ISO/IEC 27007
ISO/IEC 27007 — Information security, cybersecurity and privacy protection — Guidelines for information security management systems auditing is a standard providing guidance on:
- managing an information security management system audit programme;
- conducting audits; and
- the competence of ISMS auditors.
ISO/IEC 27007 is applicable to those needing to understand or conduct internal or external audits of an ISMS or to manage an ISMS audit programme. It was published in 2011, and revised in 2017 and 2020.
It is part of the ISO/IEC 27000-series family of standards about information security management system, which is a systematic approach to securing sensitive information, of ISO/IEC. It provides standards for a robust approach to managing information security and building resilience.
Overview
The standard is about how an information security management system audit can be performed based on a variety of audit criteria, separately or in combination, which include, among others:- Requirements defined in ISO/IEC 27001.
- Policies and requirements specified by relevant interested parties.
- Statutory and regulatory requirements.
- ISMS processes and controls defined by the organization or other parties.
- Management system plan relating to the provision of specific outputs of an ISMS.
It concentrates on ISMS internal audits and ISMS audits conducted by organizations on their external providers and other external interested parties. This document can also be useful for ISMS external audits conducted for purposes other than third party management system certification. ISO/IEC 27006 provides requirements for auditing ISMS for third party certification.
Terms and structure
The terms and definitions given in this standard are defined within the standard ISO/IEC 27000. The ISO/IEC 27007 standard is structured as follows:- Principles of auditing
- Managing and audit programme
- Conducting an audit
- Competence and evaluation of auditors
- Annex A - Guidance for ISMS auditing practice