CGRC · Question #309
What roles and responsibilities can only be occupied by a government employee? Response:
The correct answer is A. Risk Executive. In the context of federal information systems, the Risk Executive role is typically reserved for government employees due to its critical decision-making authority in enterprise risk management.
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What roles and responsibilities can only be occupied by a government employee? Response:
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- ARisk Executive
- BChief Information Officer (CIO)
- CRisk Executive
- DRisk Executive
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(58 responses)- A93% (54)
- C5% (3)
- D2% (1)
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In the context of federal information systems, the Risk Executive role is typically reserved for government employees due to its critical decision-making authority in enterprise risk management.
The Risk Executive, along with other high-level roles like the Authorizing Official (AO) and Information System Owner (ISO) for federal systems, typically must be a government employee. This requirement ensures direct accountability and oversight for critical risk management and authorization decisions within federal agencies, preventing outsourcing of such inherent governmental functions.
While a Chief Information Officer (CIO) is often a government employee in federal agencies, the role itself is not exclusively government-specific, as many private sector organizations also employ CIOs. For federal RMF roles with strict government-only requirements, the Risk Executive is a more definitive example.
This is a duplicate of option A, reinforcing 'Risk Executive' as the correct answer.
This is a duplicate of option A, further reinforcing 'Risk Executive' as the correct answer.
Concept tested: RMF Roles - Government Employee Restrictions
Source: https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/SpecialPublications/NIST.SP.800-37r2.pdf
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