ISO 22301:2019
Leadership, ISO 22301:2019

ISO 22301:2019 5.3: Roles, responsibilities and authorities

Top management must assign and communicate the responsibilities and authorities for the roles the BCMS depends on, and must specifically assign responsibility and authority for ensuring the BCMS conforms to the standard and for reporting BCMS performance back to top management.

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What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 80 controls across 41 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

PCI DSS 4.0 · 13 controls

  • 1.1.2 1.1.2 Requirement 1 roles and responsibilities assigned
  • 11.1.2 11.1.2 Roles for security testing assigned and understood
  • 12.1.1 12.1.1 Overall information security policy established and disseminated
  • 12.1.4 12.1.4 Executive ownership of information security formally assigned
  • 12.8.5 12.8.5 Responsibility allocation between entity and TPSPs
  • 2.1.2 2.1.2 Requirement 2 roles and responsibilities assigned
  • 4.1.2 4.1.2 Requirement 4 roles and responsibilities assigned
  • 5.1.2 5.1.2 Requirement 5 roles and responsibilities assigned
  • 6.1.2 6.1.2 Requirement 6 roles and responsibilities assigned
  • 7.1.2 7.1.2 Requirement 7 roles and responsibilities assigned
  • 9.1.2 9.1.2 Requirement 9 roles and responsibilities assigned
  • 3.1.2 3.1.2 Assigned duties for Requirement 3 activities
  • 8.1.2 8.1.2 Requirement 8 roles and responsibilities assigned

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 · 7 controls

SOC 2 · 4 controls

  • SOC2-CC1.3 CC1.3 Structures, reporting lines, authorities and responsibilities (COSO principle 3)
  • SOC2-CC1.5 CC1.5 Accountability for internal control responsibilities (COSO principle 5)
  • SOC2-CC2.2 CC2.2 Internal communication of objectives and control responsibilities (COSO principle 14)
  • SOC2-CC5.3 CC5.3 Deploying controls through policies and procedures (COSO principle 12)
  • CPS230-13 Board Accountability for Operational Risk Management
  • CPS230-14 Board Setting of Senior Manager Roles and Responsibilities
  • 20 Para 20 Board ensures clear senior manager roles for operational risk, continuity and service providers

ISO 27001:2022 · 3 controls

  • 5.2 Information security roles and responsibilities
  • 5.3 Segregation of duties
  • 5.4 Management responsibilities

ISO 27002:2022 · 3 controls

  • 5.2 Information security roles and responsibilities
  • 5.3 Segregation of duties
  • 5.4 Management responsibilities

C5 (Germany) · 2 controls

  • C5-BCM-01 Top management responsibility
  • C5-OIS-01 Information Security Management System (ISMS)

CIS Controls v8 · 2 controls

  • CIS-17.1 Designate Personnel to Manage Incident Handling
  • CIS-17.5 Assign Key Roles and Responsibilities

FedRAMP High · 2 controls

  • CP-2 Contingency Plan
  • PS-9 Position Descriptions (PS-9)

FedRAMP Moderate · 2 controls

  • CP-2 Contingency Plan
  • PS-9 Position Descriptions (PS-9)

HIPAA Security Rule · 2 controls

ISO 27701:2019 · 2 controls

  • 5.3 Leadership
  • 5.3.3 Organizational roles, responsibilities and authorities
  • ISO-37002-5.3 Organizational roles, responsibilities and authorities
  • ISO37002-5.3 Roles, Responsibilities, Authorities
  • ISO-41001-5.3 Organizational roles, responsibilities and authorities
  • ISO41001-5.3 Roles, Responsibilities, and Authorities

ISO 56002 · 2 controls

  • ISO-56002-5.4 Organizational roles, responsibilities and authorities
  • ISO56002-5.3 Organizational roles, responsibilities and authorities

ISO/IEC 27003:2017 · 2 controls

  • 27003-5.3 Roles, Responsibilities, Authorities
  • ISO27003-5.3 Organizational roles, responsibilities and authorities

NIST SP 800-161 Rev 1 · 2 controls

  • 161R1-PM-2 Information Security Program Leadership Role
  • 161R1-PM-29 Risk Management Program Leadership Roles

APRA CPS 234 · 1 control

  • CPS234-14 Definition of Information Security Roles and Responsibilities
  • AS9100D-5.3 Organizational Roles, Responsibilities, and Authorities
  • CFTC-SS-2 Enterprise Risk Management and Governance Category

CMMC 2.0 · 1 control

ISO 14001:2015 · 1 control

  • 5.3 Organizational roles, responsibilities and authorities

ISO 14004:2016 · 1 control

  • 5.3 Organizational roles, responsibilities and authorities

ISO 19011:2018 · 1 control

  • 5.4.1 Roles and responsibilities of the individual(s) managing the audit programme

ISO 22000:2018 · 1 control

  • 5.3 Organizational roles, responsibilities and authorities
  • ISO-22313-5.3 Organizational roles, responsibilities and authorities

ISO 22320:2018 · 1 control

  • ISO22320-4.2 Roles, Responsibilities, and Authorities

ISO 28002:2011 · 1 control

  • A.5.1 A.5.1 Resources, roles, responsibility and authority for resilience management

ISO 30401 · 1 control

  • ISO30401-5.3 Roles, responsibilities, authorities

ISO 37001:2016 · 1 control

  • 5.3 5.3 Organizational roles, responsibilities and authorities

ISO 37301:2021 · 1 control

  • 5.3 Roles, responsibilities and authorities
  • ISO-39001-5.3 Organizational roles, responsibilities and authorities

ISO 45001:2018 · 1 control

  • 5.3 Organizational roles, responsibilities and authorities
  • ISO-50001-5.3 Organizational roles, responsibilities and authorities

ISO 55001:2014 · 1 control

  • 5.3 Organizational roles, responsibilities and authorities

ISO 9001:2015 · 1 control

  • 5.3 Organizational roles, responsibilities and authorities

ISO/IEC 23894:2023 · 1 control

  • 23894-5.4.3 Roles, Authorities, Responsibilities

ISO/IEC 42001:2023 · 1 control

  • 5.3 Roles, responsibilities and authorities
  • NIST-CSF-GV.RR-02 Roles, responsibilities, and authorities related to cybersecurity risk management are established, communicated, understood, and enforced

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