ISO certificate
ISO/IEC 27017 Certification (Cloud Security Controls)
A practical guide to cloud security responsibilities, control design, and audit evidence — commonly implemented alongside ISO/IEC 27001.
What ISO/IEC 27017 is (in operational terms)
ISO/IEC 27017 provides cloud-specific security control guidance. It is widely used as an extension to ISO/IEC 27001 for organizations that provide cloud services, run workloads on cloud platforms, or manage hybrid environments.
Audits typically focus on whether cloud responsibilities are clearly defined (provider vs customer), and whether controls are implemented and evidenced across provisioning, identity, access, logging, and change.
Common audit focus areas
- Shared responsibility model and RACI across cloud services and tenants.
- Identity and privileged access controls (joiners/movers/leavers, MFA, break-glass).
- Virtualization and tenant isolation expectations.
- Logging, monitoring, and alert handling with retained evidence.
- Change management for infrastructure-as-code and cloud configuration baselines.
- Supplier controls: contracts, due diligence, and verification of cloud provider commitments.
Typical evidence pack (examples)
- Cloud scope diagram + responsibility matrix per service.
- Access review reports + privileged access approvals.
- Secure configuration baselines + drift monitoring evidence.
- Logging/monitoring dashboards + incident case records.
- Backup, restore test evidence, and retention configuration proof.
Related certificates
Most organizations implement ISO/IEC 27017 together with ISO/IEC 27001 (and often ISO/IEC 27701 for privacy).
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