Security Committee
What is Security Committee?
A governance body composed of representatives from various departments responsible for overseeing the organization's security strategy and policies.
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Requirements naming security committee across 5 standards, quoted from the control text.
An Information Security Committee, overseen by the ITSC and composed as the ITSC decides with the CISO and business, IT and other representatives, is headed by someone from the risk management vertical;
rbi-cybersecurity-framework-for-banks::23 · Para 23: Information Security Committee under ITSC oversight, headed from risk management →The State ensures an airport security committee is set up at each airport serving civil aviation to help that authority coordinate the controls and procedures set out in the airport security programme.
icao-annex-17-aviation-security-avsec::3.2.3 · 3.2.3 Airport security committee →Input: the list of identified risks. Action: assign each risk to a risk owner. Trigger: it has not been done, or personnel change in the business area where the risks sit. Output: risk owners with their risks.
iso-27005-2022::7.2.2 · Identifying risk owners →Supplementary control: at least one named person should hold responsibility for information security. Aim: clear direction, visible management support and adequate technical expertise for health information security.
iso-27799-2025::5.2 · 5.2 Information security roles and responsibilities →The security policy, approved under Article 12, sets out clearly the organisation's mission, its legal and regulatory framework, security roles with duties and how they are appointed and renewed, the security committee structure and membership, and guidelines...
spain-ens::org.1 · Security policy document →Questions people ask about security committee
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