ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Transition: Navigating the 93 Reorganized Controls
A comprehensive practitioner guide to transitioning from the 2013 standard to the 2022 edition, including the 11 brand-new security controls.
The Structural Revolution of ISO 27001:2022
The 2022 revision collapsed the previous 114 Annex A controls into 93 streamlined controls organized into four pragmatic themes: Organizational (37 controls), People (8 controls), Physical (14 controls), and Technological (34 controls).
The 11 Brand New Controls You Must Implement
The update introduced 11 controls addressing modern attack landscapes:
Threat intelligence (A.5.7)
Information security for cloud services (A.5.23)
ICT readiness for business continuity (A.5.30)
Physical security monitoring (A.7.4)
Configuration management (A.8.9)
Information deletion (A.8.10)
Data masking (A.8.11)
Data leakage prevention (A.8.12)
Monitoring activities (A.8.16)
Web filtering (A.8.23)
Secure coding (A.8.28)
Updating Your Statement of Applicability (SoA)
Certified organizations must map their existing controls to the new Annex A taxonomy, update risk assessments, and demonstrate operational implementation of the 11 new controls prior to transition surveillance audits.
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