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assign

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designate tasks, roles, or values to specific categories or individuals

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Classifications

Cognitive

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Responsibility

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Automation

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Variants

synonym
delegateportionputset apartwho will be responsible
pasttense
assigned
presentparticiple
assigning
thirdpersonsingular
assigns
pastparticiple
assigned

Framework definitions

NIST Cybersecurity Framework1 senseview framework →
§1
To appoint someone to a job, duty, task, or organization; allocate a job, duty, or task.
FFIEC Cybersecurity Assessment Tool, Baseline, May 20171 senseview framework →
§1
To appoint someone to a job, duty, task, or organization; allocate a job, duty, or task.
FFIEC IT Examination Handbook - Audit, April 20121 senseview framework →
§1
To appoint someone to a job, duty, task, or organization; allocate a job, duty, or task.
Wordset Dictionary6 sensesview framework →
§1
to select something or someone for a specific purpose
§2
to decide as to where something belongs in a scheme
§3
to attribute or give
§4
to transfer one's right to
§5
to give out
§6
to confer responsibility for a task, or for holding the duties of a post
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
designate tasks, roles, or values to specific categories or individuals
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Outgoing relationships

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Incoming relationships

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