Annex A 5.35
Independent review of information security
The approach to managing information security is reviewed independently at planned intervals and on significant change.
What an assessor looks for
Independence is the point. Show that the reviewer did not operate the controls being reviewed, and show what the review found.
Where it usually fails
The internal audit is performed by the person who runs the management system, which is not an independent review.
Classification
- Theme
- A.5 Organisational
- Control type
- Detective
- Security properties
- Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability
- Cybersecurity concepts
- Identify
- ISO 27001:2013 equivalent
- 18.2.1
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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