ISO 27001 (ISMS)
Summary
Regulation: Information Security Management System (ISMS)
Abbreviation: ISO 27001 (ISMS)
Governs these parties: all organizations that store or manage data, IT-based, Health, Government, and public companies
Enforced by: the majority of global companies require their partners and vendors to meet these standards
Details
Through the adoption of an Information Security Management System (ISMS), ISO 27001 provides a framework that can help organizations protect their information in a systematic and cost-effective manner in terms of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The process involves identifying the potential problems that could occur with the information (risk assessment), and then determining how these problems can be prevented (risk mitigation or risk treatment).
The rest of this document is designed to help our community understand ISO 27001 (ISMS) better by outlining the following information.
How this regulation relates to cybersecurity
ISO 27001 (ISMS) requires businesses to:
- ensure their IT systems, including operating systems and software, are secure and protected against data loss with events records and generating evidence, periodic verification of vulnerabilities, and taking precautions to prevent audit activities from affecting operations
- secure communications by protecting the network infrastructure and services, as well as the information that travels through them
- have a security incident policy in place in order to handle security events and incidents with proper communication so that they can be resolved in a timely manner
- ensure the continuity of information security management during disruptions and the availability of information systems
How Coro handles compliance for you
At Coro, we've done the research thoroughly and regularly track updates to the regulation in order to ensure that you are implementing best practices in the areas we cover when we're protecting your systems.
The following table outlines the requirements described by ISO 27001 (ISMS) that Coro implements in conjunction with Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace.
Disclaimer
This table does not guarantee that your organization is compliant with these regulations. As a best practice, seek assistance from a certified auditor when completing your analysis.
| Category | Requirement | How Coro does it |
|---|---|---|
| Cloud Security & Privacy | Malware and ransomware injection | Detects and remediates malware and ransomware files in cloud drives |
| Cloud app account takeover | Monitors access to cloud apps and user/admin activities on them | |
| Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) | Enforces multi-factor authentication on cloud app access | |
| Audit and activity logs | Archives all system activities for a period of seven years, supporting referencing and auditing | |
| Email Security & Privacy | Generic and spear phishing | Detects and remediates social engineering attacks based on email content analysis |
| Identity spoofing | Detects and remediates social engineering attacks based on adaptive identity monitoring | |
| Malware and ransomware injection | Detects and remediates malware and ransomware in email attachments | |
| Embedded links to malicious URLs | Detects and remediates embedded links to malicious servers | |
| DLP over outgoing/incoming email | Encrypts emails before they are sent, which are then decrypted by their recipients at the other end. | |
| Encryption of email during transmission | Encrypts email during transit between the sender and the recipient | |
| Business email compromise (BEC) | Scans business email, detects and protects against social engineering attacks | |
| Audit and activity logs | Archives all system activities for a period of seven years, supporting referencing and auditing | |
| Endpoint Security & Privacy | Antivirus (AV) | Detects and remediates files with high-risk content based on their signatures |
| ATP (NGAV) | Detects and remediates processes exhibiting high-risk behaviors with behavioral analysis | |
| Device security posture | Detects security vulnerabilities on endpoint devices and enforces device security posture | |
| Data recovery | Stores local snapshots of data | |
| EDR | Enables post-breach analysis of endpoint activities across the organization | |
| DLP on endpoint devices | Provides data loss prevention (DLP) for business-sensitive data and data defined as sensitive by regulations | |
| Audit and activity logs | Archives all system activities for a period of seven years, supporting referencing and auditing | |
| Data Governance | Data distribution governance and role management | Provides data loss prevention (DLP) for data defined as sensitive by regulations |
| Security and business-specific data monitoring | Monitors for sensitive data according to business and security best practices, including passwords, certificates, source code, proprietary data, etc. | |
| Audit and activity logs | Archives all system activities for a period of seven years, supporting referencing and auditing |