ISO 27001 8.8 Management of Technical Vulnerabilities

Requirement

"Information about technical vulnerabilities of information systems in use shall be obtained, the organization’s exposure to such vulnerabilities shall be evaluated and appropriate measures shall be taken."[1]

Explanation

Identify vulnerabilities by performing vulnerability scans against the information system. Vulnerability scanners such as Nessus can be used to accomplish this. Document the vulnerabilities and address them in order of importance.

References

  1. ISO/IEC 27001

Need help putting this into practice? See our ISO 27001 compliance services or read our ISO 27001 articles.

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