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ISO/IEC 27001.

Also known as ISO 27001 · ISO/IEC 27001:2022 · ISMS
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International standard specifying requirements for information security management systems (ISMS). The 2022 edition contains 93 reference controls in Annex A, grouped into organisational, people, physical and technological themes.

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ISO/IEC 27001:2022 · Information security management systems

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