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Organizational roles, responsibilities, and authorities (Clause 5.3)

Organizational roles, responsibilities, and authorities (Clause 5.3)

From the course: ISO 27001:2022-Compliant Cybersecurity: Getting Started

Organizational roles, responsibilities, and authorities (Clause 5.3)

- [Instructor] Your organization could have the most robust information security management system, or ISMS possible, but if nobody has been assigned to implement or maintain it, none of that matters. In this video, you'll learn why assigning organizational roles, responsibilities, and authorities must be done to comply with ISO 27001. You'll also learn that the security leader is required to ensure that the ISMS complies with the requirements of ISO 27001 and reports on the performance of the ISMS to top management. Clause 5.3 is called Organizational Roles, Responsibilities, and Authorities. The first requirement is that top management must ensure that the roles relevant to information security have been assigned and communicated, and that they have the appropriate responsibilities and authorities to do their jobs. Even though clause 5.3 doesn't use the term security leader, the next requirement specifies two responsibilities…

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