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An Introduction to the ISO 27000 Family of Standards
The ISO / IEC 27000 family is a series of information security standards developed and published by the International Standards Organisation (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). These standards provide a globally recognised framework for best practise information security management.
The correct designations for most of these standards include the ISO/IEC prefix and all of them should include a suffix, which is their date of publication. Most of these standards, however, tend to be described in shorthand. ISO/IEC 27001:2005, for instance, is often referred to simply as ISO 27001.
The current published and available Standards and those in preparation are listed below.
Why use a Standard?
The family of Standards is broad in scope. As technology evolves, new standards are continually being developed to meet the requirements of information security. It should be noted that ISO 27001 is a specification. It sets out specific requirements, all of which must be followed, and against which an organisation's Information Security Management System (ISMS) can be audited and certified. All the other Standards in the ISO27000 family are Codes of Practice; these provide non-mandatory best practice guidelines which organisations may follow, in whole or in part, at their own discretion.
A key feature of the standards is that they are applicable to any organisation, in any sector, of any size. Key concepts which govern the standards are:
- Organisations are encouraged to assess their own information security risks
- Organisations should implement appropriate information security controls according to their needs
- Guidance should be taken from the relevant standards
- Implement continuous feedback and use of the Plan, Do, Check, Act model
- Continually assess changes in threat and risk to information security issues.
Benefits of Using a Standard
Information security is an issue of paramount importance to any organisation in this modern age. With the exponential development of technology, it is imperative that organisations protect their own assets, whilst also ensuring confidence in the clients, customers and partners they work with. By aligning itself with an ISO / IEC Standard, an organisation can:
- Secure their own critical assets
- Manage levels of risks
- Improve and ensure customer confidence
- Avoid loss of brand damage, loss of earnings or potential fines
- Evolve their information security alongside technological developments
Published Standards
Below are all the currently published standards in the ISO 27000 family:
- ISO/IEC 27000:2009 (ISO 27000) ISMS Introduction & Vocabulary.
- ISO/IEC 27001:2005 (ISO 27001) ISMS - Requirements (revised BS 7799 Part 2:2005).
- ISO/IEC 27002:2005 (ISO 27002) Code of practice for information security management as from May 2007 - formerly ISO/IEC 17799.
- ISO/IEC 27003:2010 (ISO 27003) ISMS implementation guidance.
- ISO/IEC 27004:2009 (ISO 27004) Information security metrics and measurements.
- ISO/IEC 27005:2011 (ISO 27005) Information security risk management (based on and incorporating ISO/IEC 13335 MICTS Part 2).
- ISO/IEC 27006:2007 (ISO 27007) Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of information security management systems.
- ISO/IEC 27007:2011 (ISO 27007)– Guidelines for information security management systems auditing against ISO/IEC 27001, and guidance on the evaluation of ISMS auditors.
- ISO/IEC 27008:2011 (ISO 27008)– Guidelines for Auditors on Information Security Controls.
- ISO/IEC 27011:2008 (ISO 27011) Guidelines supporting the implementation of information security management (ISM) in telecommunications organisations.
- ISO/IEC 27031:2011 (ISO 27031) Describes the concepts and principles of information and communication technology (ICT) readiness for business continuity.
- ISO/IEC 27033-1:2009 (ISO 27033-1) Defines the concepts and provides management guidance on network security.
- ISO/IEC 27033-3:2010 (ISO27033-3) Reference networking scenarios – Defines the specific risks, design, techniques and control issues.
- ISO/IEC 27035 (ISO 27035) – Information technology - Security incident management.
- ISO 27799:2008 (ISO 27799) Guidelines for managing information security in the health sector.
