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Accountability

The organization shall establish accountability for AI systems, including clear lines of responsibility for AI decisions, impacts, and outcomes. Accountability requirements shall include assignment of accountability for AI systems, documentation of accountability decisions, and enforcement of accountability.

Requirement ID
AIG-004-R008
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Requirement Details & Guidance

AIG-004-R008 · AIG-004
Why This Requirement Exists

This requirement exists to assign clear responsibility for AI decisions, impacts, and outcomes and enforce accountability, ensuring AI systems are governed, secured, assessed, and operated in a controlled and accountable manner.

Implementation Guidance

Establish and document the process to assign clear responsibility for AI decisions, impacts, and outcomes and enforce accountability. Define accountable roles, scope, required inputs and outputs, assessment or approval criteria, decision thresholds, review frequency, monitoring, reporting, exception handling, evidence requirements, and escalation paths. Apply the process across the AI lifecycle and integrate it with information security, privacy, risk, compliance, change management, incident management, and business governance as applicable.

Practical Application & Audit Readiness

AIG-004-R008 · Field Guidance

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        AIG-004 · Recommended Approach

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          FRAMEWORK CODE FRAMEWORK NAME & DETAILS FAMILY / CATEGORY VERSION ACTION
          ISO27001 ISO/IEC 27001 ISO/IEC 27001 specifies auditable requirements for... Clause: 5.3 – Organizational roles, responsibilities and authorities
          ISO
          Standard
          v2022 View →
          SEBI-CSCRF SEBI Cyber Security & Cyber Resilience Framework SEBI’s Cybersecurity and Cyber Resilience Framewor... Clause: 1.2 GV.RR: Roles, Responsibilities and Authorities; 1.4 GV.OV: Oversight
          India
          Regulation
          vLatest View →
          ISO27002 ISO/IEC 27002 ISO/IEC 27002 is a guidance standard containing a... Clause: 5.2 – Information security roles and responsibilities
          ISO
          Standard
          v2022 View →
          PCI-DSS PCI DSS PCI DSS is an industry security standard maintaine... Clause: 12.1.3 – The security policy clearly defines; 12.1.4 – Responsibility for information security is
          PCI
          Standard
          v4 View →
          COBIT2019 COBIT COBIT is an enterprise governance and management f... Clause: 4.2 – Align, Plan and Organize (APO) > APO01 – Managed I&T Management Framework > APO01.04 – Define and implement the organizational structures. 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 →
          NIST-CSF NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) The NIST Cybersecurity Framework provides high-lev... Clause: GV.RM – Risk Management Strategy | GV.RM-03 – Cybersecurity risk management activities and outcomes are included in enterprise risk management processes ID.RA – Risk Assessment | ID.RA-07 – Changes and exceptions are managed, assessed for risk impact, recorded, and tracked PR.PS – Platform Security | PR.PS-06 – Secure software development practices are integrated, and their performance is monitored throughout the software development life cycle
          NIST
          Framework
          v2 View →
          NIST80053 NIST SP 800-53 NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 presents control families, i... Clause: 3.13 – PROGRAM MANAGEMENT; PM-2 – INFORMATION SECURITY PROGRAM LEADERSHIP ROLE
          NIST
          Control Catalog
          vRev. 5 View →
          SOC2 SOC 2 Trust Services Criteria SOC 2 is an independent examination and reporting... Clause: CC1.5 – Control Environment – COSO Principle 5: The entity holds individuals accountable for their internal control responsibilities in the pursuit of objectives.
          AICPA
          Audit Framework
          vLatest View →

          Parent Domain Context

          Governance Domain Baseline
          Domain Name:
          AI Governance & Model Security (AIG)
          Purpose:
          To ensure the trustworthy, secure, and ethical development and deployment of AI.
          Scope:
          Enterprise

          Parent Control Context

          Control Baseline
          Control Name:
          Responsible AI Management (AIG-004)
          Summary:
          Establishes responsible AI including principles, transparency, explainability, fairness, bias management, human oversight, ethical AI, accountability, review, and continuous improvement.
          Business Description:
          Establish and maintain controls to ensure Artificial Intelligence systems operate transparently, fairly, ethically, explainably, and under appropriate human oversight while respecting legal and societal expectations.