Has your organization formally documented and communicated cybersecurity responsibilities across operations, risk management, and internal audit functions?
Explanation
Clear ownership of security duties is the focus here: whether you have formally documented and communicated cybersecurity responsibilities across operations, risk management, and internal audit so no gaps go unowned.
Clear role definition helps prevent confusion during security incidents and ensures proper segregation of duties between operational teams implementing controls, risk teams evaluating effectiveness, and audit teams providing independent verification.
Evidence could include a RACI (Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, Informed) matrix for cybersecurity activities, formal job descriptions that include cybersecurity responsibilities, or organizational charts with security responsibilities clearly mapped to different teams and roles.
Implementation Example
Clearly articulate cybersecurity responsibilities within operations, risk functions, and internal audit functions
ID: GV.RR-02.041
Context
- Function
- GV: GOVERN
- Category
- GV.RR: Roles, Responsibilities, and Authorities
- Sub-Category
- Roles, responsibilities, and authorities related to cybersecurity risk management are established, communicated, understood, and enforced
Related questions
- Have organizational leaders formally documented and agreed upon their specific roles and responsibilities for cybersecurity strategy development, implementation, and assessment?
- Does leadership actively communicate expectations for a secure and ethical culture, particularly leveraging current events as teaching opportunities?
- Does your organization have a comprehensive cybersecurity risk strategy that is reviewed and updated at least annually and after significant security events?
- Does your organization conduct regular reviews to verify that individuals responsible for managing cybersecurity risk have appropriate authority and coordination mechanisms?
- Has your organization documented risk management roles and responsibilities in a formal policy?
- Has your organization formally documented the roles and responsibilities for cybersecurity risk management, including RACI (Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, Informed) designations?
