ISO 27002 (17799) Information Security Audit Questionnaire

ISO IEC 27002 2005 was previously known as ISO IEC 17799 2005.
However, nothing else has changed. The content is the same.

8.1 EMPHASIZE SECURITY PRIOR TO EMPLOYMENT			ANSWERS			COMMENTS
1	GOAL	Have you reduced the risk of theft, fraud, or misuse of facilities by making sure that all prospective employees understand their responsibilities before you hire them?	YES	NO	N/A
2	GOAL	Have you reduced the risk of theft, fraud, or misuse of facilities by making sure that all prospective contractors understand their responsibilities before you hire them?	YES	NO	N/A
3	GOAL	Have you reduced the risk of theft, fraud, or misuse of facilities by making sure that all third-party users understand their responsibilities before you allow them to use your facilities?	YES	NO	N/A
4	GOAL	Have you reduced the risk of theft, fraud, or misuse of facilities by making sure that all prospective employees are suitable given the roles that they will be asked to carry out?	YES	NO	N/A
5	GOAL	Have you reduced the risk of theft, fraud, or misuse of facilities by making sure that all prospective contractors are suitable given the tasks that they will be carrying out?	YES	NO	N/A
6	GOAL	Have you reduced the risk of theft, fraud, or misuse of facilities by making sure that all third party users are suitable before you allow them to use your facilities?	YES	NO	N/A
7	GOAL	Do you use clear job descriptions to define the security responsibilities that new personnel will be carrying out?	YES	NO	N/A
8	GOAL	Do you use employment terms and conditions to specify the security responsibilities that new personnel will be asked to carry out?	YES	NO	N/A
9	GOAL	Do you screen all employees before you hire them, especially when they will be asked to perform sensitive jobs?	YES	NO	N/A
10	GOAL	Do you screen all contractors before you hire them, especially when they will be asked to provide sensitive services?	YES	NO	N/A
11	GOAL	Do you screen all third-party users, especially when they will be allowed to access sensitive information?	YES	NO	N/A
12	GOAL	Do you ask prospective employees to sign agreements that specify what their security roles and responsibilities are?	YES	NO	N/A
13	GOAL	Do you ask prospective contractors to sign agreements that specify what their security roles and responsibilities are?	YES	NO	N/A
14	GOAL	Do you ask prospective third-party users to sign agreements that specify what their security roles and responsibilities are?	YES	NO	N/A
8.1.1 DEFINE SECURITY ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES			ANSWERS			COMMENTS
15	CTRL	Are your organization’s security roles and responsibilities defined in accordance with your information security policy?	YES	NO	N/A
16	CTRL	Do you use your security role and responsibility definitions to implement your security policy?	YES	NO	N/A
17	CTRL	Have you implemented your information security policy by expecting prospective employees to perform security roles and responsibilities?	YES	NO	N/A
18	CTRL	Have you implemented your organization’s information security policy by expecting prospective contractors to perform security roles and responsibilities?	YES	NO	N/A
19	CTRL	Have you implemented your organization’s information security policy by expecting third-party users to perform security roles and responsibilities?	YES	NO	N/A
20	CTRL	Have you documented security roles and responsibilities?	YES	NO	N/A
21	GUIDE	Do your security roles and responsibilities make it clear that all personnel must implement your organization’s information security policy?	YES	NO	N/A
22	GUIDE	Do your security roles and responsibilities make it clear that all behavior must comply with your organization’s information security policy?	YES	NO	N/A
23	GUIDE	Do your organization’s security roles and responsibilities make it clear that all assets must be protected from unauthorized access?	YES	NO	N/A
24	GUIDE	Do your organization’s security roles and responsibilities make it clear that all assets must be protected from unauthorized disclosure?	YES	NO	N/A
25	GUIDE	Do your organization’s security roles and responsibilities make it clear that all assets must be protected from unauthorized modification?	YES	NO	N/A
26	GUIDE	Do your organization’s security roles and responsibilities make it clear that all assets must be protected from unauthorized destruction?	YES	NO	N/A
27	GUIDE	Do your organization’s security roles and responsibilities make it clear that all assets must be protected from unauthorized interference?	YES	NO	N/A
28	GUIDE	Do your security roles and responsibilities make it clear that all specified security activities and processes must be carried out?	YES	NO	N/A
29	GUIDE	Do your security roles and responsibilities make it clear that responsibilities must be assigned to specific people?	YES	NO	N/A
30	GUIDE	Do your security roles and responsibilities make it clear that specific people will be held accountable for their actions and inactions?	YES	NO	N/A
31	GUIDE	Do your security roles and responsibilities make it clear that security risks must be reported to your organization?	YES	NO	N/A
32	GUIDE	Do your security roles and responsibilities make it clear that security events must be reported to your organization?	YES	NO	N/A
