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The ISO/IEC 27000-series numbering (“ISO27k”) has been reserved for a family of information security management standards, similar to the very successful ISO 9000 family of quality assurance standards and derived from a successful British Standard called BS 7799.

The following ISO27k standards are either already published (shown in red) or works in progress:

  • ISO/IEC 27000 - will provide an overview/introduction to the ISO27k standards as a whole plus the specialist vocabulary used in ISO27k. It should be published soon. Updated April 26
  • ISO/IEC 27001:2005 - is the Information Security Management System requirements standard (specification) against which over 4,000 organizations are certified compliant.
  • ISO/IEC 27002:2005 (formerly known as ISO/IEC 17799) 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 controls.Updated April 26
  • ISO/IEC 27003 will provide implementation guidance for ISO/IEC 27001. Updated April 26
  • ISO/IEC 27004 will be an information security management measurement standard to help improve the effectiveness of your ISMS. Updated April 26
  • ISO/IEC 27005 will be an information security risk management standard and should be released soon. Updated April 26
  • ISO/IEC 27006:2007 is a guide to the certification or registration process for accredited ISMS certification or registration bodies.
  • ISO/IEC 27007 will be a guideline for auditing Information Security Management Systems. Updated April 26
  • ISO/IEC TR 27008 will provide guidance on auditing information security controls.Added April 26
  • ISO/IEC 27010 will provide guidance on sector-to-sector interworking and communications for industry and government, supporting a series of sector-specific ISMS implementation guidelines starting with ISO/IEC 27011. Added April 26
  • ISO/IEC 27011 will be information security management guidelines for telecommunications (also known as X.1051) and will be released soon. Updated April 26
  • ISO/IEC 27031 will be an ICT-focused standard on business continuity. Updated April 26
  • ISO/IEC 27032 will be guidelines for cybersecurity. Updated April 26
  • ISO/IEC 27033 will replace the ISO/IEC 18028 standard on IT network security. Updated May 5
  • ISO/IEC 27034 will provide guidelines for application security. Updated April 26
  • ISO/IEC 27799, although not strictly part of ISO27k, will provide health sector specific ISMS implementation guidance.
  • Other ISO27k is a holding page with preliminary information on more ISO27k standards including sector/industry-specific ISMS implementation guidelines whose scopes and ISO27k numbers have not yet been determined. Updated April 26

 

The numbers, names and content of as-yet unpublished standards may well change prior to their publication.

 

NB: 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. This is NOT an official ISO/IEC website - we have no relationship with ISO/IEC. We simply do our best to present an accurate and complete picture but we cannot totally guarantee the integrity of all the information we provide here. Please contact ISO, IEC or your national standards body (e.g.NIST/ANSI, BSI, Standards NZ) for official information.

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