OBL-01 · Obligations and Compliance

Obligation inventory

Legal, regulatory and contractual obligations that apply are identified, owned and kept current.

4frameworks fully address it
4partially
0leave 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 2FullCC2.3
  • ISO 27001FullA.5.31
  • NIST CSFFullGV.OC-03
  • PCI DSSPartial12.1 Scoped to PCI DSS obligations.
  • HIPAAPartial164.316 Documentation duty rather than an inventory.
  • GDPRPartialArt. 30 Records of processing rather than obligations.
  • EU AI ActPartialArt. 16 Provider obligations are enumerated by the Act itself.
  • NIST AI RMFFullGOVERN 1.1

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

Obligation register with source, owner and evidence link.

?Why it exists

You cannot meet an obligation you have not written down.

For a smaller organizationOne register, reviewed when a contract or law changes.