ISO IEC 27002 2013 vs ISO IEC 27002 2005

ISO IEC 27002 is a comprehensive information security standard.

Perhaps the biggest difference between the old standard and the
new one is the structure. ISO IEC 27002 2005 had 11 main sections
(5 to 14) while ISO IEC 27002 2013 now has 14 (5 to 18). These new
sections discuss cryptography, communications security, and
supplier relationships (sections 10, 13, and 15 respectively).
However, while the new standard has three more sections, it is
in fact shorter and more focused than the old. The old standard
had 106 pages of content while the new one has only 78.

ISO IEC 27002 2013 also has several new subsections. These new
subsections discuss project management security (6.1.5), asset
handling (8.2.3), software installation (12.6.2), secure development
(14.2.1), secure system engineering principles (14.2.5), secure
development environments (14.2.6), system security testing (14.2.8),
supplier security (15.1.1, 15.1.2, and 15.1.3), the assessment of
security events (16.1.4), planning, implementing, and verifying
information security continuity (17.1.1, 17.1.2, and 17.1.3), and
the use of redundant information processing facilities (17.2.1).

In addition, most sections have been rewritten, at least to some
extent, and some sections have been split up or moved to other
sections. For example, the old section 14 on business continuity
has been entirely reworked. In addition, the old sections on how to
organize security (6), on communications and operations (10), and
access control (11) were all entirely reworked, split up, and moved
to other more suitable sections. And the old introductory section 4
on risk management was entirely removed, presumably because
ISO IEC 27005 and ISO 31000 now discuss this in detail and so
ISO IEC 27002 does not need to cover the same ground.

There have also been some changes in terminology. Privileges
have become privileged access rights, the word passwords has
largely been replaced by the more cumbersome phrase secret
authentication information
, third party users are now known as
external party users, the verb check has been replaced by verify,
malicious code is now malware, audit logs are now event logs, online
transactions
are now referred to as application service transactions,
and our favorite: electronic commerce is now application services
passing over public networks
. Evidently this is progress.


MORE ISO 27002 PAGES

Introduction to ISO IEC 27002

Overview of ISO IEC 27002 2013

How to Use ISO IEC 27002 Standard

Information Security Control Objectives

ISO IEC 27002 Translated into Plain English

ISO IEC 27002 Information Security Audit Tool

Plain English ISO IEC 27002 2013 Checklist

ISO IEC 27000 Definitions in Plain English

Updated on January 22, 2016. First published on March 24, 2014.

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