Key to Standards in Preparation
Below is a list of Standards and their official ISO status (International Organisation for Standardisation). The ISO has 8 stages as a Standard passes through various committees, they are thus:
- PWI – Preliminary Work Item – Stage where initial feasibility is assessed
- NP – New Proposal – Stage where formal scoping takes place
- WD – Working Draft – The developmental phase
- CD – Committee Draft – The quality control stage
- FCD – Final Committee Draft – Ready for final approval
- DIS – Draft International Standard – International bodies vote formally on a Standard, submitting comments
- FDIS – Final Distribution International Standard – Standard is ready to publish
- IS – International Standard – The Standard is published.
Standards in Preparation
- ISO/IEC 27010 – Guidelines for sharing confidential security information between organisations, industries and governments.
Status: FCD. Expected publication date early 2012. - ISO/IEC 27013 – Guidelines on the integrated implementation of ISO/IEC 20000
Status: CD. Publication date to be announced. - ISO/IEC 27014 – Information security governance framework
Status: CD. Expected publication date early 2012. - ISO/IEC 27015 – Information security management guidelines for the finance and insurance sectors.
Status: WD. Publication date to be announced. - ISO/IEC 27016 – Information security management – organisational economics. Guidelines for organisational expenditure on informational security controls.
Status: WD. Expected publication date December 2013. - ISO/IEC 27032 – Guidelines for cyber security, preserving the confidentiality, integrity and availability of information in Cyberspace.
Status: FCD. Publication date to be announced. - ISO/IEC 27033-2 – Guidelines for the design and implementation of network security (this is a revision of ISO/IEC 18028 part 2).
Status: FCD. Expected publication date November 2011. - ISO/IEC 27033-4 – Securing communications between networks using security gateways – threats, designs, techniques and control issues (revision of ISO/IEC 18028 part 3 and possibly ISO/IEC 18028 part 4).
Status: WD. Expected publication date December 2012. - ISO/IEC 27033-5 – Securing Virtual Private Networks – threats, designs and control issues (revision of ISO/IEC 18208 part 5).
Status: WD. Expected publication date November 2013. - ISO/IEC 27033-6 – IP Convergence – Defines the risks, design techniques and control issues for securing IP convergence networks.
Status: NP. Expected publication date November 2013. - ISO/IEC 27033-7 – Guidelines for securing wireless networking. Defines the risks, design techniques and control issues for securing wireless and radio networks.
Status: NP. Expected publication to be announced. - ISO/IEC 27033-8+ – Guidelines for securing [other network related aspects].
Status: PWI. Publication date to be announced. - ISO/IEC 27034-1 – Information Technology – Security techniques, application security overview and concepts.
Status: FCD. Publication date to be announced. - ISO/IEC 27034-2 – Organisation normative framework, defines relationships and dependencies between processes in the Organisation Normative Framework.
Status: WD. Publication date to be announced. - ISO/IEC 27034-3 – Application security management process, describing the relevant information security process in an application development project, its relations and dependencies.
Status: NP. Publication date to be announced. - ISO/IEC 27034-4 – Application security validation and certification process to assess an application system against its stated information security requirements.
Status: NP. Publication date to be announced. - ISO/IEC 27034-5 – Protocols and application security control data structure, establishing reusable application security controls, within and across organisations.
Status: NP. Publication date to be announced. - ISO/IEC 27034-6 – Security guidance for specific applications.
Status: PWI. Publication date to be announced. - ISO/IEC 27036-1 – Guidelines for security of outsourcing and supplier relationships – Overview and concepts.
Status: PWI. Publication date to be announced. - ISO/IEC 27036-2 – Guidelines for security of outsourcing and supplier relationships – formal requirements with guidance on implementation.
Status: PWI. Publication date to be announced. - ISO/IEC 27037 – Guidelines for identification, collection and acquisition and preservation of digital evidence.
Status: CD. Publication date to be announced. - ISO/IEC 27038 – Security techniques, specification for digital redaction.
Status: WD. Publication date to be announced. - ISO/IEC 27040 – Security techniques – storage security.
Status: NP. Publication date to be announced.
We will continue to keep this page updated with the progress of each Standard.
