ISO 27001:2022 · Organizational controls
ISO 27001:2022 5.2: Information security roles and responsibilities
ISO 27001:2022 5.2 covers Information security roles and responsibilities. The held text names 5 evidence records for it, the first being Statement of Applicability entry for control A.5.2, showing inclusion or justified exclusion, implementation status and the risks it.... The common gap an assessor flags is Residual risk is accepted by the security team rather than by the business risk....
The organization is to define the roles and responsibilities it needs for information security and allocate them to people according to its needs. Purpose (stated in ISO/IEC 27002:2022): creates an approved, understood structure for implementing, operating and managing information security. As an Annex A reference control, it is compared with the controls determined in risk treatment (6.1.3 c) and recorded in the Statement of Applicability as included or excluded, with the justification and implementation status (6.1.3 d); implementation guidance is ISO/IEC 27002:2022 5.2.
What evidence supports 5.2?
- Annex A organizational controlStatement of Applicability entry for control A.5.2, showing inclusion or justified exclusion, implementation status and the risks it treats
- Annex A organizational controlA documented roles and responsibilities matrix covering asset protection, specific security processes, risk management and residual risk acceptance, and user duties
- Annex A organizational controlNamed risk owners with evidence that they accepted residual risks
- Annex A organizational controlDocumented authorization levels for each security role
- Annex A organizational controlRecords showing delegated security tasks and the accountable person's confirmation that they were completed correctly
Where this requirement comes from
This is our own statement of ISO 27001:2022 5.2, read from the copy we hold (licensed complete copy) and stated in our words, not the standard verbatim. The framework as we hold it.
Common gaps an assessor flags
- Residual risk is accepted by the security team rather than by the business risk owner
- Responsibilities are defined in a policy but not communicated to the people who hold them
- Delegation happens without any check that the delegated task was performed
- People in security roles have no defined competence requirement or development plan
How it maps to SOC 2
- CC1.3 high Defined security roles and responsibilities establish structures and authorities.
- CC2.2 high Assigned roles tell individuals what they are internally responsible for.
A link is a topical overlap with a confidence and a reason. It does not establish that meeting one requirement satisfies the other, and it is not certification.