ISO 17799 (BS7799) Information Security Standard

The ISO/IEC 17799 standard consists of recommended
information security practices. These recommended
practices are found in sections 3 to 12. Therefore
the following material starts with section 3.

THE FOLLOWING ISO 17799 2000 MATERIAL IS NOW OBSOLETE

3. Security Policy

3.1 Establish an information security policy.

4. Organizational Security

4.1 Establish a security infrastructure.

4.2 Control third party access to facilities.

4.3 Control outsourced information processing.

5. Asset Classification and Control

5.1 Make information asset owners accountable.

5.2 Use an information classification system.

6. Personnel Security Management

6.1 Control your personnel recruitment process.

6.2 Provide information security training.

6.3 Respond to information security incidents.

7. Physical and Environmental Security

7.1 Use secure areas to protect facilities.

7.2 Protect equipment from hazards.

7.3 Control access to information and property.

8. Communications and Operations Management

8.1 Establish operational procedures.

8.2 Develop plans to provide future capacity.

8.3 Protect against malicious software.

8.4 Establish housekeeping procedures.

8.5 Safeguard your computer networks.

8.6 Protect and control computer media.

8.7 Control interorganizational exchanges.

9. Information Access Management Control

9.1 Control access to information.

9.2 Manage the allocation of access rights.

9.3 Encourage responsible access practices.

9.4 Control access to computer networks.

9.5 Restrict access at operating system level.

9.6 Manage access to application systems.

9.7 Monitor system access and use.

9.8 Protect mobile and teleworking assets.

10. Systems Development and Maintenance

10.1 Identify system security requirements.

10.2 Build security into your application systems.

10.3 Use cryptography to protect information.

10.4 Protect your organization's system files.

10.5 Control development and support.

11. Business Continuity Management

11.1 Design a continuity management process.

12. Compliance Management

12.1 Comply with legal requirements.

12.2 Perform security compliance reviews.

12.3 Carry out operational system audits.

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Information Security Standard