ISO 27001:2022 · Technological controls
ISO 27001:2022 8.34: Protection of information systems during audit testing
ISO 27001:2022 8.34 covers Protection of information systems during audit testing . The held text names 5 evidence records for it, the first being Statement of Applicability entry for control A.8.34, showing inclusion or justified exclusion, implementation status and the risks it.... The common gap an assessor flags is External auditors are given full administrative accounts on production systems.
Audit tests and other assurance activities that assess operational systems need a plan agreed in advance by whoever tests and the relevant managers. Purpose (stated in ISO/IEC 27002:2022): keeps the disruption audits and assurance work cause to live systems and business processes small. 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 8.34.
What evidence supports 8.34?
- Annex A technological controlStatement of Applicability entry for control A.8.34, showing inclusion or justified exclusion, implementation status and the risks it treats
- Annex A technological controlManagement approvals of auditor access requests and agreed scopes for technical audit tests
- Annex A technological controlEvidence that auditor access was read-only, or that tests were run by an authorized administrator on the auditor's behalf
- Annex A technological controlSecurity checks of auditor devices (patching, anti-malware) before access was granted
- Annex A technological controlRecords of isolated file copies provided for audit and their deletion or protection afterwards
Where this requirement comes from
This is our own statement of ISO 27001:2022 8.34, 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
- External auditors are given full administrative accounts on production systems
- Audit tools are run in production during peak business hours without agreement
- Auditor laptops connect to internal networks without any security check
- Audit accounts remain active after the audit ends
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.