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ISO/IEC 27001 readiness check

Answer for where you are today. "Not sure" is a fine answer: it shows up as something to find out.

Scope and context

1. Have you defined the scope of your information security management system?

2. Have you identified interested parties and their security requirements?

Leadership

3. Has top management approved an information security policy and assigned roles?

Risk assessment and treatment

4. Do you have a documented risk assessment method and a current risk register?

5. Do you have a Statement of Applicability covering the Annex A controls?

Support

6. Are competence, awareness and document control managed?

Organizational controls

7. Do you keep an asset inventory with owners?

8. Do you manage supplier security and incidents?

People controls

9. Do you screen staff and run awareness training?

Physical controls

10. Are physical access and clear-desk rules in place where relevant?

Technological controls

11. Are access control, MFA, logging and backups in place?

12. Do you follow secure development and vulnerability management practices?

Performance evaluation

13. Have you run an internal audit of the ISMS?

14. Has management reviewed the ISMS and recorded decisions?

Improvement

15. Do you track nonconformities and corrective actions to closure?