Legal, statutory, regulatory and contractual requirements

Compliance with required laws, regulations, standards, and contractual obligations can be as challenging as dealing with an ever-changing threat environment and new forms of cyber-attacks.

The organization shall document the information security requirements and the organisation's operating model for meeting them.

It is important to note that a large part of the requirements (e.g. laws, standards) are evolving entities. It is recommended to define a review interval for the documentation to describe the frequency at which changes in the requirements should at least be checked.

Organisation should verify that the set of cryptographic controls that apply to the use of data systems comply with relevant agreements, legislation and regulations.