164.308(a)(2) Assigned Security Responsibility (Standard)
Identify the security official responsible for development and implementation of policies and procedures. NIST recommends a documented appointment, position description, and reporting line to executive leadership.
Source: HIPAA Security Rule, 164.308(a)(2). The statement above is our statement of the clause, read from the published text and cited so you can check it against the official text, not the instrument verbatim. Open HIPAA Security Rule in the compliance library.
Applies to covered entities and business associates. An addressable specification can be met by a documented, reasonable alternative.
These are the artefacts auditors commonly ask for on this requirement, our guidance rather than text from the standard. Your assessor decides what is sufficient in your context, and asks for samples across the period when a report covers one.
system holds itEvidence a system already holds
none for this control
periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review
none for this control
governing documentDocuments that govern the control
- Security official appointment letter · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Position description · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Org chart showing reporting line · Policy repository / GRC workspace
- Authority delegation documentation · Policy repository / GRC workspace
First move
Common gaps auditors find
- Role assigned informally
- No documented authority to enforce policy
- Reports to IT rather than independent risk function
Do this for your whole sheet
Paste the rows you run your controls from and get this mapping for every control at once, with the periodic-review ones flagged and a first move per row. No account for the first run.
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