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human resource manager

nounverified·updated Aug 30, 2026

An organizational role — specifically, a manager within the human resources function — who appears in security, privacy, and compliance documents as a named stakeholder responsible for workforce-lifecycle controls that intersect with information security obligations. In that context, the phrase does not denote a specialized security position but rather the ordinary HR management role insofar as it owns people-related security processes: pre-employment screening, onboarding access provisioning, security awareness training, disciplinary procedures, and offboarding/access revocation. Frameworks such as ISO 27001 Annex A.7, which outlines management system standards for workers before, during, and after employment — including recruiting, awareness, training, discipline, and termination — assign specific security obligations to this role, and human resource managers of covered entities face a wide variety of responsibilities requiring significant focus on privacy and security within a company. The phrase is compositional: "human resource manager" is the ordinary professional title, and its meaning in security/compliance documents derives entirely from the security duties that frameworks

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Senses

NIST SP 800-171r3attested usage reviewer confirmed

No definition is given in NIST SP 800-171r3. The term is attested in use at 1 citation in that document; a definition is pending curation.

Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

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Variants

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human resource managers
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human resource manager's
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human resource managers'