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Control Owner

What is Control Owner?

The individual responsible for the design, implementation, operation, and effectiveness of a specific security or compliance control.

Risk Management

Frameworks that govern control owner

NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0View framework →ISO 27001:2022View framework →

What the standards actually require on control owner

Requirements naming control owner across 2 standards, quoted from the control text.

COBIT 20191 control

The planned assurance initiative is carried out to validate and confirm how the operating internal controls are designed and, in internal audit assignments in particular, to weigh their cost-effectiveness: the understanding and scope of what is being assured a...

cobit-2019::MEA04.06 · MEA04.06 Execute the assurance initiative, focusing on design effectiveness →
ISO/IEC 27003:20171 control

Identify and supply what the ISMS needs to be set up, run, kept up and improved. Held link: the 27003 guidance on 5.1 c) lists the kinds of resources (financial, personnel, facilities, technical infrastructure), says they are needed for the controls as well as...

ISO27003-7.1 · Resources →

Questions people ask about control owner

What is Control Owner?
The individual responsible for the design, implementation, operation, and effectiveness of a specific security or compliance control.
Why is Control Owner important for compliance?
Control Owner is a key concept in Risk Management. Understanding control owner helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 1,016 frameworks with 316K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Control Owner?
Control Owner appears in the requirement text of COBIT 2019, ISO/IEC 27003:2017. Across these standards we have identified 2 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Control Owner?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how control owner applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 1,016 frameworks.

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