INTERNATIONAL STANDARD
Internetsecurity Cybersecurity-Guidelinesfor
Cybersecurite - Lignes directrices relatives a la securite sur I’internet
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Contents
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7 Interested parties. .8
7.2 7.1 General. Users. 8 67.3 7.4 Coordinator and standardization organisations. Government authorities.. 10 107.5 Law enforcement agencies. 107.6 Internet service providers. 10
8.1 General. 118.2 8.3 Vulnerabilities. Threats 12 118.4 Attack vectors 12
9 Security guidelines fortheInternet. 13
9.1 9.2 Controls for Internet security. General. 13 149.2.1 9.2.2 General Policies for Internet security. 14 149.2.3 9.2.4 Education awareness and training. Access control. 149.2.5 Security incident management. 15 159.2.6 9.2.7 Supplier management. Asset management. 17 179.2.8 Privacy protection over the Internet. Business continuity over the Internet. 189.2.9 9.2.10 Vulnerability management. 18 199.2.11 9.2.12 Protection against malware. Network management. 20 219.2.13 Change management. 219.2.14 9.2.15 Use of cryptography Identification of applicable legislation and pliance requirements. 22 229.2.16 9.2.17 Application security for Internet-facing applications. Endpoint device management. 22 249.2.18 Monitoring 24
Annex A (informative) Cross-references between this document and ISO/IEC 27002. 25
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Foreword
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Submittee SC 27 information security cybersecurity and privacy protection. This document was prepared by Joint Technical Committee ISO/IEC JTC 1 Information technology
This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition (ISO/IEC 27032:2012) which has beentechnically revised.
The main changes are as follows:
- the structure of the document has been changed;the risk assessment and treatment approach has been changed with the addition of content onthreats vulnerabilities and attack vectors to identify and manage the Internet security risks;a mapping between the controls for Internet security cited in 9.2 and the controls contained in
--the title has been modified;
ISO/IEC 27002 has been added to Annex A
body. A plete listing of these bodies can be found at and Any feedback or questions on this document should be directed to the user's national standards
Introduction
The focus of this document is to address Internet security issues and provide guidance for addressingmon Internet security threats such as:
- social engineering attacks;--zero-day attacks;-hacking; and-the proliferation of malicious software (malware) spyware and other potentially unwanted
software.
The guidance within this document provides technical and non-technical controls for addressing theInternet security risks including controls for:
- detecting and monitoring attacks; and responding to attacks.
-preparing for attacks;
- preventing attacks;
to assist interested parties in playing an active role to address the Internet security challenges. The document also focuses on preservation of confidentiality integrity and availability of information overthe Internet and other properties such as authenticity accountability non-repudiation and reliability that can also be involved.
This includes Internet security guidance for:
roles;-policies;-methods;pue 'sassanoud---applicable technical controls.
technical specification standards and guidelines applicable to each area are referenced within thedocument for further guidance. See Annex A for the correspondence between the controls cited in thisdocument and those in ISO/IEC 27002.
supporting criticalinfrastructure ornational security.However most ofthe controlsmentioned in this This document does not specifically address controls that organizations can require for systemsdocument can be applied to such systems.
This document uses existing concepts from ISO/IEC 27002 the ISO/IEC 27033 series ISO/IEC TS 27100and ISO/IEC 27701 to illustrate:
-- the relationship between Internet security web security network security and cybersecurity;
detailed guidance on Internet security controls cited in 9.2 addressing cyber-security readiness for Internet-facing systems.
