GV.OC-04.007

Has your organization established and documented criteria for determining the criticality of capabilities and services from both internal and external stakeholder perspectives?

Explanation

Criticality assessment is what's being examined here, namely whether you have documented criteria for judging how critical your capabilities and services are from both internal and external stakeholder viewpoints. Having clear criticality criteria helps prioritize security controls, resource allocation, and recovery efforts during incidents based on business impact rather than subjective assessments.

An acceptable deliverable would be a documented criticality assessment framework that includes criteria such as revenue impact, regulatory requirements, customer SLAs, operational dependencies, and reputational risk. This could take the form of a criticality matrix, service catalog with criticality ratings, or business impact analysis documentation that explicitly defines how criticality is determined across the organization.

Implementation Example

Establish criteria for determining the criticality of capabilities and services as viewed by internal and external stakeholders

ID: GV.OC-04.007

Context

Function
GV: GOVERN
Category
GV.OC: Organizational Context
Sub-Category
Critical objectives, capabilities, and services that external stakeholders depend on or expect from the organization are understood and communicated

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