Privacy

ISO/TC 215 has updated ISO 27799 to reflect ISO/IEC 27002:2022 , omitting the previous edition's content re ISO/IEC 27001 . The standard now concentrates on the implementation of organisational, people, physical and technological controls within the healthcare industry.

A new SC27 project has been approved, developing an ISO27k standard on privacy for the B rain- C omputer I nterface, part of meditech or healthtech you could say. Consider the privacy implications of these vaguely-conceivable if mostly futuristic/other-worldly BCI applications: Brain implants picking-up neurological signals to control prosthetic limbs or weapons, ideally providing 'force feedback' for proportional control, dexterity and accuracy. Remote control/direction of

Voting has commenced on the D raft I nternational S tandard ISO/IEC 27091 on AI privacy, with national standards bodies invited to vote and comment by Feb 25th 2026. I have updated the standard's page on this website , based on a brief skim-reading of the DIS, so far. I will update that page if I find the time to study the standard properly and reconsider my opinions. In summary, although I have concerns about the scope, focus and coverage of the standard, it does offer us

The D raft I nternational S tandard version of this forthcoming security and privacy standard on 'big data' has been released for national bodies to vote and comment before March 2026. Supplementing ISO's 'official' page about this standard , I have outlined the structure of the standard on its detailed info page on this website. If the DIS is approved by the voting members of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 27 without significant comments or objections, it may be published later in 2026