id: "PM-29" title: "Risk Management Program Leadership Roles" family: "PM" family_name: "Program Management" sort_id: "pm-29" priority: "P1" implementation_level: "organization"


Appoint a Senior Accountable Official for Risk Management to align organizational information security and privacy management processes with strategic, operational, and budgetary planning processes; and

Establish a Risk Executive (function) to view and analyze risk from an organization-wide perspective and ensure management of risk is consistent across the organization.

Guidance

The senior accountable official for risk management leads the risk executive (function) in organization-wide risk management activities.

Assessment Objective: a Senior Accountable Official for Risk Management is appointed;

Assessment Objective: a Senior Accountable Official for Risk Management aligns information security and privacy management processes with strategic, operational, and budgetary planning processes;

Assessment Objective: a Risk Executive (function) is established;

Assessment Objective: a Risk Executive (function) views and analyzes risk from an organization-wide perspective;

Assessment Objective: a Risk Executive (function) ensures that the management of risk is consistent across the organization.

Information security program plan

privacy program plan

risk management strategy

supply chain risk management strategy

documentation of appointment, roles, and responsibilities of a Senior Accountable Official for Risk Management

documentation of actions taken by the Official

documentation of the establishment, policies, and procedures of a Risk Executive (function)

Senior Accountable Official for Risk Management

chief information officer

senior agency information security officer

senior agency official for privacy

organizational personnel with information security and privacy program responsibilities