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All 31 documents in the ISO 27001 toolkit, one by one

The complete documentation framework of an Information Security Management System under ISO/IEC 27001:2022: 31 documents grouped into eight thematic blocks, as editable Word and Excel templates. These are not blank forms. Every document is written end to end around a worked example organisation, so you start from finished text and adapt it, rather than starting from an empty page.

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documents

8

Sections

5

Excel

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The Implementation Guide is the entry document. It sets out the reading order for each role, the formal acts required for the system to exist, what evidence has to be produced and how often, and how each document answers a specific requirement of the standard. If you only read one document, make it that one.

The documents are written for “FactoryCO Software S.A.”, a fictitious name that does not correspond to any real organisation — hence the FCO prefix on every code. Replacing the name, the scope and the role holders with your own is the first step of the adaptation, and the Implementation Guide explains the order in which to do it.
Where do I find what

Where do I find what

The twenty-one questions people actually ask when they open the folder for the first time, with the exact location of the answer.

I'm looking for… Document Exact location
The 93 Annex A controls, with their status and justification Statement of Applicability (SoA) FCO-RSG-MAT-002 “Statement of Applicability” sheet
The risk register and the heat map Risk Register FCO-RSG-MAT-001 “Register”, “Heat Map” and “Acceptances” sheets
Where to start reading all of this Implementation Guide FCO-GOB-GUI-001 Chapter 3: reading path by role
This same reference in Word, to print or share Quick Document Guide FCO-GOB-GUI-002 Whole document
Which formal acts constitute the system Implementation Guide FCO-GOB-GUI-001 Chapter 4
What evidence to produce, and how often Implementation Guide FCO-GOB-GUI-001 Chapter 8: evidence calendar
How each requirement of the standard is met by these documents Implementation Guide FCO-GOB-GUI-001 Chapter 6: clause-by-clause traceability
The list of every document with its status and version Master Document Index FCO-GOB-MAT-001 “Master Index” sheet
The document coding scheme Master Document Index FCO-GOB-MAT-001 “Coding Scheme” sheet
The information asset inventory Asset Inventory FCO-TEC-CAT-001 Single sheet
Legal requirements by jurisdiction Legal Requirements Matrix FCO-CUM-MAT-001 Single sheet
What can be handed to a customer running an audit Handling Audits and Due Diligence FCO-CUM-GUI-001 Chapter 3: evidence pack
What to answer when a control is not implemented yet Handling Audits and Due Diligence FCO-CUM-GUI-001 Chapter 5: the honesty rule
The ISMS scope and the governance structure ISMS Manual FCO-GOB-MAN-001 Chapters 4 and 5
The objectives, indicators and annual programme Objectives, Indicators and Annual Programme FCO-GOB-PLA-001 Chapters 2 and 3
The plan to reach certification Roadmap to Certification FCO-GOB-PLA-002 Chapter 3: programme phases
Recovery objectives and continuity testing Business Continuity and Recovery FCO-CON-PLA-001 Chapters 2 and 6
Incident notification deadlines Security Incident Management FCO-INC-PRC-001 Chapter 7
How one customer is kept from seeing another's data Cloud Security and Multi-tenant Isolation FCO-TEC-POL-002 Chapter 3: isolation
The checklist for code review Secure Coding and Code Review FCO-DEV-NOR-001 Annex A: 18 points
Obligations as a personal data processor Personal Data Protection FCO-PDP-POL-001 Chapter 5
Documentation architecture

Documentation architecture

The documents do not all sit at the same level, and that determines who approves them and what happens when two of them disagree.

Level What it is Who approves it
0 Manual and General Policy Board of Directors
1 Topic-specific policies, plans and matrices Information Security Committee
2 Procedures and technical standards CISO or CTO, depending on the domain
3 Guides, forms and work instructions Document owner
4 Evidence records Not approved: they are generated and retained

A lower-level document never contradicts a higher-level one. Where they diverge, the higher-level document prevails and the lower one is corrected under the documented information control procedure.

Before the audit

Before the audit

This framework is the design of the system. We say so here and not in the small print: for a certifiable ISMS to exist, four things are still yours to do.

  1. 1

    Carry out the formal acts of constitution set out in chapter 4 of the Implementation Guide: decision minutes, approval of the scope, constitution of the committee and appointment letters.

  2. 2

    Assign the named holders of every role, every risk and every asset. A generic owner does not survive an audit interview.

  3. 3

    Complete the “Evidence available” column of the Statement of Applicability, control by control, and downgrade any status that has no retrievable evidence behind it.

  4. 4

    Put the evidence calendar from chapter 8 of the Implementation Guide into operation, with a named owner and reminders.

A control declared “Implemented” with no evidence behind it is the most common certification finding and the one that destroys the most credibility. The toolkit saves you the drafting; it does not save you the operation.

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