Establish a robust ISMS with this Information Security Policy, aligning organizational security practices with ISO 27001 and key international standards.
This Information Security Policy defines the organization's commitment to safeguarding information assets by outlining governance, roles, compliance requirements, and risk-based ISMS practices, in alignment with leading standards like ISO/IEC 27001:2022.
Defines clear ISMS structure and objectives in line with ISO/IEC 27001:2022 requirements.
Integrates security governance across executive, technical, and operational roles for enforced responsibility.
Applies to employees, contractors, and third parties with clear training, awareness, and compliance mandates.
Ensures continual audit readiness, covering GDPR, NIS2, DORA, COBIT, and NIST controls.
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Policy Purpose, Scope, and Objectives
Roles and Responsibilities Matrix
Governance and Review Requirements
Security Control Domains
Risk Treatment and Exception Process
Enforcement and Audit Readiness
This product is aligned with the following compliance frameworks, with detailed clause and control mappings.
Defines the governance structure and authority hierarchy referenced in this document.
Details how internal assurance mechanisms validate policy enforcement.
Enforces behavioral compliance and acceptable handling of information assets.
Operationalizes access-related controls derived from this overarching policy.
Provides the risk-based context for selecting controls and accepting residual risks.
Effective security governance requires more than just words; it demands clarity, accountability, and a structure that scales with your organization. Generic templates often fail, creating ambiguity with long paragraphs and undefined roles. This policy is engineered to be the operational backbone of your security program. We assign responsibilities to the specific roles found in a modern enterprise, including the CISO, IT Security, and relevant committees, ensuring clear accountability. Every requirement is a uniquely numbered clause (e.g., 5.1.1, 5.1.2). This atomic structure makes the policy easy to implement, audit against specific controls, and safely customize without affecting document integrity, transforming it from a static document into a dynamic, actionable framework.
Mandates a documented process for risk-based control exemptions, approvals, and ongoing review for policy deviations.
Directly connects this policy to related procedures, access control, governance, and risk management for traceable compliance.
Requires policy reviews, approvals, and distribution with full revision tracking to ensure up-to-date requirements.
This policy was authored by a security leader with 25+ years of experience deploying and auditing ISMS frameworks for global enterprises. It's designed not just to be a document, but a defensible framework that stands up to auditor scrutiny.