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CC1.5 — Accountability for control responsibilities

low roles-responsibilities

Requirement

The entity holds individuals accountable for their internal control responsibilities, including through performance measures and corrective action.

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
accountableaccountabilityperformance reviewcorrective action
Supporting terms — specificity signals
objectiveskpidisciplinaryescalation

Equivalent controls elsewhere

Matched on shared topics. Satisfying this control usually moves these too.

FrameworkControlTitleShared topics
ISO 27001 A.5.2 Information security roles and 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