164.308(a)(2) Assigned Security Responsibility (Standard)
164.308(a)(2) in HIPAA Security Rule (the HIPAA Security Rule as it currently stands). All HIPAA Security Rule controls held. Open HIPAA Security Rule on the standards site.
The control as we hold it
Assigned Security Responsibility (Standard). Identify the security official responsible for development and implementation of policies and procedures. NIST recommends a documented appointment, position description, and reporting line to executive leadership.
Reviewed and closest counterparts in the other frameworks
Reviewed rows come from a released pair; a closest match is the nearest held text and is not a reviewed row.
SOC 2
- SOC2-CC1.3 CC1.3 Structures, reporting lines, authorities and responsibilities (COSO principle 3) (closest match)
NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5
- NIST800-PM-2 PM-2 Information Security Program Leadership Role (closest match)
What an auditor commonly asks for
General guidance for this control area (domain: Administrative), in our words, not a statement of the standard and not binding on an assessor.
- the risk analysis and risk-management records
- the workforce clearance, training and sanction records
- the access-authorisation and termination records
- the contingency-plan test and evaluation records