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The ISO 27001 standard specifies requirements for information security management systems (ISMSs) and aims to help organizations achieve full-scale data security. It belongs to the ISO/IEC 27000 family of standards, developed by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), which are world-renowned for issuing industry-specific standards.

Complying with the updated ISO 27001:2022 standard can help you enhance your organization’s cybersecurity, enhance your risk management efforts, and comply with other laws and regulations, such as the GDPR, NIS2 Directive, and PCI DSS.

Syteca has obtained ISO 9001 and ISO 27001 certifications for its Quality Management System and Information Security Management System

Who needs to comply with ISO 27001?

ISO 27001 certification is entirely voluntary, and any company aiming to establish an information security management system can obtain it. Despite being optional, implementing ISO 27001 requirements is popular among organizations worldwide.

Understanding ISO 27001 сompliance requirements

The ISO/IEC 27001:2022 standard’s security controls are divided into four groups:

01

Organizational controls

Clause 5 of the ISO/IEC 27001:2022 standard includes 37 security controls outlining key security processes and essential documentation for addressing a range of organizational issues.

02

People controls

Clause 6 consists of 8 security controls describing policies required to securely manage human resources within an organization.

03

Physical controls

Clause 7 encompasses 14 security controls necessary to safeguard sensitive data from physical threats.

04

Technological controls

Clause 8 covers 34 security controls organizations need to implement for establishing and maintaining secure technological systems.

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Steps to become ISO 27001 certified

To receive ISO 27001 certification, you need to complete a series of steps:

01

Conduct a risk assessment. Evaluate the effectiveness of the current security controls in your organization.

02

Establish the scope of work. Compare your existing security controls with those required by the ISO/IEC 27001:2022 standard to find out what you’re lacking.

03

Eliminate the gaps. Implement any lacking security controls per the ISO/IEC 27001:2022 standard’s requirements.

04

Conduct employee training. Raise the staff’s cybersecurity awareness with regular training.

05

Update security policies. Regularly review your policies and procedures and keep them up-to-date.

06

Contact your local ISO 27001 certification body. Reach out to one of the ISO 27001 accredited certification bodies and let them know about your intentions of getting certified.

07

Pass a certification audit. Let an auditor evaluate your organization’s compliance with the ISO 27001:2022 standard.

08

Prove your compliance. Maintain ISO 27001 compliance and pass yearly surveillance audits.

Deploying an ISO 27001 compliance solution, such as Syteca will make the audit process easier and help you pass it successfully.

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Benefits of using Syteca for ISO 27001 compliance

Enhance corporate security

Detect insider threats

Secure access to sensitive assets

Gain visibility into user activity

Prevent data breaches

Promptly respond to security events

How to implement ISO 27001 controls with Syteca

Syteca is an insider risk management platform and ISO 27001 compliance software that can
help you successfully obtain the ISO 27001 certification. Here’s how:

Organizational controls

Security control required by ISO 27001

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5.3  Segregation of duties

Conflicting duties and areas of responsibility shall be segregated to reduce opportunities for unauthorized or unintentional modification or misuse of the organization’s assets.

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Security control required by ISO 27001

5.7  Threat intelligence

Data related to information security threats shall be collected and analyzed to produce threat intelligence.

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5.15  Access control

Policies controlling access to information and other organizational assets shall be established. 

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Security control required by ISO 27001

5.17  Authentication information

The allocation of secret authentication information shall be controlled through a formal management process, including advising personnel on how to handle authentication information appropriately.

Corresponding Syteca’s functionality

  • Ensure secure creation, storage, rotation, and termination of authentication secrets and regulate their use with access requests.
  • Safely allocate secrets by authenticating users by request.

Security control required by ISO 27001

5.18  Access rights

Access rights of all users shall be provided, reviewed, modified, and revoked per the organization’s access control policy.

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5.25  Assessment and decision on information security events

Information security events shall be assessed and it shall be decided if they are to be classified as information security incidents.

Corresponding Syteca’s functionality

  • Monitor user activity in real time, record user sessions, and export them in a tamper-proof format for further external assessment of users’ actions.
  • Analyze user activity and establish context by reviewing screen capture recordings along with detailed metadata on user activity.
  • Quickly grasp current security risks when viewing predefined and custom alerts that prioritize events according to their risk level.
  • Aggregate all information about security events in SIEM systems to enable a thorough and full-spectrum analysis. 

