ISO 27001 Clause 9.3 Management review

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ISO 27001 Clause 9.3 Management review, Top Management conducts management review for ISO 27001 at planned intervals.

What is ISO 27001 Clause 9.3?

ISO 27001 Clause 9.3 Management review, clause highlights the significance of management review which helps to ensure continuing suitability, adequacy, and effectiveness of Information Security Management System in the organization, where Suitability refers to the continuous alignment with the objectives of the organization, Adequacy and Effectiveness call for appropriate design and organizational embedding respectively. It is a process which is administered at various levels of the organization where the activities could range from daily, weekly or monthly organization unit meeting to simple reporting discussions. It is the responsibility of the top management to evaluate this review with contributions from all the levels of the organization. Management Review generally happens after the ISMS internal audit is completed, and it occurs at planned intervals and in a strategic manner.

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What does Management Review incorporate?

The management review should consider the requirements of Clause 9.3 from ISO 27001:2013, which helps the top management to facilitate effective reviews and strategic decisions which is best suited for the business needs. There are some ways by which management can review the ISMS, like receiving and reviewing measurements and reports, transmission, verbal updates. Top management should include reporting on ISMS efficiency and should frequently review it. The primary components of the management review include the result of the information security assessment, results of internal audit, risk assessment and the status of risk management plan. While assessing the information security risk assessment, the management should check that the residual risk fulfills risk acceptance criteria that cover all applicable risks and their risk treatment options in the risk treatment plan.

All aspects of the ISMS should be reviewed by management at planned intervals, a minimum of yearly, by fixing suitable schedules and agenda items in management meetings. Also, recently implemented ISMS should be reviewed frequently by management to increase overall effectiveness.

What should be the agenda of the management review?

The standard ISO 27001 – 9.3 Management review shall consider the following topics :-

Status of actions from previous management reviews;
Changes in external and internal issues that are relevant to the ISMS;
Feedback on the information security performance, including trends, in;
Non conformities and corrective actions;
Monitoring and measurement results;

Audit results;

Fulfillment of information security objectives.
Feedback from stakeholders , including suggestions for improvement, requests for change and complaints;
Results of information security risk assessment(s) and status of risk treatment plan; and
Opportunities for continual improvement, including efficiency improvements for both the ISMS and information security controls.

The input for the management review should be at an acceptable level of detail, consistent with the objectives set for the organization. For example, just a description of all things, aligned with information security objectives or high-level objectives, will be reviewed by top management.

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The end result of this management review process will include continuous improvement of ISMS and will also address any changes if required in ISMS. End results may also include evidence of selections regarding-

Changes in information security policy
Changes in risk acceptance criteria and also the criteria for performing information security risk assessments
Updating information security risk treatment plan or Statement of Applicability
Necessary improvements in monitoring and measuring activities
Change in resources

The organization needs to document the information as evidence of results of management reviews.

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Questions related to this topic

1. Is ISO IEC 27001 on information technology security techniques Information Security Management System requirements?
2. What is statement of applicability in ISO 27001?
3. How many clauses and controls are defined by ISO 27001?
4. What are the requirements for ISO 27001?
5. Explain ISO 27001 Clause 9.3 Management review?

ISO 27001 Requirements

Clause 4.1 Understanding the organization and its context

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 10.1 Non conformity and corrective action
Clause 10.2 Continual Improvement

ISO 27001 Annex A Controls

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