A brief overview of ISO 27000 series of standards, for anyone who is interested in Information Security.

1. ALL YOU WANTED TO KNOW
ABOUT ISO 27000 SERIES
Ramana Krothapalli

2. TOGETHER WE WILL LEARN..
• What is ISO?
• History of ISO 27001
• ISO 27001 family of standards
• Overview of ISO 27001

3. WHAT IS ISO?
• International Organization for Standardization
• World’s largest developer of voluntary International Standards
• Founded in 1947
• In 1951, the first ISO standard (called Recommendations at this
time), ISO/R 1:1951Standard reference temperature for industrial
length measurements, is published
• Published more than 21000 International Standards covering
almost all aspects of technology and business
• Head Quartered in Geneva
• Membership – 163 countries

4. HISTORY OF ISO 27000
• The first seeds – UK Govt’s DTI initiatives
• To create security evaluation criteria (ITSEC) - 1990
• Creation of good security practice for information security (PD 0003 – Organized into 10 sections) -1989
• BS7799:1995 - A code of practice for information security management
• BS7799-2:1998 – A specification of an Information Security Management System
• BS7799:1999 – The first revision of the standard
• ISO/IEC 17799:2000 – Part – 1 was proposed as an ISO Standard
• BS 7799-2:2002 – Launched in Sep 2002
• BS 7799 Part 3 – Published in 2005 covering risk analysis and management
• ISO 27001: 2005 – BS 7799-2:2002 became 27001 in 2005
• ISO 27002: 2005 – ISO 17799 numbered as ISO 27002
• ISO 27001: 2013 - The first revision of ISO 27001: 2005

5. ISO 27000 FAMILY
Standard Standard description
ISO 27000: 2016 Information technology -- Security techniques -- Information security management
systems -- Overview and vocabulary
ISO 27001: 2013 Information technology -- Security techniques -- Information security management
systems -- Requirements
ISO 27002: 2013 Information technology -- Security techniques -- Code of practice for information
security controls
ISO 27003: 2010 Information technology -- Security techniques -- Information security management
system implementation guidance
ISO 27004: 2009 Information technology -- Security techniques -- Information security management --
Measurement
ISO 27005: 2011 Information technology -- Security techniques -- Information security risk
management

6. ISO 27000 FAMILY
Standard Standard Description
ISO 27006: 2015 Information technology -- Security techniques -- Requirements for bodies providing
audit and certification of information security management systems
ISO 27007: 2011 Information technology -- Security techniques -- Guidelines for information security
management systems auditing
ISO 27008: 2011 Information technology -- Security techniques -- Guidelines for auditors on
information security controls
ISO 27009: 2016 Information technology -- Security techniques -- Sector-specific application of ISO/IEC
27001 -- Requirements
ISO 27010: 2015 Information technology -- Security techniques -- Information security management for
inter-sector and inter-organizational communications

7. ISO 27000 FAMILY
Standard Standard Description
ISO 27011: 2008 Information technology -- Security techniques -- Information security management
guidelines for telecommunications organizations based on ISO/IEC 27002
ISO 27013: 2015 Information technology -- Security techniques -- Guidance on the integrated
implementation of ISO/IEC 27001 and ISO/IEC 20000-1
ISO 27014: 2013 Information technology -- Security techniques -- Governance of information security
ISO 27015: 2012 Information technology -- Security techniques -- Information security management
guidelines for financial services
ISO 27016: 2014 Information technology -- Security techniques -- Information security management --
Organizational economics

8. ISO 27000 FAMILY
Standard Standard Description
ISO 27017: 2015 Information technology -- Security techniques -- Code of practice for information
security controls based on ISO/IEC 27002 for cloud services
ISO 27018: 2014 Information technology -- Security techniques -- Code of practice for protection of
personally identifiable information (PII) in public clouds acting as PII processors
ISO 27019: 2013 Information technology -- Security techniques -- Information security management
guidelines based on ISO/IEC 27002 for process control systems specific to the energy
utility industry
ISO 27021: Under development - Information technology -- Security techniques -- Competence
requirements for information security management systems professionals
ISO 27023: 2015 Information technology -- Security techniques -- Mapping the revised editions of
ISO/IEC 27001 and ISO/IEC 27002