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5.26  Response to information security incidents

Information security incidents shall be responded to in accordance with the documented procedures.

Corresponding Syteca’s functionality

  • Spot dangerous security events by analyzing user sessions in real time.
  • Receive live notifications on suspicious user behavior and security violations.
  • Detect potential threats by analyzing user behavior patterns with Syteca’s AI-based UEBA module.
  • Block users performing potentially malicious actions manually or configure rules for automatic incident response. 

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5.28  Collection of evidence

The organization shall define and apply procedures for the identification, collection, acquisition, and preservation of information which can serve as evidence.

Corresponding Syteca’s functionality

  • Collect and store screen records of user activity using Syteca’s session recording functionality.
  • Record multilayer metadata on users’ actions, including applications opened, URLs visited, keystrokes typed, USB devices connected, etc., and easily search and filter these records.
  • Export user activity records in a protected format and use them as evidence for forensic investigation activities.

People controls

Security control required by ISO/IEC 27001:2022

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Security control required by ISO/IEC 27001:2022

6.7  Remote working

A policy and supporting security measures shall be implemented to protect information accessed, processed, or stored at teleworking sites.

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  • Provide remote users with access to a particular computer or computer group via a jump server without revealing the access credentials.
  • Secure and monitor RDP connections to your organization’s infrastructure.
  • Ensure visibility into the actions of remote administrators on critical endpoints by leveraging privileged user management and monitoring.
  • Limit remote user access to your sensitive data and systems by implementing just-in-time PAM.

Security control required by ISO/IEC 27001:2022

6.8  Information security event reporting

Information security events shall be reported through appropriate management channels as quickly as possible.

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Physical controls

Security control required by ISO/IEC 27001:2022

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7.10  Storage media

Storage media shall be managed through their acquisition, use, transportation, and disposal in accordance with the established classification and handling requirements.

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  • Allow the use of specific USB devices on selected endpoints.
  • Receive alerts on connected USB devices.
  • Block USB devices permanently or until manual admin approval is granted.

Technological controls

Security control required by ISO/IEC 27001:2022

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Security control required by ISO/IEC 27001:2022

8.2  Privileged access rights

The allocation and use of privileged access rights shall be restricted and controlled.

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8.3  Information access restriction

Access to information and application system functions shall be restricted in accordance with the access control policy.

How you can cover it with Syteca’s functionality

  • Grant just-in-time access to the organization’s resources and systems by providing users with one-time passwords and restricting the time for which access is given.
  • Restrict access according to the principle of least privilege by manually approving user access requests. 
  • Limit the use and management of stored credentials according to user roles.

Security control required by ISO/IEC 27001:2022

8.5  Secure authentication

Where required by the access control policy, access to systems and applications shall be controlled by a secure log-on procedure.

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Security control required by ISO/IEC 27001:2022

8.11  Data masking

Data masking shall be used in accordance with the organization’s security policies, business requirements, and applicable legislation.

How you can cover it with Syteca’s functionality

  • Ensure the confidentiality of personally identifiable information by anonymizing monitored data.
  • Establish a workflow to deanonymize and access user data for investigation purposes.
  • Define a pool of users whose data should not be anonymized.

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8.12  Data leakage prevention

Data leakage prevention measures shall be applied to systems, networks, and devices.

How you can cover it with Syteca’s functionality

  • Observe how users handle sensitive data by tracking all of their actions in a screen capture format. 
  • Monitor USB connections and block specific USB devices.
  • Track file upload, download, and clipboard operations. 
  • Use predefined rules or create custom ones to be notified about the use of data transfer apps or automatically restrict their usage.

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8.15  Logging

Event logs recording user activities, exceptions, faults, and information security events shall be produced, kept, and regularly reviewed.

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8.16  Monitoring activities

Monitoring activities shall be conducted as per regulatory requirements and legislation to detect anomalous behavior and potential information security incidents.

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8.23  Web filtering

Appropriate measures shall be taken to prevent access to malicious content on external websites.

How you can cover it with Syteca’s functionality

  • Get notifications upon users’ visits to specific websites.
  • Display warning messages to users or block them whenever they visit websites forbidden by the organization’s policies. 
  • Apply application filtering to monitor user activity only on designated websites.

Security control required by ISO/IEC 27001:2022

8.28  Secure coding

Secure coding principles shall be applied to software development.

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FAQ

The ISO 27001 standard is an internationally recognized framework for information security management systems (ISMS). It outlines how organizations should build ISMSs to achieve full-scale data security. 

