ISO 27001:2022
Organizational controls – ISO 27001:2022

ISO 27001:2022 5.6: Contact with special interest groups

The organization is to join and stay in touch with special interest groups, specialist security communities and professional bodies. Purpose (stated in ISO/IEC 27002:2022): keeps an appropriate flow of information security knowledge between the organization and specialist communities. As an Annex A reference control, it is compared with the controls determined in risk treatment (6.1.3 c) and recorded in the Statement of Applicability as included or excluded, with the justification and implementation status (6.1.3 d); implementation guidance is ISO/IEC 27002:2022 5.6.

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What else in your programme already covers this

This control maps to 23 controls across 20 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

  • NIST-CSF-GV.RM-05 Lines of communication across the organization are established for cybersecurity risks, including risks from suppliers and other third parties
  • NIST-CSF-ID.RA-02 Cyber threat intelligence is received from information sharing forums and sources
  • NIST-CSF-RS.CO-03 Information is shared with designated internal and external stakeholders
  • SEC01-BP04 Stay up to date with security threats and recommendations

C5 (Germany) · 1 control

  • C5-OIS-05 Contact with Relevant Government Agencies and Interest Groups

CMMC 2.0 · 1 control

DORA · 1 control

  • DORA-Art.45 Information-sharing arrangements on cyber threat information and intelligence

FedRAMP High · 1 control

  • SI-5 Security Alerts, Advisories, and Directives

FedRAMP Moderate · 1 control

  • SI-5 Security Alerts, Advisories, and Directives

ISO 22301:2019 · 1 control

  • 7.4 Communication

ISO 27001:2013 · 1 control

  • A.6.1.4 Contact with special interest groups

ISO 27002:2022 · 1 control

  • 5.6 Contact with special interest groups

ISO 27701:2019 · 1 control

  • 5.6 Operation

ISO/IEC 42001:2023 · 1 control

  • A.8.5 Information for interested parties

NIS2 Directive · 1 control

  • Art.29.4 Notify the competent authority of entry into and withdrawal from information-sharing arrangements
  • 161R1-PM-15 Security and Privacy Groups and Associations
  • 03.14.03 Security Alerts, Advisories, and Directives

NIST SP 800-172 · 1 control

  • 3.14.6e Use Threat Indicator Information for Detection

PCI DSS 4.0 · 1 control

  • 6.3.1 6.3.1 Vulnerability identification and risk ranking

SOC 2 · 1 control

  • SOC2-CC2.3 CC2.3 Communication with external parties about internal control (COSO principle 15)

Every mapping shown was judged rather than inferred from wording similarity, and the ones that failed review are published too. See the coverage reports and what was rejected.

Other controls in Organizational controls – ISO 27001:2022

You are reading one control. How much of ISO 27001:2022 have you already done?

ISO 27001:2022 5.6 is one control. If you already hold one of the frameworks below, a reviewed crosswalk already says how much of ISO 27001:2022 your existing evidence covers. Hold NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 and 79 of 93 ISO 27001:2022 controls already carry evidence.

Each report names every control your existing framework evidences, every one it does not, the reasoning behind each claim, and the claims that were argued against and rejected. 170 were rejected on the NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 pair alone.

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