Annex A 8.1
User endpoint devices
Information stored on, processed by or accessible via user endpoint devices is protected.
What an assessor looks for
Show device inventory, encryption status, patch state and configuration baseline. Personally owned devices with access to organisational information must be addressed explicitly.
Where it usually fails
Corporate devices are managed while personal devices accessing email and documents fall outside every control.
Classification
- Theme
- A.8 Technological
- Control type
- Preventive
- Security properties
- Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability
- Cybersecurity concepts
- Protect
- ISO 27001:2013 equivalent
- 6.2.1, 11.2.8
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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