ISO 27002 Audit Checklist

If you work in information security, chances are you are aware of ISO 27001 as the international standard for best practices in an ISMS. But you might not have come across ISO 27002 yet: this supplementary standard helps implement its controls more easily.

Discover more about these Standards and how you can implement them into your practice.

Risk Assessment
Risk assessments are a core component of ISO 27001 compliance. They involve identifying and assessing threats to an organization’s information security and their probability/damage potential, before comparing that against their risk acceptance criteria to determine an acceptable residual risk level.

Risk analysis includes an evaluation of the effectiveness of ISMSs and opportunities for continual enhancement, also known as management reviews. Regular management reviews must take place to ensure they comply with ISO 27001 standards.

Regular evaluation of a checklist helps identify any outdated items and ensure it conforms with current processes, regulations, and requirements. Furthermore, reviewing it gives stakeholders an opportunity to provide input on its quality improvement. Furthermore, clear instructions must be provided on how to use it effectively so as to reduce confusion and errors.

Security Policy
Are You Working in Information Security? Are You Familiar With ISO 27001 And 27002? Both standards offer guidance for creating an ISMS (information security management system) while ISO 27002 offers specific controls that organizations may implement to achieve security.

This 27002 checklist offers 14 information security control items listed in Annex A of ISO 27001 plus additional documents you might require for your ISMS (such as reports or risk register entries with risks described and assigned owners etc). Each column comes pre-filled with required requirements ( such as status indicators or rows for notes). Alternatively, use it as evidence list during review, internal audit or certification audit to organize all relevant documentation together into an easily searchable file system.

Security Measures
The ISO 27002 standard provides organizations with a set of security measures they can use to secure their information assets. It complements ISO/IEC 27001’s ISMS framework by offering more specifics about how specific controls should be implemented.

ISO 27002’s latest revision was published in 2022 and offers significant enhancements to how control sets are structured. This revision combines 114 controls into four domains that are more organized, streamlined, and easier to navigate compared to prior editions; additionally 24 original control domains have been combined into one for easier identification of potential risks and mitigation efforts.

Make sure that all members of your compliance project team stay informed with this easily shareable checklist template, designed for easy compliance monitoring. With 14 required standards already filled in and assessment and results columns to monitor progress toward certification, this checklist offers clear instructions and guidance that reduce errors or miscommunication.

Monitoring
Monitoring allows organizations to identify issues and risks, take corrective actions when necessary, and maintain compliance with ISO 27001 standards.

GRC Technology Controls Monitoring Accelerator application offers packaged indicator templates mapped to specific CIS and ISO controls classified by domain and implementation group as well as associated common controls in Unified Compliance Framework (UCF). These indicator templates can be used for monitoring various policies such as those developed under CIS, ISO or industry standards-based frameworks.

Make your checklist even more efficient by including stakeholders in its creation and review. This will enable them to identify areas requiring further attention or clarification and reduce chances of miscommunications. It is also a good practice to regularly revisit it in order to accommodate changes to processes, regulations or requirements; doing this allows you to address issues more swiftly before they turn into major problems.