ISO 27001:2022 · Technological controls
ISO 27001:2022 8.30: Outsourced development
ISO 27001:2022 8.30 covers Outsourced development. The held text names 5 evidence records for it, the first being Statement of Applicability entry for control A.8.30, showing inclusion or justified exclusion, implementation status and the risks it.... The common gap an assessor flags is Contracts focus on functionality and deadlines with no secure development obligations.
When another party develops systems for the organization, the organization is to steer that work, watch it and review it. Purpose (stated in ISO/IEC 27002:2022): ensures the organization's required security measures are implemented in outsourced system development. 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 8.30.
What evidence supports 8.30?
- Annex A technological controlStatement of Applicability entry for control A.8.30, showing inclusion or justified exclusion, implementation status and the risks it treats
- Annex A technological controlDevelopment contracts covering intellectual property, secure design, coding and testing obligations, right to audit, development environment security and legal compliance
- Annex A technological controlThe threat model or security requirements provided to the external developer
- Annex A technological controlAcceptance test records for delivered software, including checks for malicious content and known vulnerabilities
- Annex A technological controlSupplier assurance reports demonstrating minimum security and privacy capabilities
Where this requirement comes from
This is our own statement of ISO 27001:2022 8.30, 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
- Contracts focus on functionality and deadlines with no secure development obligations
- Delivered code is accepted without any security testing
- No escrow exists for critical software from small suppliers
- Sub-contracted developers further down the chain are unknown and unmanaged
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.