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Privacy Risk Alignment

The organization shall align data protection and privacy activities with the organization's risk management framework, ensuring privacy risks are identified, assessed, and managed consistently with other organizational risks. Alignment shall include integration of privacy risk assessments with enterprise risk management processes and incorporation of privacy risk into risk reporting.

Requirement ID
DAT-001-R006
Parent Control
DAT-001
Domain Code
DAT

Requirement Details & Guidance

DAT-001-R006 · DAT-001
Why This Requirement Exists

To ensure privacy strategy activities are integrated with enterprise risk management so risks are assessed, prioritized, treated, and reported consistently.

Implementation Guidance

Map data protection and privacy strategy activities to enterprise risk processes, risk appetite, risk registers, and reporting. Define how risks are assessed, escalated, treated, and monitored.

Practical Application & Audit Readiness

DAT-001-R006 · Field Guidance

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        DAT-001 · Recommended Approach

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          Cross-Mapped Regulatory Frameworks

          Harmonized Control Mappings
          FRAMEWORK CODE FRAMEWORK NAME & DETAILS FAMILY / CATEGORY VERSION ACTION
          COBIT2019 COBIT COBIT is an enterprise governance and management f... Clause: 4.2 – Align, Plan and Organize (APO) > APO13 – Managed Security > APO13.02 – Define and manage an information security and privacy risk treatment plan.
          COBIT
          Governance Framework
          		 v2019 View →
          DORA Digital Operational Resilience Act The EU Digital Operational Resilience Act establis... Clause: Article 9(2) – ICT security policies, procedures, protocols and tools for resilience and data security Article 9(3) – ICT solutions/processes for secure data transfer and prevention of loss, unauthorised access and data compromise
          EU
          Regulation
          		 vCurrent View →
          GDPR General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) The General Data Protection Regulation is a bindin... Clause: Article 32(2) – Risk-based security measures; Article 35(1) – Data protection impact assessment; Article 24(1) – Responsibility of the controller
          EU
          Regulation
          		 vCurrent View →
          HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act HIPAA is a U.S. federal law supported by implement... Clause: § 164.308(a)(2) Standard: Risk analysis
          US
          Law
          		 vCurrent View →
          IRDAI IRDAI Information & Cyber Security Guidelines IRDAI information and cyber-security requirements... Clause: §2.1-3.5 – Data Privacy
          India
          Guideline
          		 vLatest View →
          ISO27002 ISO/IEC 27002 ISO/IEC 27002 is a guidance standard containing a... Clause: 5.34 – Privacy and protection of PII
          ISO
          Standard
          		 v2022 View →
          ISO27701 ISO/IEC 27701 ISO/IEC 27701 provides requirements and guidance f... Clause: 5.4.1.2; 5.4.1.3; 5.4.1.2 – Information security risk assessment (privacy); 5.4.1.3 – Information security risk treatment (privacy)
          ISO
          Privacy Standard
          		 v2019 View →
          NIS2 NIS2 Directive The NIS2 Directive establishes EU-wide cybersecuri... Clause: Article 21(2)(a) – Policies on risk analysis and information system security
          EU
          Directive
          		 vCurrent View →
          NIST-CSF NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) The NIST Cybersecurity Framework provides high-lev... Clause: GV.OC – Organizational Context | GV.OC-03 – Legal, regulatory, and contractual requirements regarding cybersecurity — including privacy and civil liberties obligations — are understood and managed
          NIST
          Framework
          		 v2 View →
          NIST80053 NIST SP 800-53 NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 presents control families, i... Clause: 3.15 – PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PROCESSING AND TRANSPARENCY; PT-1 – POLICY AND PROCEDURES
          NIST
          Control Catalog
          		 vRev. 5 View →
          NPCI-ISR NPCI Information Security Requirements NPCI information-security requirements define cont... Clause: Security Measures / Controls; Data Privacy
          India
          Standard
          		 vLatest View →
          RBI-CSF RBI Cyber Security Framework / Master Directions RBI cyber-security requirements and directions set... Clause: 1) Inventory Management of Business IT Assets – 1.1 Asset inventory incl. business/customer data, applications, infrastructure, facilities, key personnel and criticality; 1) Inventory Management of Business IT Assets – 1.2 Data/information classification by sensitivity; 1) Inventory Management of Business IT Assets – 1.3 Protection of data/information across storage, transmission, processing and access, inside/outside the bank
          India
          Regulation
          		 vLatest View →
          SEBI-CSCRF SEBI Cyber Security & Cyber Resilience Framework SEBI’s Cybersecurity and Cyber Resilience Framewor... Clause: 1.1 GV.OC: Organizational Context; 3.3 PR.DS: Data Security
          India
          Regulation
          		 vLatest View →
          SOC2 SOC 2 Trust Services Criteria SOC 2 is an independent examination and reporting... Clause: C1.1 – Confidentiality – The entity identifies and maintains confidential information to meet the entity’s objectives related to confidentiality. CC6.1 – Logical and Physical Access Controls – The entity implements logical access security software, infrastructure, and architectures over protected information assets to protect them from security events to meet the entity's objectives.
          AICPA
          Audit Framework
          		 vLatest View →

          Parent Domain Context

          Governance Domain Baseline
          Domain Name:
          Data Protection & Privacy (DAT)
          Purpose:
          To protect data throughout its lifecycle and ensure compliance with privacy regulations.
          Scope:
          Enterprise
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          Parent Control Context

          Control Baseline
          Control Name:
          Data Protection & Privacy Strategy (DAT-001)
          Summary:
          Establishes enterprise data protection and privacy strategy with governance, policies, and oversight for managing data risks, privacy compliance, and information lifecycle management.
          Business Description:
          Establish, implement, and maintain an enterprise data protection and privacy strategy to govern the secure and compliant management of information throughout its lifecycle.
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