ISO/IEC 27001 •

ISO 27001 Requirement 4.4 – Establish, implement and maintain an ISMS

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By Mark Sharron | Updated 22 January 2024

This clause of ISO 27001 is a simple stated requirement and easily addressed if you are doing everything else right! It deals with how the organisation implements, maintains and continually improves the information security management system.

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Maintaining your information security management system

A secret to the success of maintaining your information security management system to meet clause 4.4 is having the commitment to information security from senior management, whilst also having the technology to make its administration and management a lot easier for everyone involved; information security officers, senior management, staff, suppliers and the auditors themselves. External auditors will want to see the spirit of ISO 27001 being demonstrated and that starts with the senior management and their commitment to the technology being used to coordinate, control and demonstrate everything else works as expected.


A Template Policy for ISO 27001 Clause 4.4 when using ISMS.online

Below is an example of just how easy this clause becomes to comply with when you have joined up your information security management system. It can simply point to relevant parts of the ISMS to evidence for an auditor or other interested party that your approach can be trusted. In the ISMS.online platform all the parts are preconfigured and connected up.

Example Policy for Clause 4.4

This completed ISO 27001: 2013/17 environment demonstrates the organisation’s ISMS, in particular, the policies, controls, and requirements, and should be viewed in conjunction with the integrated work areas for maintaining and continually improving within the following areas.

These include:

  • The all in one place risks, policies, controls, procedures, and regular review process, with at least annual review and independent approval workflow management.
  • The ISMS Board in accordance with 9.3 that established, manages and maintains the system as well as conducts regular management reviews
  • Our work on Audits in accordance with 9.2 to ensure compliance and help continually improve the system
  • Our evaluation and improvement systems to meet clause 10 for non-conformance and corrective action as well as our approach to security incident management described in line with Annex A16
  • Staff communications and team awareness groups for communication and engagement
  • Staff and Supplier policy packs to evidence their compliance to the ISMS for the roles they perform
  • Supplier Account and relationship management
  • All reinforced with strategic insight, overview and reporting to show the system is working as intended
  • Compliance doesn’t have to be complicated.

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