Annex A 8.30
Outsourced development
Outsourced system development is directed, monitored and reviewed.
What an assessor looks for
Show the security requirements placed on the developer, and how their work is verified rather than accepted.
Where it usually fails
Outsourced code is accepted on delivery with no security review by the commissioning organisation.
Classification
- Theme
- A.8 Technological
- Control type
- Preventive, Detective
- Security properties
- Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability
- Cybersecurity concepts
- Protect
- ISO 27001:2013 equivalent
- 14.2.7
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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