Clause 5.3 Organizational roles, responsibilities and authorities
Clause 5.3 in ISO 27001:2022 (ISO/IEC 27001:2022). All ISO 27001:2022 controls held. Open ISO 27001:2022 on the standards site.
The control as we hold it
Organizational roles, responsibilities and authorities. Top management must make sure that every role that matters for information security has its responsibilities and authorities assigned and made known internally, and must specifically assign responsibility and authority for making sure the ISMS conforms to this standard and for reporting ISMS performance to top management. A note allows responsibilities for internal performance reporting to be assigned as well.
Reviewed and closest counterparts in the other frameworks
We hold no cross-framework row for Clause 5.3 yet. The reviewed pairs page lists the released pairs and their coverage.
What an auditor commonly asks for
General guidance for this control area (domain: Clause 5), in our words, not a statement of the standard and not binding on an assessor.
- An organization chart or RACI for information security roles, approved by top management
- Appointment of the person accountable for ISMS conformity and for reporting performance to top management
- Job descriptions containing information security responsibilities
- Performance reports delivered to top management by the assigned role