ISO 27001 5.33 Protection of Records

Requirement

"Records shall be protected from loss, destruction, falsification, unauthorized access and unauthorized release."[1]

Explanation

The organization should issue guidelines on the storage handling and disposal of digital and non-digital records. The organization must also create a record retention schedule (e.g. 10 years) after which records may be securely disposed. Depending on legal and business requirements different types of records may have different retention periods.

References

  1. ISO/IEC 27001

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