controls".
The board appears to have reasonably relied upon the professional judgment of Andersen concerning Enron's financial statements and the adequacy of controls for the related-party transactions.
With adherence to conservative assignment rules, the Probability Bow-tie provides a robust method for determining likelihoods for complicated systems, and assists in assessing the adequacy of controls to achieve a company's tolerable risk criteria.
We therefore used a modified version of the NOS scale for cohort studies, taking out the three items that dealt with adequacy of controls or comparison between exposed and non-exposed individuals.
For each of a number of features (study type, location, timing, possible overlaps between the studies, number of cases, adequacy of cases, adequacy of controls, reliability of data collected, adjustment for potential confounding variables, and statistical methods used), the propensity for bias was considered, and strengths and weaknesses of the overall evidence of specific studies evaluated.
Standard & Poor's, the rating agency, put the debt rating of Credit Suisse under review for a possible downgrading on Tuesday, saying "the incident raises significant questions about the adequacy of control" and "it is not clear why the year-to-date losses are so much larger than those in 2007".
The factors that determine the safety of a hazardous plant, machine, operation, or a transport operation are: inherent hazard, adequacy of control of the hazardous facility, adequacy of the protective systems, and damage limitation.
Ambiguity also exists with regard to terms such as "suppression" when used for describing these treatments, casting doubt over the adequacy of control, and warnings about possible tree damage made it difficult to determine levels of phytotoxicity, if any.
The implementation of the CFC database could have a significant impact on the monitoring of respiratory infections, the prevention of exacerbations, the detection of emerging organisms, and the adequacy of control strategies for lung infections in CF patients.
These measurements may or may not be representative of the adequacy of control over the entire corresponding period.
We assessed adequacy of exposure (oral contraceptive) and outcome (venous thrombosis) measurement, loss to follow-up (cohort studies), and adequacy of control selection (case-control studies).
We also tabulated the following markers of risk of bias: adequacy of the dietary assessment tool, objectivity of ascertainment of the outcome, adequacy of length of follow-up, adequacy of control for confounding, and potential competing interests.
