Which of the following is the MOST effective way to help ensure accountability for managing risk?

Assigning process owners to key risk areas establishes clear responsibility for identifying, assessing, mitigating, and monitoring risks within their specific domains. This direct assignment of ownership ensures that individuals are formally accountable for the ongoing management of risks relevant to their processes.

Independent risk assessments provide an objective view of risks but do not inherently establish ongoing accountability for managing them within the organization.

Assigning incident response responsibilities addresses accountability during an incident, but not the proactive, continuous management of risk.

Accurate process narratives are important for understanding processes but do not, by themselves, establish who is accountable for the risks within those processes.