33	GUIDE	Do you communicate your organization’s security roles and responsibilities to job applicants during the pre-employment process?	YES	NO	N/A
34	NOTE	Do you communicate your organization’s security roles and responsibilities to all non-staff members?	YES	NO	N/A
35	NOTE	Do you use job descriptions to document and communicate your organization’s security roles and responsibilities?	YES	NO	N/A
8.1.2 VERIFY THE BACKGROUNDS OF NEW PERSONNEL			ANSWERS			COMMENTS
36	CTRL	Do you check the backgrounds of all candidates for employment before you allow them to access your organization’s information?	YES	NO	N/A
37	CTRL	Do you check the backgrounds of contractors before you allow them to access your organization’s information?	YES	NO	N/A
38	CTRL	Do you check the backgrounds of third-party users before you allow them to access your organization’s information?	YES	NO	N/A
39	CTRL	Do your background checks comply with all relevant laws and regulations?	YES	NO	N/A
40	CTRL	Do your background checks comply with all relevant ethical standards?	YES	NO	N/A
41	CTRL	Do you perform more rigorous background checks on people who will be accessing sensitive information?	YES	NO	N/A
42	CTRL	Do you perform more rigorous background checks when the perceived security risk is greater?	YES	NO	N/A
43	CTRL	Do your background checks meet your organization’s business requirements?	YES	NO	N/A
44	GUIDE	Do your background checks comply with all relevant privacy legislation?	YES	NO	N/A
45	GUIDE	Do your background checks comply with all relevant labor and employment legislation?	YES	NO	N/A
46	GUIDE	Do your background checks comply with all relevant personal data protection legislation?	YES	NO	N/A
47	GUIDE	Do you check out the applicant’s character references?	YES	NO	N/A
48	GUIDE	Do you verify the applicant’s curriculum vitae (résumé)?	YES	NO	N/A
49	GUIDE	Do you verify the applicant’s professional qualifications?	YES	NO	N/A
50	GUIDE	Do you verify the applicant’s academic qualifications?	YES	NO	N/A
51	GUIDE	Do you verify the applicant’s personal identify?	YES	NO	N/A
52	GUIDE	Do you carry out credit checks on new personnel?	YES	NO	N/A
53	GUIDE	Do you check to see if applicants have criminal records?	YES	NO	N/A
54	GUIDE	Do you perform more detailed background checks on new hires who will be handling sensitive or confidential information?	YES	NO	N/A
55	GUIDE	Do you perform more detailed background checks on people who have been promoted to a position where they will be handling sensitive or confidential information?	YES	NO	N/A
56	GUIDE	Have you established procedures to control background checks?	YES	NO	N/A
57	GUIDE	Do your background checking procedures define how background checks should be performed?	YES	NO	N/A
58	GUIDE	Do your background checking procedures define who is allowed to carry out background checks?	YES	NO	N/A
59	GUIDE	Do your background checking procedures define when background checks may be performed?	YES	NO	N/A
60	GUIDE	Do your background checking procedures define why background checks should be performed?	YES	NO	N/A
61	GUIDE	Do you use contracts to control how personnel agencies screen contractors on behalf of your organization?	YES	NO	N/A
62	GUIDE	Do your personnel agency contracts define notification procedures that agencies must follow whenever background checks identify doubts or concerns?	YES	NO	N/A
63	GUIDE	Do agreements with third-party users define the notification procedures that must be followed whenever background checks identify doubts or concerns?	YES	NO	N/A
64	GUIDE	Do your background checks comply with all relevant information collection and handling legislation?	YES	NO	N/A
65	GUIDE	Do all candidates understand that background checks will be performed if legislation requires you to do so?	YES	NO	N/A
8.1.3 USE CONTRACTS TO PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION			ANSWERS			COMMENTS
66	CTRL	Do you use contractual terms and conditions to specify your organization’s information security responsibilities?	YES	NO	N/A
67	CTRL	Do you use contractual terms and conditions to specify your employees’ information security responsibilities?	YES	NO	N/A
68	CTRL	Do you use contractual terms and conditions to specify your contractors’ information security responsibilities?	YES	NO	N/A
69	CTRL	Do you use contractual terms and conditions to specify third-party users’ information security responsibilities?	YES	NO	N/A
70	GUIDE	Do your employment terms and conditions apply your organization’s information security policy?	YES	NO	N/A
71	GUIDE	Do all new employees sign confidentiality or nondisclosure agreements before you allow them to access sensitive information?	YES	NO	N/A
72	GUIDE	Do all new contractors sign confidentiality or nondisclosure agreements before you allow them to access sensitive information?	YES	NO	N/A
73	GUIDE	Do all new third-party users sign confidentiality or nondisclosure agreements before you allow them to use sensitive information?	YES	NO	N/A
74	GUIDE	Do you use employment contracts to specify what new employees’ legal rights and responsibilities are?	YES	NO	N/A
75	GUIDE	Do you use contractual terms and conditions to specify what new contractors’ legal rights and responsibilities are?	YES	NO	N/A
