I have two separate cloud instances in AWS. One is shared among customers and one is dedicated to individual customers. I don't have all security controls enabled on the shared instance yet. When I go in for ISO Certification, can I exclude the shared instance from my scope and certify the dedicated environment only.
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Please note that the ISMS scope can cover all organizations, or only specific locations, processes, or information.
Considering that, it is not possible to define the ISMS scope in terms of cloud instances in AWS. What you can do is to define specific processes or information that are related to the environment dedicated to individual customers (e.g., customer service support).
The main point when considering this approach is the effort required to keep the ISMS scope separated from the rest of the organization's elements (for small and mid-sized organizations many times the effort is not worthy, and it is better to include all the organization in the ISMS scope).
These materials will provide you a further explanation about scope definition:
- How to define the ISMS scope https://advisera.com/27001academy/knowledgebase/how-to-define-the-isms-scope/
- Problems with defining the scope in ISO 27001 https://advisera.com/27001academy/blog/2010/06/29/problems-with-defining-the-scope-in-iso-27001/
- Defining the ISMS scope if the servers are in the cloud https://advisera.com/27001academy/blog/2017/05/22/defining-the-isms-scope-if-the-servers-are-in-the-cloud/
- How to set the ISMS scope according to ISO 27001 [free webinar on demand] https://advisera.com/27001academy/webinar/how-to-set-the-isms-scope-according-to-iso-27001-free-webinar-on-demand/
- ISO 27001:2013 Foundations Course https://advisera.com/training/iso-27001-foundations-course/
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Jan 25, 2021