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At least 32 “ISO27k” standards are planned, more than half of which have been published and are available to the public now:

  1. ISO/IEC 27000:2012 - provides an overview/introduction to the ISO27k standards as a whole plus the specialist vocabulary used in ISO27k.
  2. ISO/IEC 27001:2005 is the Information Security Management System (ISMS) requirements standard, a specification for an ISMS against which thousands of organizations have been certified compliant.
  3. ISO/IEC 27002:2005 is the code of practice for information security management describing a comprehensive set of information security control objectives and a set of generally accepted good practice security controls.
  4. ISO/IEC 27003:2010 provides guidance on implementing ISO/IEC 27001.
  5. ISO/IEC 27004:2009 is an information security management measurement standard.
  6. ISO/IEC 27005:2011 is an information security risk management standard.
  7. ISO/IEC 27006:2011 is a guide to the certification or registration process for accredited ISMS certification or registration bodies.
  8. ISO/IEC 27007:2011 is a guide to auditing Information Security Management Systems.
  9. ISO/IEC TR 27008:2011 concerns the auditing of technical security controls.
  10. ISO/IEC 27010:2012 provides guidance on information security management for
    inter-sector and inter-organisational communications.
  11. ISO/IEC 27011:2008 is the information security management guideline for telecommunications organizations (dual-numbered as ITU X.1051).
  12. ISO/IEC 27013:2012 provides guidance on the integrated/joint implementation of both ISO/IEC 27001 (ISMS) and ISO/IEC 20000-1 (service management, derived from ITIL).
  13. New May 2013 ISO/IEC 27014:2013 offers guidance on the governance of information security.
  14. ISO/IEC TR 27015 provides information security management guidelines for financial services.
  15. ISO/IEC TR 27016 will cover the economics of information security management.
  16. ISO/IEC 27017 will cover information security aspects of cloud computing.
  17. ISO/IEC 27018 will cover privacy aspects of cloud computing.
  18. ISO/IEC TR 27019 will cover information security for process control in the energy industry.
  19. ISO/IEC 27031:2011 is an ICT-focused standard on business continuity.
  20. ISO/IEC 27032:2012 covers cybersecurity.
  21. ISO/IEC 27033 is replacing the multi-part ISO/IEC 18028 standard on IT network security (parts 1, 2 & 3 are published, the others are in preparation).
  22. ISO/IEC 27034 is providing guidelines for application security (part 1 was released in 2011, the others are in preparation).
  23. ISO/IEC 27035:2011 on information security incident management.
  24. ISO/IEC 27036 will be a security guideline for supplier relationships including cloud computing.
  25. ISO/IEC 27037:2012 covers identifying, gathering and preserving digital evidence.
  26. ISO/IEC 27038 will be a specification for digital redaction.
  27. ISO/IEC 27039 concerns intrusion detection and prevention systems.
  28. ISO/IEC 27040 guideline on storage security.
  29. ISO/IEC 27041 guideline on assurance for digital evidence investigation methods.
  30. ISO/IEC 27042 guideline on analysis and interpretation of digital evidence.
  31. ISO/IEC 27043 guideline on digital evidence investigation principles and processes.
  32. ISO 27799:2008 provides health sector specific ISMS implementation guidance based on ISO/IEC 27002.

 

The ISO27k standards are being actively developed, hence the information on this website is somewhat vague in places, particularly in respect of draft standards that are at the earliest stages and those that are changing rapidly. 

The other ISO27k standards page outlines the “study periods” for additional standards that haven’t yet been scoped, approved or numbered.  The content, scope and titles often change during the development process.  Please do not rely on anything we say here: only the published standards are definitive!

The information on this website has been gathered from ISO/IEC and similar official sources plus various unofficial sources such as newsletters from ISMS user groups, presentations by and private communications from members of various national standards bodies active on ISO27k business.  It includes a number of personal comments and asides.  ISO27001security.com is NOT an official ISO/IEC organ.  We have no formal relationship with ISO/IEC.  We simply do our best to present the picture but we cannot totally guarantee the integrity (as in completeness and accuracy) of all the information we provide here.  Please contact ISO, IEC or your own national standards body (e.g. NIST/ANSI, BSI, SNZ) for “official” information.

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