ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 27

ISO / IEC JTC 1 Information Technology / SC 27 IT Security Techniques is a standardization committee in the joint Technical Committee 1 (english: Joint Technical Committee ISO / IEC JTC 1) of ISO and IEC. The German share of the international standardization work by DIN NIA 01-27 IT security procedures as the competent German mirror committee to subcommittee SC 27 (English: Subcommittee SC 27) looked after.

Work area of ​​SC 27 in ISO / IEC

The field of activity of ISO / IEC JTC 1/SC 27 is the development of standards for general methods and techniques in the field of IT security, ie Security in Information Technology.

The International Organization for Standardization ( ISO ) and the International Electrotechnical Commission ( IEC) have established the joint committee JTC 1 for cooperation in the field of information technology. Working drafts to international standards sent for evaluation to the concerned national representatives in standardization. Publish as an ISO / IEC standard or International Standard (IS) a positive vote of 75 % of the nations participating in the vote is required.

Structure and working groups

The International Secretariat of ISO / IEC JTC 1/SC 27 is located at the German Institute for Standardization (DIN ) in Germany. The division of the international working groups as sub- committees of SC 27, their individual work areas and the respective secretariats ( with the relevant national standards organization ) are shown in the table below.

Standards for IT security procedures

ISO / IEC JTC 1/SC 27 edited a number of standards for IT security procedures, including the standard series ISO / IEC 2700x for information security management systems (ISMS ) and the three parts of ISO / IEC 15408 for Common criteria for evaluation of IT security (or Common Criteria ). An overall summary of the work in the field of ISO / IEC JTC 1/SC 27 or supervised by DIN NIA 01-27 IT security standards process is a so-called Standing Document No. 7 - SC27 Projects & Standards ( SD7 ) as a ZIP file on the Web freely available.