ISO/IEC 27001:2022 — Annex A controls

Information security policy and topic-specific policies shall be defined, approved by management, published, communicated to and acknowledged by relevant personnel, and reviewed at planned intervals.

Information security roles and responsibilities shall be defined and allocated according to the organisation's needs.

Conflicting duties and conflicting areas of responsibility shall be segregated.

Information relating to information security threats shall be collected and analysed to produce threat intelligence.

Information security shall be integrated into project management.

An inventory of information and other associated assets, including owners, shall be developed and maintained.

Rules for the acceptable use and procedures for handling information and other associated assets shall be identified, documented and implemented.

Information shall be classified according to the information security needs of the organisation based on confidentiality, integrity, availability and relevant interested party requirements.

Information transfer rules, procedures or agreements shall be in place for all types of transfer facilities within the organisation and between the organisation and other parties.

Rules to control physical and logical access to information and other associated assets shall be established and implemented based on business and information security requirements.

The full life cycle of identities shall be managed, from creation through modification to removal.

Allocation and management of authentication information shall be controlled by a management process, including advising personnel on the appropriate handling of authentication information.

Access rights to information and other associated assets shall be reviewed, and modified or removed, in accordance with the organisation's topic-specific policy and rules for access control.

Processes and procedures shall be defined and implemented to manage the information security risks associated with the use of suppliers' products or services.

Processes for acquisition, use, management and exit from cloud services shall be established in accordance with the organisation's information security requirements.

The organisation shall plan and prepare for managing information security incidents by defining, establishing and communicating incident management processes, roles and responsibilities.

The organisation shall establish and implement procedures for the identification, collection, acquisition and preservation of evidence related to information security events.

The organisation shall plan how to maintain information security at an appropriate level during disruption.

Legal, statutory, regulatory and contractual requirements relevant to information security and the organisation's approach to meeting them shall be identified, documented and kept up to date.

The organisation shall identify and meet the requirements regarding the preservation of privacy and protection of PII according to applicable laws and regulations and contractual requirements.

Background verification checks on all candidates for employment shall be carried out prior to joining the organisation and on an ongoing basis, taking into consideration applicable laws, regulations and ethics and proportional to the business requirements.

Employment contractual agreements shall state the personnel's and the organisation's responsibilities for information security.

Personnel and relevant interested parties shall receive appropriate information security awareness, education and training and regular updates of the organisation's information security policy, topic-specific policies and procedures, as relevant for their job function.

A disciplinary process shall be formalised and communicated to take actions against personnel and other relevant interested parties who have committed an information security policy violation.

Information security responsibilities and duties that remain valid after termination or change of employment shall be defined, enforced and communicated to relevant personnel and other interested parties.

Security measures shall be implemented when personnel are working remotely to protect information accessed, processed or stored outside the organisation's premises.

The organisation shall provide a mechanism for personnel to report observed or suspected information security events through appropriate channels in a timely manner.

Security perimeters shall be defined and used to protect areas that contain information and other associated assets.

Premises shall be continuously monitored for unauthorised physical access.

Off-site assets shall be protected.

Storage media shall be managed through their life cycle of acquisition, use, transportation and disposal in accordance with the organisation's classification scheme and handling requirements.

Items of equipment containing storage media shall be verified to ensure that any sensitive data and licensed software has been removed or securely overwritten prior to disposal or re-use.

Information stored on, processed by or accessible via user end point devices shall be protected.

The allocation and use of privileged access rights shall be restricted and managed.

Access to information and other associated assets shall be restricted in accordance with the established topic-specific policy on access control.

Secure authentication technologies and procedures shall be implemented based on information access restrictions and the topic-specific policy on access control.

Protection against malware shall be implemented and supported by appropriate user awareness.

Information about technical vulnerabilities of information systems in use shall be obtained, the organisation's exposure to such vulnerabilities evaluated, and appropriate measures taken.

Configurations, including security configurations, of hardware, software, services and networks shall be established, documented, implemented, monitored and reviewed.

Information stored in information systems, devices or in any other storage media shall be deleted when no longer required.

Data leakage prevention measures shall be applied to systems, networks and any other devices that process, store or transmit sensitive information.

Backup copies of information, software and systems shall be maintained and regularly tested in accordance with the agreed topic-specific policy on backup.

Logs that record activities, exceptions, faults and other relevant events shall be produced, stored, protected and analysed.

Networks, systems and applications shall be monitored for anomalous behaviour and appropriate actions taken to evaluate potential information security incidents.

Security mechanisms, service levels and service requirements of network services shall be identified, implemented and monitored.

Groups of information services, users and information systems shall be segregated in the organisation's networks.

Rules for the effective use of cryptography, including cryptographic key management, shall be defined and implemented.

Rules for the secure development of software and systems shall be established and applied.

Secure coding principles shall be applied to software development.

Security testing processes shall be defined and implemented in the development life cycle.

Development, testing and production environments shall be separated and secured.

Changes to information processing facilities and information systems shall be subject to change management procedures.

Audit tests and other assurance activities involving assessment of operational systems shall be planned and agreed between the tester and appropriate management.