Accountability
What is Accountability?
The obligation of an individual or organization to account for their activities, accept responsibility for outcomes, and disclose results transparently.
Terms that appear alongside accountability
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as accountability. The number is how many controls name both.
- compliance 109 shared controls
- governance 97 shared controls
- audit 72 shared controls
- data protection 59 shared controls
- gdpr 50 shared controls
- transparency 47 shared controls
- integrity 34 shared controls
- consent 30 shared controls
Frameworks that govern accountability
What the standards actually require on accountability
Requirements naming accountability across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.
As a demonstration of accountability, the governing body should make sure the organization's reports and disclosures: set out the purpose, values, value generation model, strategy and governance policies;
iso-37000-2021::6.5.3.2 · 6.5.3.2 Demonstrate accountability →Business information can be traced back to the business event that gave rise to it and linked to those accountable, which assures that it is reliable and was processed in line with defined objectives: source information, the evidence behind it and the transact...
cobit-2019::DSS06.05 · DSS06.05 Ensure traceability and accountability for information events →The board or its committee oversees the development, implementation and maintenance of the information security program, understands the business case and the business implications of security risk, gives direction, approves the written program, plans and poli...
ffiec-it-examination-handbook::IS-I.B · I.B Responsibility and Accountability (Information Security) →Implement the security design principle of accountability and traceability in [Assignment: organization-defined systems or system components].
NIST800-SA-8(22) · SA-8(22) Security and Privacy Engineering Principles | Accountability and Traceability →The cargo management system defines safety accountability, authorities and responsibilities of cargo personnel including external providers' staff and keeps managerial continuity through delegation (CGO 1.2.1, 1.2.2).
iata-operational-safety-audit-iosa-standards-manual::CGO 1.2 · CGO 1.2 Accountability, Authorities and Responsibilities →Persons processing personal data should maintain records sufficient to demonstrate compliance with the Act, including purposes, categories, retention, and protective measures applied to the data.
CH-FADP-16 · Record keeping and accountability →Questions people ask about accountability
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