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Can you please let me know how to differentiate between document and record in the subject. Documents are Scope, Information Security policy, risk assessment and so on. Records are training, monitoring and measurement, internal audit. Am i right?
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ISO 27001 DOCUMENTATION TOOLKIT

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ISO 27001 DOCUMENTATION TOOLKIT

Step-by-step implementation for smaller companies.

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Rhand Leal Mar 28, 2017

Answer: Basically documents refer to information used to plan or define activities, while records are used as evidence of activities done or results achieved. Considering your examples, we have:

Scope: document that defines where the ISMS is applicable.

Information Security policy: document that defines the main rules about information security.

Risk assessment: If you refer to Risk Assessment Methodology, it is a document that defines how to perform a risk assessment. On the other hand, if you refer to Risk Assessment Report, it is a record that evidences the results of an risk assessment.

Training, monitoring and measurement, internal audit: for all these you must be more specific, because if you are referring to a procedure or a policy, you are talking about a document, but if you refer, f or example, to a training attendance list, monitoring or internal audit report, you are referring to a record.

This article will provide you further explanation about records in ISO 27001:
- List of mandatory documents required by ISO 27001 (2013 revision) https://advisera.com/27001academy/knowledgebase/list-of-mandatory-documents-required-by-iso-27001-2013-revision/
- Records management in ISO 27001 and ISO 22301 https://advisera.com/27001academy/blog/2014/11/24/records-management-in-iso-27001-and-iso-22301/

These materials will also help you regarding documents and records in ISO 27001:
- Managing ISO Documentation: A Plain English Guide https://advisera.com/books/managing-iso-documentation-plain-english-guide/

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