iso27diy-corp/Corpus/Standards/ISO27x/about/ISO 27001 Approaching Annex A.md

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When you start with ISO 27001, the key to looking at this bewildering list of controls is not to see this as a todo list or an implementation plan, but as a checklist, asking yourself for each control: how are we doing this at the moment?

Because if you have a sensible approach to your information, your devices and the services you use, chances are you have actually implemented most of them, at least partially. Let's start with some low-hanging fruit:

  • Examples of 'common' controls.
    • backups
    • cryptography
    • physical security
    • password protection