NIST CSF GV.RR - Roles, Responsibilities, and Authorities
Establish and communicate cybersecurity roles, responsibilities, and authorities across the organization including leadership accountability, resource allocation, and integration with human resources practices
Where this comes from
Provision: GV.RR - Roles, Responsibilities, and Authorities
Instrument: NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 (February 2024)
Citation: NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0, February 26, 2024, Section GV.RR (Roles, Responsibilities, and Authorities), Sub-categories GV.RR-01 through GV.RR-04
Text version: CSF 2.0
Who it applies to
It applies when all of these are true:
- Data categories collected — any answer
What engineering work it implies
Sample acceptance criteria Landfall generates for this obligation:
- Implementation or documented process meets the reviewed acceptance criteria; identify the tested version and deployment status separately
- Configure defaults from the assessed source and purpose; do not enable data collection or processing merely because this task exists
- Validate behavior for the assessed actors and use cases, including applicable guest or administrator paths
- UI clearly communicates what the feature does to users
- API returns appropriate error codes when feature blocks an action
Questions people ask
- Does NIST CSF GV.RR - Roles, Responsibilities, and Authorities apply to my service?
- It applies when Data categories collected — any answer.
- From when does this apply?
- NIST CSF GV.RR - Roles, Responsibilities, and Authorities applies from 26 February 2024. Its current status is: in force.
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