PO4.6:
PO 4.6 Roles and Responsibilities
Control Objective:
Define and communicate roles and responsibilities for all personnel in the organization in relation to information systems to allow sufficient authority to exercise the role and responsibility assigned to them. Create role descriptions and update them regularly. These descriptions delineate both authority and responsibility, include definitions of skills and experience needed in the relevant position, and are suitable for use in performance evaluation. Role descriptions should contain the responsibility for internal control.
Applicability:
- Sarbanes-Oxley
- HIPAA
- GLBA
- PCI
- FISMA
- NIST SP 800-66
- Ditscap
- Control Exception
- User Defined
Risk Association Control Activities:
- 1. Risk: Financial systems fail due to a lack of operational procedures being executed.
- a. SOX.2.0.2: Controls provide reasonable assurance that IT daily operation procedures are executed.
- a. SOX.2.0.2: Controls provide reasonable assurance that IT daily operation procedures are executed.
- 1. Risk: Financial systems fail due to a lack of operational procedures being executed.
- 2. Risk: Security roles are not defined leading to an ineffective implementation of security responsibilities within the organization.
- a. SOX.2.7.3: Roles of the security organization and individuals within it are clearly defined and communicated.
- a. SOX.2.7.3: Roles of the security organization and individuals within it are clearly defined and communicated.
- 2. Risk: Security roles are not defined leading to an ineffective implementation of security responsibilities within the organization.
Implementation Guide:
Process Narrative
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Process Illustration
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Control Commentary
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Control Exception Commentary
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Evidence Archive Location
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Control Status and Auditors Commentary
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Remediation Plan
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Supplemental Information:
ITIL Security Management, Guidelines for Implementing Security Management.
ITIL 5.2.1 The role of the security manager ICT Infrastructure Management.
ITIL Appendix C.
ITIL 3.5 Security.
ISO 17799 4.1 Information security infrastructure.
ISO 17799 6.1 Security in job definition and resourcing.
ISO 17799 12.1 Compliance with legal requirements.
Implementation guidance
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