NIST 800-53 r5 · Controls catalogue · Family PM
PM-29Risk Management Program Leadership Roles
Appoint a Senior Accountable Official for Risk Management to align organizational information security and privacy management processes with strategic, operational, and budgetary planning processes; and Establish a Risk Executive (function) to view and analyze risk from an organization-wide perspective and ensure management of risk is consistent across the organization.
Last updated: 22 August 2026 07:11 UTC
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Weaknesses this control addresses (8)AI-assisted
CWEs ranked by how often they appear in real CVEs. The rationale describes how this control reduces exploitability of each weakness class.
| CWE | Name | CVEs | Why this control addresses it |
|---|---|---|---|
CWE-862 | Missing Authorization | 10,200+ | Leadership accountability for risk management makes missing authorization controls visible at the enterprise level and subject to remediation. |
CWE-284 | Improper Access Control | 6,900+ | Appointed accountable official aligns access control decisions with strategic risk processes, reducing systemic improper access control. |
CWE-863 | Incorrect Authorization | 3,900+ | Org-wide risk perspective ensures authorization logic is reviewed and corrected rather than implemented inconsistently per system. |
CWE-269 | Improper Privilege Management | 3,400+ | Senior risk management leadership and cross-org risk view enforce proper privilege management and prevent ad-hoc or inconsistent assignments. |
CWE-732 | Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource | 1,900+ | Risk Executive function drives correct permission assignment for critical resources by requiring risk analysis before granting broad access. |
CWE-285 | Improper Authorization | 1,500+ | Organization-level risk governance improves authorization consistency and prevents authorization decisions made without enterprise risk context. |
CWE-250 | Execution with Unnecessary Privileges | 300+ | Org-wide risk executive function provides accountability and oversight that directly reduces execution with unnecessary privileges through consistent identification and mitigation. |
CWE-272 | Least Privilege Violation | 38 | Risk Executive role ensures least privilege is applied uniformly rather than left to individual system owners or projects. |
Top CVEs where this control is the strongest mitigation
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