Annex A 5.28
Collection of evidence
Procedures exist for identifying, collecting and preserving evidence relating to incidents.
What an assessor looks for
Show who is authorised to collect evidence, how integrity and chain of custody are preserved, and when external expertise would be engaged.
Where it usually fails
Responders remediate immediately and destroy the evidence needed for investigation, insurance or prosecution.
Classification
- Theme
- A.5 Organisational
- Control type
- Corrective
- Security properties
- Integrity
- Cybersecurity concepts
- Respond
- ISO 27001:2013 equivalent
- 16.1.7
Control number and title are identifiers used as references. The classification above is our own analysis, aligned to the shape of the ISO 27002 attribute model rather than reproduced from it, and no text from the standard appears on this page. Last reviewed 2026-08-03.
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