Execute the Respond step per NIST SP 800-39 Chapter 3 Section 3.3. Risk response includes (a) identifying alternative courses of action for responding to risk (accept + avoid + mitigate + share + transfer per Section 2.5.2), (b) evaluating alternatives against the risk frame and assessment outputs, (c) deciding on the appropriate response considering cost + effectiveness + acceptability + feasibility, (d) implementing the selected response by mapping to controls per NIST SP 800-53 + organisational change + contractual mechanisms + insurance + service-level agreements as appropriate, (e) documenting and communicating risk decisions with rationale to affected stakeholders at each tier. Risk sharing and transfer arrangements (Section 2.5.2.4) must be explicitly evaluated for supply chain risk per NIST SP 800-161 and other sharing relationships.
Maintained by Gerard Blokdyk·Verified against the published standard ·Control text last updated
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This control maps to 70 controls across 38 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.
NIST-CSF-GV.RM-03 Cybersecurity risk management activities and outcomes are included in enterprise risk management processes
NIST-CSF-GV.RM-04 Strategic direction that describes appropriate risk response options is established and communicated
NIST-CSF-GV.SC-01 A cybersecurity supply chain risk management program, strategy, objectives, policies, and processes are established and agreed to by organizational stakeholders