9. ISO 27000 FAMILY
Standard Standard Description
ISO 27031: 2011 Information technology -- Security techniques -- Guidelines for information and
communication technology readiness for business continuity
ISO 27032: 2012 Information technology -- Security techniques -- Guidelines for cybersecurity
ISO 27033: 2010 Information technology -- Security techniques -- Network security -- Part 3: Reference
networking scenarios -- Threats, design techniques and control issues
ISO/IEC 27033-
1:2015
Information technology -- Security techniques -- Network security -- Part 1: Overview
and concepts
ISO/IEC 27033-
2:2012
Information technology -- Security techniques -- Network security -- Part 2: Guidelines
for the design and implementation of network security

10. ISO 27000 FAMILY
Standard Standard Description
ISO/IEC 27033-
3:2010
Information technology -- Security techniques -- Network security -- Part 3: Reference
networking scenarios -- Threats, design techniques and control issues
ISO/IEC 27033-
4:2014
Information technology -- Security techniques -- Network security -- Part 4: Securing
communications between networks using security gateways
ISO/IEC 27033-
5:2013
Information technology -- Security techniques -- Network security -- Part 5: Securing
communications across networks using Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)
ISO/IEC 27033-
6:2016
Information technology -- Security techniques -- Network security -- Part 6: Securing
wireless IP network access

11. ISO 27000 FAMILY
Standard Standard Description
ISO 27034-1:
2011
Information technology -- Security techniques -- Application security -- Part 1:
Overview and concepts
ISO 27034-2:
2015
Information technology -- Security techniques -- Application security -- Part 2:
Organization normative framework
ISO 27035: 2011 Information technology -- Security techniques -- Information security incident
management
ISO 27036-1:
2014
Information technology -- Security techniques -- Information security for supplier
relationships -- Part 1: Overview and concepts
ISO/IEC 27036-
2:2014
Information technology -- Security techniques -- Information security for supplier
relationships -- Part 2: Requirements
ISO/IEC 27036-
3:2013
Information technology -- Security techniques -- Information security for supplier
relationships -- Part 3: Guidelines for information and communication technology
supply chain security

12. ISO 27000 FAMILY
Standard Standard Description
ISO 27037: 2012 Information technology -- Security techniques -- Guidelines for identification,
collection, acquisition and preservation of digital evidence
ISO 27038: 2014 Information technology -- Security techniques -- Specification for digital redaction
ISO 27039: 2015 Information technology -- Security techniques -- Selection, deployment and
operations of intrusion detection and prevention systems (IDPS)
ISO 27040: 2015 Information technology -- Security techniques -- Storage security
ISO 27041: 2015 Information technology -- Security techniques -- Guidance on assuring suitability and
adequacy of incident investigative method

13. ISO 27000 FAMILY
Standard Standard Description
ISO 27042: 2015 Information technology -- Security techniques -- Guidelines for the analysis and
interpretation of digital evidence
ISO 27043:2015 Information technology -- Security techniques -- Incident investigation principles and
processes
ISO 27789:2013 Health informatics -- Audit trails for electronic health records
ISO 27790:2009 Health informatics -- Document registry framework
ISO 27799:2016 Health informatics -- Information security management in health using ISO/IEC 27002

15. ISO 27001: 2013 INTRODUCTION
• The official complete name of this standard is ISO/IEC
27001:2013 Information technology - Security techniques -
Information security management systems – Requirements
• Certification is given for ISO 27001 Only
• Requirements are found in sections:
4. Context
5. Leadership
6. Planning
7. Support
8. Operation
9. Evaluation
10. Improvement
• Every requirement is mandatory
• The standard is generic

16. ANNEX A AND ISO IEC 27002 2013
• The standard includes a section called Annex A
• This Annex lists information security control objectives and information
security controls and is taken directly from ISO IEC 27002 2013 sections 5 to 18
• The controls are grouped under control objectives, which in turn are grouped under
Domains
• There are14 Domains, 35 control objectives and 114 controls
• Selection and control implementation depends on the risk assessment

17. ISO 27001: 2013 DOMAINS
5. Security Policy Management
6. Corporate Security Management
7. Personnel Security Management
8. Organizational Asset Management
9. Information Access Management
10. Cryptography Policy Management
11. Physical Security Management
12. Operational Security Management
13. Network Security Management
14. System Security Management
15. Supplier Relationship Management
16. Security Incident Management
17. Security Continuity Management
18. Security Compliance Management

18. CONTROL OBJECTIVES & CONTROLS

19. REFERENCES
• http://www.iso.org/iso/home.html
• http://www.iso27001security.com/
• http://www.praxiom.com/iso-27001.htm
• http://www.billslater.com/iso27001/

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Ramana Krothapalli
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