OBL-03 · Obligations and Compliance

Training and awareness

People receive role-relevant training on joining and at a defined cadence, and completion is evidenced.

7frameworks fully address it
1partially
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 2FullCC1.4
  • ISO 27001FullA.6.3
  • NIST CSFFullPR.AT-01
  • PCI DSSFull12.6.3
  • HIPAAFull164.308(a)(5)
  • GDPRPartialArt. 39(1)(b) Awareness raising is a DPO task where a DPO exists.
  • EU AI ActFullArt. 4
  • NIST AI RMFFullGOVERN 2.2

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

Assignment records, completion evidence, content version.

?Why it exists

Awareness that leaves no record cannot be shown to have happened.

For a smaller organizationAnnual awareness plus a short induction module.