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GV.RR-02 — Roles, responsibilities and authorities are established
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roles-responsibilities
Requirement
Roles, responsibilities and authorities related to cybersecurity risk management are established, communicated, understood and enforced.
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
roleresponsibilit…authorityaccountable
Required element 2 — any one of
establishedcommunicateddefinedassigned
Supporting terms — specificity signals
racicisoownerjob descriptiondelegation
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 |
| ISO 27001 | A.5.2 | Information security roles and responsibilities | roles-responsibilities |
| HIPAA | 164.308(a)(2) | Assigned security responsibility (R) | 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 |