Information technology – Security techniques – Code of practice for information security controls based on ISO/IEC 27002 for telecommunications organizations.
Information security management is especially complex for telecommunications organizations.
It must potentially cover network infrastructure, services applications, and other facilities; a range of technologies (e.g. wired, wireless, and broadband); third parties; and a number of operational scales, service areas, and service types.
As well as implementing the controls listed in Annex A of ISO 27001, telecommunications organizations may therefore need to implement extra controls to adequately manage the risks they face.
The international standard ISO/IEC 27011:2016 sets out guidelines supporting the implementation of information security controls in telecommunications organizations.
It sets out general security control objectives based on ISO 27002 as well as controls specific to the telecommunications sector, and provides guidelines on selecting and implementing them.
Adopting ISO 27011 will allow telecommunications organizations to meet the baseline information security management requirements for confidentiality, integrity, and availability, as well as any other relevant security property.