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SoA justification for selection (of control)

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SoA justification for selection (of control)

I have a question about SoA’s justification for the selection of control: A lot of controls have been established in use over the years (as kind of “security best practices”), so there is no recent risk treatment nor risk number for the control, how the justification for selection is written in the SoA in these cases?  
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ISO 27001 STATEMENT OF APPLICABILITY

List all controls and determine which are applicable and why.

ISO 27001 STATEMENT OF APPLICABILITY

List all controls and determine which are applicable and why.

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Rhand Leal May 03, 2020

First is important to note that before you elaborate the SoA you need to perform the risk assessment and risk treatment steps, because these are required by the standard.

The second topic of notice is that, broadly speaking, justifications to apply or not control are based on:

  • results of risk assessment
  • legal requirements (e.g., laws, contract, or regulations)
  • top management decision

Considering that, if you do not have relevant risks or legal requirements to justify applying a control, you can state that the control is considered relevant to be applied by top management, as a good practice.

These articles will provide you a further explanation about risk management and SoA:

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