← ISO 27001 · A.5 — Organisational
A.5.2 — Information security roles and responsibilities
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roles-responsibilities
Requirement
Information security roles and responsibilities shall be defined and allocated according to the organisation's needs.
What the engine looks for
Every group below must be satisfied — by an affirmative statement, not a plan, a hedge or a denial — for the control to count as covered. A term ending in … matches any word it begins. Supporting terms do not change the verdict — they raise confidence and distinguish a policy that names a mechanism from one that gestures at a category.
Required element 1 — any one of
roles and responsibilitiesresponsible foraccountablecisosecurity officer
Supporting terms — specificity signals
racijob descriptionappointeddelegatedsecurity team
Equivalent controls elsewhere
Matched on shared topics. Satisfying this control usually moves these too.
| Framework | Control | Title | Shared topics |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | CC1.5 | Accountability for control responsibilities | roles-responsibilities |
| HIPAA | 164.308(a)(2) | Assigned security responsibility (R) | roles-responsibilities |
| NIST CSF 2.0 | GV.RR-02 | Roles, responsibilities and authorities are established | roles-responsibilities |
| GDPR | Art.26 | Joint controllers | roles-responsibilities |
| GDPR | Art.27 | EU representative for non-EU organisations | roles-responsibilities |
| GDPR | Art.29 | Processing under the authority of the controller | roles-responsibilities |
| GDPR | Art.37 | Designation of a data protection officer | roles-responsibilities |
| GDPR | Art.38-39 | Position and tasks of the data protection officer | roles-responsibilities |