BS ISO/IEC 27010:2012 - Page 2

Information technology. Security techniques. Information security management for inter-sector and inter-organizational communications. | Status: Withdrawn, Superseded, Revised

1 Scope This International Standard provides guidelines in addition to guidance given in the ISO/IEC 27000 family of standards for implementing information security management within information sharing communities. This International Standard provides controls and guidance specifically relating to initiating, implementing, maintaining, and improving information security in inter-organizational and inter-sector communications. This International Standard is applicable to all forms of exchange and sharing of sensitive information, both public and private, nationally and internationally, within the same industry or market sector or between sectors. In particular, it may be applicable to information exchanges and sharing relating to the provision, maintenance and protection of an organization’s or nation state’s critical infrastructure.