Executive Sponsorship
What is Executive Sponsorship?
Active support and advocacy from a senior executive for a program, project, or initiative, providing visibility, resources, and organizational authority.
Terms that appear alongside executive sponsorship
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as executive sponsorship. The number is how many controls name both.
- governance 6 shared controls
- remediation 2 shared controls
- cybersecurity 2 shared controls
- program governance 2 shared controls
Frameworks that govern executive sponsorship
What the standards actually require on executive sponsorship
Requirements naming executive sponsorship across 3 standards, quoted from the control text.
Kuwait National Cybersecurity Framework (NCF) Govern function. Issued and maintained by Kuwait National Cybersecurity Centre (NCSC) under Council of Ministers Resolution.
KNCF-Govern-Strategy-Policy-NCSC-NIST-CSF-2-0-ISO-27001-Council-of-Ministers-Compliance-Assurance · Kuwait NCF Govern + Strategy + Policy + NCSC + NIST CSF 2.0 + ISO 27001 + Compliance Assurance →Establish an enterprise governance structure for cyber supply chain risk management with executive sponsorship, decision rights, and integration with enterprise risk management.
SCRM-GOV-1 · C-SCRM Governance Structure →Establish a documented OT security program with executive sponsorship, defined roles, and integration with the enterprise security program while recognising OT-specific safety and reliability constraints.
OT-GOV-1 · OT Security Program Governance →Questions people ask about executive sponsorship
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