ISO/IEC 27032:2012

Information technology — Security techniques — Guidelines for cybersecurity

Scope

ISO/IEC 27032:2012 provides guidance for improving the state of Cybersecurity, drawing out the unique aspects of that activity and its dependencies on other security domains, in particular:

information security,
network security,
internet security, and
critical information infrastructure protection (CIIP).

It covers the baseline security practices for stakeholders in the Cyberspace. This International Standard provides:

an overview of Cybersecurity,
an explanation of the relationship between Cybersecurity and other types of security,
a definition of stakeholders and a description of their roles in Cybersecurity,
guidance for addressing common Cybersecurity issues, and
a framework to enable stakeholders to collaborate on resolving Cybersecurity issues.

National adoptions