ISO 27001 Annex : A.13.2.3 Electronic Messaging & A.13.2.4 Confidentiality or Non-Disclosure Agreements

In this article explain ISO 27001 Annex : A.13.2.3 Electronic Messaging & A.13.2.4 Confidentiality or Non-Disclosure Agreements .

A.13.2.3 Electronic Messaging

Control- Electronic messaging information should be adequately protected.

Implementation Guidance – The following should include information security aspects for electronic messages:

Protecting messages against unauthorized access, change or denial of services in line with the organization’s classification scheme;
ensure that the message is correctly addressed and transported;
Service reliability and availability;
Legal considerations, such as electronic signature requirements;
Approval before using external public authorities, such as instant messaging, social networking or sharing of files;
Stronger standards of publicly accessible network authentication access management.

Other Information – There are various kinds of messages, such as e-mail systems, an exchange of electronic data, and social networking.

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Also Read : ISO 27001 Annex : A.13.2 Information Transfer

A.13.2.4 Confidentiality or Non-Disclosure Agreements

Control- Information protection requirements of the organization for confidentiality or non-disclosure agreements should be identified, regularly reviewed, and documented.

Implementation Guidance – The requirement to protect confidential information by legal enforceability should be addressed by confidentiality or non-disclosure agreements. Confidentiality or non-disclosure provisions extend to third parties or to the organization’s employees. In view of the kind of the other party and its allowed access or handling of confidential information, elements should be selected or added. to identify confidentiality requirements or non-disclosure agreements,

It should be considered the following elements:

Definition of protected information ( e.g. confidential information);
Expected duration of an agreement, including cases of permanent confidentiality;
the actions needed for termination of an agreement;
Signatory responsibilities and actions to prevent unauthorized disclosure of information;
Information ownership, business secrets and intellectual property, as well as how this relates to privacy;
Made use of the details of confidentiality and signatory ‘s rights to use the data;
the right to audit and monitor confidential information activities;
the notification and reporting process of unauthorized disclosure or leakage of confidential information;
Conditions for the return or destruction of information on cessation of agreement;
Expected measures should only be taken if an agreement is violated.

Other elements may be included during the confidentiality or non-disclosure agreement depending on the information security requirements of an organization.

Confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements would comply with all the laws and codes of integrity applicable to them.

Confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements provisions should be regularly reviewed and these conditions should be impacted when there are changes.

Other Information – Confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements protect organizational information and inform signatory in an authorized and accountable fashion of their responsibility to protect the use of and disclosure of information.

In a variety of cases, an organization may have to use different types of confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements.

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ISO 27001 Requirements

Clause 4.2 Understanding the needs and expectations of interested parties

Clause 4.4 Information security management system
Clause 4.3 Determining the scope of the information security management system
Clause 5.1 Leadership and commitment
Clause 5.2 Policy
Clause 5.3 Organizational roles, responsibilities and authorities
Clause 6.1 Actions to address risks and opportunities
Clause 6.1.2 Information security risk assessment process
Clause 6.1.3 Information security risk treatment
Clause 6.2 Information security objectives & planning
Clause 7.1 Resources
Clause 7.2 Competence
Clause 7.3 Awareness
Clause 7.4 Communication
Clause 7.5 Documented information Implementation Guideline
Clause 8.1 Operational planning & control
Clause 8.2 Information security risk assessment
Clause 8.3 Information security risk treatment
Clause 9.1 Performance evaluation Monitoring, measurement, analysis & evaluation
Clause 9.2 Internal audit
Clause 9.3 Management review
Clause 10.1 Non conformity and corrective action
Clause 10.2 Continual Improvement

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