ISO 27001:2022 · Organizational controls
ISO 27001:2022 5.22: Monitoring, review and change management of supplier services
ISO 27001:2022 5.22 covers Monitoring, review and change management of supplier services. The held text names 5 evidence records for it, the first being Statement of Applicability entry for control A.5.22, showing inclusion or justified exclusion, implementation status and the risks it.... The common gap an assessor flags is Supplier changes such as moving hosting location or adding sub-processors happen without notice or....
On a regular basis the organization is to monitor, review and evaluate suppliers' security practices and service delivery and to manage changes to them. Purpose (stated in ISO/IEC 27002:2022): keeps security and service delivery at the levels the supplier agreements set. 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 5.22.
What evidence supports 5.22?
- Annex A organizational controlStatement of Applicability entry for control A.5.22, showing inclusion or justified exclusion, implementation status and the risks it treats
- Annex A organizational controlService performance reports and minutes of periodic supplier review meetings
- Annex A organizational controlRecords of supplier changes (new technology, locations, releases, sub-suppliers) with the organization's assessment of each
- Annex A organizational controlSupplier audit reports and reviews of independent auditor or attestation reports, with tracked follow-up of findings
- Annex A organizational controlIncident and security event information received from suppliers and the organization's review of it
Where this requirement comes from
This is our own statement of ISO 27001:2022 5.22, 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
- Supplier changes such as moving hosting location or adding sub-processors happen without notice or review
- Assurance reports are filed but exceptions in them are never followed up
- No one is accountable for monitoring security performance of a given supplier
- Supplier incident information is not integrated into the organization's incident process
How it maps to SOC 2
- CC9.2 high Monitoring and review of supplier services is ongoing vendor assessment.
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.