Document owner and other questions on document management

Answer: The document owner should be the person who knows particular subject the best - e.g. document owner of the Backup Policy should be either Head of IT department, or the administrator who is in charge of the backup.

2. All ISMS documents will be created in English and then translated to our local language. We have no internal translators and that's why this activity will be outsourced. What is the ISO requirements or recommendations about this?

Answer: There are no requirements nor recommendations in ISO 27001 regarding the translations. You only have to make sure that the documents are translated properly and that the confidentiality is maintained.

3. What is the ISO requirements or recommendations about document update frequency?

Answer: There are no requirements nor recommendations in ISO 27001 regarding the update frequency. My recommendation would be to update most of the documents once a year, but some of them would need to be updated more often - e.g. recovery plans. By the way, each of our templates suggest the optimal frequency of updates.