ASR-01 · Assurance and Evidence

Controls have owners

Every control has one accountable owner and named performers for its tasks.

5frameworks fully address it
1partially
2leave it out
SOC 2 ISO 27001 NIST CSF PCI DSS HIPAA GDPR EU AI Act NIST AI RMF
1Where each framework asks for it
  • SOC 2FullCC1.3
  • ISO 27001FullA.5.2
  • NIST CSFFullGV.RR-02
  • PCI DSSFull12.4.2
  • HIPAAPartial164.308(a)(2) Security official responsibility.
  • GDPRAbsent No control ownership concept.
  • EU AI ActAbsent Not addressed.
  • NIST AI RMFFullGOVERN 2.1

Build the control once against this objective and cite the clause each auditor asks about. A partial mapping says what the framework leaves out; an absence is a finding about the framework, not a gap in your program.

2What usually proves it

Control ownership matrix, attestations.

?Why it exists

Shared ownership is the reliable route to nothing happening.

For a smaller organizationOne person, twelve controls, written down.