ISO 27001:2022 · Organizational controls
ISO 27001:2022 5.10: Acceptable use of information and other associated assets
ISO 27001:2022 5.10 covers Acceptable use of information and other associated assets. The held text names 5 evidence records for it, the first being Statement of Applicability entry for control A.5.10, showing inclusion or justified exclusion, implementation status and the risks it.... The common gap an assessor flags is The policy omits any statement of what monitoring takes place, undermining enforceability.
Rules on how information and other associated assets may acceptably be used, together with procedures for handling them, are to be identified, written down and put into practice. Purpose (stated in ISO/IEC 27002:2022): ensures information and associated assets are protected, used and handled appropriately. 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 5.10.
What evidence supports 5.10?
- Annex A organizational controlStatement of Applicability entry for control A.5.10, showing inclusion or justified exclusion, implementation status and the risks it treats
- Annex A organizational controlThe acceptable use topic-specific policy stating expected and prohibited behaviour, permitted and forbidden uses, and the monitoring the organization performs
- Annex A organizational controlEvidence the policy was communicated to and accepted by personnel and external users
- Annex A organizational controlHandling procedures per classification level covering access, copies, storage, media marking and disposal
- Annex A organizational controlRecords of authorized users for sensitive information and assets
Where this requirement comes from
This is our own statement of ISO 27001:2022 5.10, read from the copy we hold (licensed complete copy) and stated in our words, not the standard verbatim. The framework as we hold it.
Common gaps an assessor flags
- The policy omits any statement of what monitoring takes place, undermining enforceability
- Handling rules do not differ by classification, so sensitive copies get no extra protection
- External users are never shown the acceptable use rules
- Use of cloud collaboration tools falls outside the policy entirely
How it maps to SOC 2
No reviewed link is held for this control.
A link is a topical overlap with a confidence and a reason. It does not establish that meeting one requirement satisfies the other, and it is not certification.