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Information Security Review

The document discusses the importance of independent review of information security as outlined in ISO 27001:2022 and ISO 27002:2022. It states that an organization's approach to managing information security, including people, processes, and technologies, should be reviewed independently on a periodic basis or when significant changes occur. The review ensures that security controls and processes are suitable, adequate, and effective. It should be conducted by an independent internal or external party with information security expertise. The results are reported to management to provide assurance and identify any gaps to address.

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Information Security Review

The document discusses the importance of independent review of information security as outlined in ISO 27001:2022 and ISO 27002:2022. It states that an organization's approach to managing information security, including people, processes, and technologies, should be reviewed independently on a periodic basis or when significant changes occur. The review ensures that security controls and processes are suitable, adequate, and effective. It should be conducted by an independent internal or external party with information security expertise. The results are reported to management to provide assurance and identify any gaps to address.

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ISO 27001:2022 | ISO 27002:2022

ANNEX A CLAUSE 5.35 INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF INFORMATION SECURITY

Control Type Infosec Properties Cybersecurity Operational Security Domains


concepts capabilities
#Preventive #Confidentiality #Identify #Information_sec #Governance_and
#Corrective #Integrity #Protect urity_assurance _Ecosystem
#Availability

Control Statement
The organization’s approach to managing information security and its
implementation including people, processes and technologies should be
reviewed independently at planned intervals, or when significant changes
occur.

Requirement
An organization implements processes and technologies to comply with the
requirements and controls of the ISMS as per ISO 27001 and ISO 27002. In
addition to a self-assessment it is important that an organization gets an
independent review done to check the suitability, adequacy and effectiveness
of the controls and processes it has implemented to manage information
security. The reviewer can be internal or external but should be independent.

Implementation
As with all business activities, the organization’s approach to information
security and its implementation should be reviewed from time to time to
ensure everything is still suitable and effective.
Independent review can be conducted by a party that is not responsible for
implementation or operations of information security, generally its an
independent internal audit team. Organization should plan a periodic
independent review (internal audit) and include it in Internal audit charter.

The periodic reviews should be planned by senior management and driven by


senior management only. The review should include checking the adequacy
and effectiveness of Information Security policy, topic specific policies and
control guidelines and procedures. In addition to checking the current state
the independent reviewers should evaluate “need for changes” and
“opportunities for improvement”.

cont. ....
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ISO 27001:2022 | ISO 27002:2022
ANNEX A CLAUSE 5.35 INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF INFORMATION SECURITY

Control Type Infosec Properties Cybersecurity Operational Security Domains


concepts capabilities
#Preventive #Confidentiality #Identify #Information_sec #Governance_and
#Corrective #Integrity #Protect urity_assurance _Ecosystem
#Availability

….cont.
The results should be shared with the top management (initiator of the
review) to provide assurance to management that the organization’s ISMS
practices are adequate and effective and top management should drive the
closure of the gaps via an “Issue Management Procedure”.

The important consideration here is that reviewer should be independent (one


who is independent of and not in line of authority of the IT IS), in most cases
it is the “internal audit” function. However, the reviewer should have
competence in the area of Information Security and ISO 27001. Internal
auditors trained on ISO 27001 Internal Audit.

At the end of review the reviewers should record and submit a formal Gap
Analysis and Noncompliance report to the management. The scope of the
review is to ensure that all the requirements of ISO 27001 clauses and
controls are met i.e. approach and processes to manage information security
are adequate, aligned with ISO 27001 and in accordance with what is stated
in the Information Security Policy and other policies and ISMS guidelines.
In case documented objectives and requirements are not met the reviewer
should document the same as a gap and highlight the same in the “report” to
the management.

The ISMS team should then plan to close all the highlighted gaps via an
“issue management process”
Additional reviews should be carried out when major changes are planned or
unplanned major changes are triggered.

 ISO 27007 - Guidelines for information security management systems auditing provides
guidance on managing an information security management system (ISMS) audit
programme and on conducting audits
 ISO 27008 - Guidelines for the assessment of information security controls provides
guidance on reviewing and assessing the implementation and operation of information
security controls, including the technical assessment of information system controls
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