organization-defined personnel
163578·updated Sep 1, 2026An organization-defined parameter (ODP) — specifically one whose value is a set of human recipients identified by job title, functional role, or organizational position — that an implementing organization must supply during the control-tailoring process to make a security or privacy control requirement complete and enforceable. It is the variable part of a control or control enhancement that is instantiated by an organization during the tailoring process by either assigning an organization-defined value or selecting a value from a predefined list. Across NIST SP 800-53 and related frameworks, the assignment operation allows an organization to assign a specific, organization-defined value to the control — for example, assigning a list of roles to be notified. In practice the expression appears throughout policy-dissemination, notification, approval, and training controls — such as developing, documenting, and disseminating personnel security policy to [Assignment: organization-defined personnel or roles] or requiring third-party providers to notify [Assignment: organization-defined personnel or roles] of any personnel transfers or terminations — where each implementing organization
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A placeholder value within a security or privacy control statement — specifically an instance of an assignment operation — that the implementing organization is required to populate during control tailoring by naming the specific individuals, positions, or functional roles to which a given control obligation applies. NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 defines an assignment operation as "a control parameter that allows an organization to assign a specific, organization-defined value to the control or control enhancement (e.g., assigning a list of roles to be notified)." In practice, wherever the bracket notation `[Assignment: organization-defined personnel or roles]` appears in a control, the organization instantiates that variable "during the tailoring process by either assigning an organization-defined value or selecting a value from a predefined list provided as part of the control or control enhancement," thereby converting the generic control statement into an enforceable, organization-specific obligation targeting named staff or role designations.
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- §1 · attested_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.Increment 2: attested in 800-171r3 without a glossary definition.
- §1 · web_lookup_draft
- An organization-defined parameter (ODP) — specifically one whose value is a set of human recipients identified by job title, functional role, or organizational position — that an implementing organization must supply during the control-tailoring process to make a security or privacy control requirement complete and enforceable. It is the variable part of a control or control enhancement that is instantiated by an organization during the tailoring process by either assigning an organization-defined value or selecting a value from a predefined list. Across NIST SP 800-53 and related frameworks, the assignment operation allows an organization to assign a specific, organization-defined value to the control — for example, assigning a list of roles to be notified. In practice the expression appears throughout policy-dissemination, notification, approval, and training controls — such as developing, documenting, and disseminating personnel security policy to [Assignment: organization-defined personnel or roles] or requiring third-party providers to notify [Assignment: organization-defined personnel or roles] of any personnel transfers or terminations — where each implementing organizationDR-088 backfill from the noun definition column
- §1 · web_lookup_draft
- A placeholder value within a security or privacy control statement — specifically an instance of an assignment operation — that the implementing organization is required to populate during control tailoring by naming the specific individuals, positions, or functional roles to which a given control obligation applies. NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 defines an assignment operation as "a control parameter that allows an organization to assign a specific, organization-defined value to the control or control enhancement (e.g., assigning a list of roles to be notified)." In practice, wherever the bracket notation `[Assignment: organization-defined personnel or roles]` appears in a control, the organization instantiates that variable "during the tailoring process by either assigning an organization-defined value or selecting a value from a predefined list provided as part of the control or control enhancement," thereby converting the generic control statement into an enforceable, organization-specific obligation targeting named staff or role designations.Drafted by the propose-term web lookup (PD-018); a curator confirms or replaces it.