76	GUIDE	Do you use contractual terms and conditions to specify what your new third party users’ legal rights and responsibilities are?	YES	NO	N/A
77	GUIDE	Do you use contractual terms and conditions to state how copyright laws must be respected and applied?	YES	NO	N/A
78	GUIDE	Do you use contractual terms and conditions to explain how data protection laws must be applied?	YES	NO	N/A
79	GUIDE	Do you use employment contracts to state that employees are expected to classify information?	YES	NO	N/A
80	GUIDE	Do you use employment contracts to state that employees are expected to handle and help control your organization’s information systems and services?	YES	NO	N/A
81	GUIDE	Do you use your contractual terms and conditions to state that contractors are expected to handle and help control your information systems and services?	YES	NO	N/A
82	GUIDE	Do you use your contractual terms and conditions to state that third-party users are expected to handle and help control information systems and services?	YES	NO	N/A
83	GUIDE	Do you use employment contracts to explain how employees are expected to handle information received from other companies or external parties?	YES	NO	N/A
84	GUIDE	Do you use contractual terms and conditions to explain how contractors are expected to handle information received from other companies or external parties?	YES	NO	N/A
85	GUIDE	Do you use contractual terms and conditions to explain how third-party users are expected to handle information received from other companies or external parties?	YES	NO	N/A
86	GUIDE	Do you use employment contracts to explain how your organization is legally obligated to manage and protect personal information?	YES	NO	N/A
87	GUIDE	Do you use employment contracts to explain what employees must do to protect personal information?	YES	NO	N/A
88	GUIDE	Do you use contracts to make it clear that personnel must protect your information even when they are working at home or outside of normal working hours?	YES	NO	N/A
89	GUIDE	Do you use employment contracts to explain what will be done if an employee disregards your organization’s security requirements?	YES	NO	N/A
90	GUIDE	Do you use contracts to explain what will be done if a contractor disregards your security requirements?	YES	NO	N/A
91	GUIDE	Do you use contracts to explain what will be done if a third-party user disregards your security requirements?	YES	NO	N/A
92	GUIDE	Do you use contractual terms and conditions to define the security restrictions and obligations that control how employees will use your assets and access your information systems and services?	YES	NO	N/A
93	GUIDE	Do you use contractual terms and conditions to define the security restrictions and obligations that control how contractors will use your assets and access your information systems and services?	YES	NO	N/A
94	GUIDE	Do you use contractual terms and conditions to define the security restrictions and obligations that control how third-party users will use your assets and access your information systems and services?	YES	NO	N/A
95	GUIDE	Do you use contractual terms and conditions to ensure that all personnel agree to comply with the information security restrictions and obligations that control how they use your assets and access your information systems and services?	YES	NO	N/A
96	GUIDE	Do your security restrictions and obligations continue for a specified period after employment has been terminated?	YES	NO	N/A
97	GUIDE	Do you use a code of conduct to describe the ethical obligations and responsibilities that employees, contractors, and third party users must accept?	YES	NO	N/A
98	GUIDE	Do you use a code of conduct to describe the data protection obligations and responsibilities that employees, contractors, and third party users must accept?	YES	NO	N/A
99	GUIDE	Do you use a code of conduct to describe the confidentiality obligations and responsibilities that employees, contractors, and third party users must accept?	YES	NO	N/A
100	GUIDE	Do you use a code of conduct to describe your tools and equipment usage restrictions and expectations?	YES	NO	N/A
101	GUIDE	Do you use a code of conduct to describe facility use restrictions and expectations?	YES	NO	N/A
102	GUIDE	Do you use a code of conduct to define reputable practices?	YES	NO	N/A
		Etcetera ...	YES	NO	N/A

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ISO IEC 27002 (17799) INFORMATION SECURITY AUDIT TOOL
PART	TITLE 38 TABLE OF CONTENTS	PAGE
1	Audit Profile	3
2	Audit Summary	4
3	Introduction to Audit	5
4	Outline of Audit Process	6
5	Security Policy Management Audit	14
6	Corporate Security Management Audit	21
7	Organizational Asset Management Audit	< PDF SAMPLE
8	Human Resource Security Management Audit	< HTML SAMPLE
9	Physical and Environmental Security Management Audit	< PDF SAMPLE
10	Communications and Operations Management Audit	101
11	Information Access Control Management Audit	153
12	Information Systems Security Management Audit	188
13	Information Security Incident Management Audit	215
14	Business Continuity Management Audit	226
15	Compliance Management Audit	240
16	Legal and Contact Information	256
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