Program Governance
What is Program Governance?
The framework of authority, accountability, and decision-making processes that oversee the management and delivery of a program of related projects.
Terms that appear alongside program governance
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as program governance. The number is how many controls name both.
- governance 5 shared controls
- cybersecurity 3 shared controls
- integrity 2 shared controls
- cybersecurity program 2 shared controls
- nist 2 shared controls
- availability 2 shared controls
- confidentiality 2 shared controls
- executive sponsorship 2 shared controls
Frameworks that govern program governance
What the standards actually require on program governance
Requirements naming program governance across 5 standards, quoted from the control text.
Organisation establishes governance structure with defined roles, responsibilities, and accountability for the privacy program.
PMF-M.1 · Privacy Program Governance →Governance for the cyber risk management program is established and maintained, for example a risk officer or committee with sufficient authority.
australian-energy-sector-cyber-security-framework-aescsf::RISK-1e · RISK-1e: Risk program governance in place →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 →Establish an Operational Technology (OT) security program per NIST SP 800-82 Rev 3 Chapter 3 (OT Cybersecurity Program Development) and Chapter 4 (Risk Management).
NISTSP82-1 · OT Security Program Governance, Policy, Roles, and Safety-Security Integration →SIG risk domain K, Operational Resilience. The third party has a resilience strategy and business continuity program (governance, business impact analysis, risk assessment, recovery plans, testing and training, monitoring and reporting) and disaster recovery f...
sig-shared-assessments::K · Maintain business continuity and disaster recovery that meet recovery objectives →Questions people ask about program governance
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