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Full, certification-level ISMS. Complete set of security controls along with management, auditing and risk evaluation aspects.
Full, certification-level ISMS. Complete set of security controls along with management, auditing and risk evaluation aspects.
Audited security expands the basics covered by Core security and advanced controls covered by Extended security.
Below you'll find all of the requirements of this framework. In Cyberday, we map all requirement to global tasks, making multi-compliance management easy. Do it once, and see the progress across all frameworks!
Continuous monitoring of premises is essential to detect and prevent unauthorized physical access. Monitoring system design should remain confidential to prevent break-ins, and access to surveillance information must be protected from unauthorized access. Systems should be securely placed and regularly tested, and compliance with local laws and regulations regarding data protection and privacy should be ensured when using monitoring and recording mechanisms.












Organizations should design and implement measures to protect against physical and environmental threats, encompassing both natural disasters and intentional or unintentional harm to infrastructure. The objective is to prevent or mitigate the consequences arising from events related to these threats. Before commencing critical operations at a physical site, and periodically thereafter, risk assessments should be conducted to identify potential consequences of physical and environmental threats.








Security measures for working in secure areas should be carefully designed and implemented to safeguard information and associated assets from both damage and unauthorized interference by personnel operating within these areas. Security measures for working in secure areas must be followed by all personnel and should encompass all activities occurring within the secure area.




Clear desk rules for papers and removable storage media, as well as clear screen rules for information processing facilities, should be established and enforced diligently. This is to mitigate the risks of unauthorized access, loss, and damage to information left on desks, screens, and other accessible locations, both during and outside normal working hours.












Organization should ensure that equipment is securely located and protected to minimize risks from physical and environmental threats, as well as unauthorized access and potential damage. Implementing controls is essential to minimize potential physical and environmental threats. These threats include theft, fire, explosives, smoke, water-related risks, dust, vibration, chemical effects, electrical supply interference, communications interference, electromagnetic radiation, and vandalism.
















Off-site assets should be protected to prevent loss, damage, theft, or compromise of devices and to avoid interruptions to the organization's operations. These devices used outside the organization's premises (e.g. mobile devices) whether owned by the organization or privately owned and used on behalf of the organization (bring your own device BYOD), require protection. Their use should be authorized by management.












Organizations should manage storage media throughout their life cycle, including acquisition, use, transportation, and disposal, following the organization's classification scheme and handling requirements. Management practices for storage media should effectively prevent unauthorized disclosure, modification, removal, or destruction.




















To ensure the protection of information processing facilities, measures should be in place to safeguard against power failures and disruptions in supporting utilities (e.g. water supply, gas, sewage and ventilation). Implementation of robust strategies and safeguards is essential to maintain the integrity and continuity of information processing operations in the face of utility failures.
















Organizations should safeguard power and data cables to prevent interception, interference, or damage. This ensures protection against loss, theft, compromise of information, and interruptions to organizational operations related to power and communication cabling.




Ensuring the proper maintenance of equipment is crucial to preserve the availability, integrity, and confidentiality of information. This practice helps prevent potential risks such as information loss, theft, or compromise, as well as disruptions to organizational operations due to maintenance lapses. This can be done e.g. by maintaining equipment in accordance with the supplier’s recommended service frequency and specifications, and implementing and monitoring of a maintenance programme by the organization.








Before disposal or re-use, items of equipment containing storage media should be verified to ensure that any sensitive data and licensed software have been removed or securely overwritten. This way organizations can safeguard against unauthorized access to sensitive data and maintain the security of licensed software during the equipment lifecycle transitions. Storage media holding confidential or copyrighted information should be either physically destroyed or undergo a process to render the original information non-retrievable.








Organization needs to make sure that all information that is accessed, stored or processed on personnel's endpoint devices is protected. Information needs to be protected from the risks that occur when people are using their devices.




















Organization should restrict and manage privileged access to ensure only approved users, software, and services have those rights. The assignment of privileged access rights must be regulated through an authorization process aligned with the pertinent topic-specific policy on access control.












Organization should limit access to information and related resources following a specific access policy to allow only authorized entry and prevent unauthorized access. To uphold access restriction requirements, consider restricting access to sensitive information from unknown or anonymous user identities, implementing configuration mechanisms for controlling access in systems, applications, and services and regulating the data that can be accessed by a specific user.








Organization should manage access to source code, development tools, and software libraries to control both reading and writing. This helps prevent unwanted changes, keeps things secure, and safeguards valuable ideas. For example when an organization utilizes open-source or third-party code components, it is permissible to grant broad read access to external code repositories while restrictions are maintained on write access.




Organization needs to implement secure authentication technologies and procedures in line with access restrictions and the topic-specific access policy. This ensures secure authentication for users and entities when accessing systems, applications, and services. Authentication strength must match information classification. For robust authentication, consider alternatives like digital certificates, smart cards, tokens, or biometrics, especially when password-based methods fall short.
















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Break down the framework into specific obligations that must be met.
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