← ISO 27001 · A.5 — Organisational

A.5.14 — Information transfer

medium encryption-in-transitdlp

Requirement

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.

What the engine looks for

Every group below must be satisfied — by an affirmative statement, not a plan, a hedge or a denial — for the control to count as covered. A term ending in … matches any word it begins. Supporting terms do not change the verdict — they raise confidence and distinguish a policy that names a mechanism from one that gestures at a category.

Required element 1 — any one of
transfertransmissionsharesend
Required element 2 — any one of
secureencryptagreementapproved channel
Supporting terms — specificity signals
sftptlsndaemail encryptionfile sharingapproved tool

Equivalent controls elsewhere

Matched on shared topics. Satisfying this control usually moves these too.

FrameworkControlTitleShared topics
SOC 2 CC6.7 Restriction of information transmission, movement and removal encryption-in-transit dlp
SOC 2 CC6.6 Boundary protection encryption-in-transit
PCI DSS 4.0.1 3.4 PAN is masked when displayed and protected from copying dlp
PCI DSS 4.0.1 4.2 Strong cryptography for PAN transmitted over open, public networks encryption-in-transit
HIPAA 164.312(e)(1) Transmission security (R/A) encryption-in-transit
GLBA 314.4(c)(3) Encryption of customer information in transit and at rest encryption-in-transit
NIST CSF 2.0 PR.DS-02 Confidentiality, integrity and availability of data in transit encryption-in-transit
GDPR Art.5(1)(f) Integrity and confidentiality encryption-in-transit