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.
4
artefacts
0
held by a system
0
at each review
hard
to go live
Policy repository / GRC workspace
where the evidence lives
teal = a system already holds it · olive = produced at each review
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
This control is evidenced by people and documents, not systems. Put the document under version control with an owner and review date, and log each review as a record with reviewer and date. Do not try to automate it.
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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