ISO/IEC 27001 is an international standard for information security management developed by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC).

An ISMS can be certified compliant with the ISO/IEC 27001 standard by an accredited registrar or an accredited certification body (CB).

The ISO/IEC 27001:2022 standard contains 93 security controls to help organizations establish, implement, and maintain an information security management system.

An ISO 27001 certified information security management system (ISMS) is a framework and set of processes an organization must implement to effectively manage and protect its information assets. An ISO 27001 certified ISMS corresponds to the requirements outlined in the ISO/IEC 27001 standard. 

An ISO 27001 certification indicates that the organization passed a thorough evaluation and validation of its ISMS’s effectiveness in safeguarding sensitive information against security threats.

Yes, according to the ISO/IEC 27001:2022 standard, risk management is key for building an effective information security management system (ISMS). 

Syteca is ISO 27001 risk management software that helps you mitigate security risks in your organization and comply with the requirements of ISO 27001. 

Implementing ISO 27001 controls involves establishing, monitoring, and continually improving an information security management system (ISMS). To do it, use this step-by-step guide:

  1. Develop an ISMS policy that aligns with your organization’s objectives and the requirements of the ISO 27001 standard.
  2. Identify, assess, and prioritize information security risks, taking into account their likelihood and impact on your organization.
  3. Based on the risk assessment results, identify the ISO 27001 controls your organization is currently lacking.
  4. Create security procedures for implementing each required security control.
  5. Implement security controls by using dedicated IT solutions, such as compliance management software for ISO 27001. 
  6. Conduct regular audits to evaluate the effectiveness of the ISMS and make amendments.
  7. If certification is required, pass an external audit with an accredited certification body. 

Conducting a risk assessment is one of the steps to prepare for a ISO 27001 audit. You can assess risk in your organization by following the next steps: 

  1. Choose an approach to risk management. In general, you can choose between qualitative and quantitative approaches. With the qualitative approach, you need to explore various scenarios and answer “what if” questions to identify risks. With the quantitative approach, you use data and numbers to define risk levels.
  2. Identify risks. List your most sensitive information assets and specify the risks that could potentially affect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of those assets.
  3. Analyze risks. Assess the likelihood of each identified risk and how they could impact your business. Take into consideration such impacts as financial and reputational losses, fines and lawsuits, etc. 
  4. Prioritize risks. Based on the likelihood and potential impact of those risks, prioritize them from the highest to lowest acceptable level of risk.
  5. Build a risk treatment plan. Think of how to reduce the likelihood of risks and prevent triggering circumstances. As well, decide on what risks can be managed by third parties and what risks are acceptable.
  6. Write a risk report. Summarize and document each step of your risk evaluation process. 

Conduct a risk assessment regularly to improve your information security management system. 

To get certified with ISO/IEC 27001, you need to complete a series of steps:

  1. Study the ISO/IEC 27001:2022 standard and its requirements. 
  2. Assess your organization’s current information security practices against the requirements of the standard to identify gaps. 
  3. Implement necessary security controls and develop security policies and procedures to eliminate all the gaps. You can leverage ISO 27001 management software, such as Syteca to facilitate the process of compliance.
  4. Conduct internal audits to assess the effectiveness of your organization’s ISMS and make improvements.
  5. Contact an accredited certification body to pass Stage 1 and Stage 2 audits and get certified. 

Once your organization gets an ISO 27001 certification, it’s valid for three years. However, you still need to manage and maintain your ISMS during this period. Make sure to review and update your security policies and procedures and use dedicated ISO 27001 software to implement all the requirements of the standard. This will show that your organization still complies with the standard during auditors’ annual surveillance visits. 

Even after receiving the ISO 27001 certification, you need to make ongoing efforts to maintain compliance with the ISO 27001 standards. Therefore, make sure to:

  • Conduct regular risk assessments to identify new threats, vulnerabilities, and changes in the risk landscape. 
  • Monitor and review the effectiveness of implemented controls and update them when needed.
  • Conduct regular internal audits to assess the effectiveness of the ISMS and make corrections to address any identified issues.
  • Stay tuned for updates in the ISO 27001 standard and adapt your ISMS accordingly.
  • Pass annual surveillance audits to demonstrate compliance. 

A dedicated ISO 27001 software solution like Syteca can help you get certified with ISO/IEC 27001:2022 as well as maintain compliance with the standard. 

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