ISO/IEC 27018:2025 for Compliance Officers
What does ISO/IEC 27018:2025 require of a Compliance Officer?
The ISO/IEC code of practice for a public cloud provider acting as PII processor, third edition (August 2025), realigned to ISO/IEC 27002:2022: public cloud PII guidance on 13 ISO/IEC 27002:2022 controls (policy and responsibility split, PII contact, media transfer records, compromised credentials and customer-managed access, breach determination, independent evidence, awareness, disposal, customer account log-on, backup, logging, cryptography information, PII in testing) and 25 Annex A controls under the ISO/IEC 29100 principles, now marked informative (principal rights, instruction-only processing, no marketing use, temporary files, disclosure notification and records including the reason, sub-contractor disclosure, breach notification, policy retention, return and disposal, confidentiality, hardcopy, restoration logs, media, encryption in transit, user IDs, contract measures, sub-contractor contracts, pre-used storage, data location, intended destination). Under ISO/IEC 27018:2025, which defines 38 controls, a Compliance Officer's work is deciding which controls you own outright, which you share and which belong to another team, then holding the evidence for the first group.
Which ISO/IEC 27018:2025 controls land on the Compliance Officer
Compliance Officers ensure the organisation meets its regulatory obligations. They manage audit programmes, maintain evidence repositories, track regulatory changes, and coordinate across business units to sustain compliance posture.
ISO/IEC 27018:2025 defines 38 controls across 5 domains that directly affect the Compliance Officer role. Understanding which controls fall within your ownership, which are shared, and which are owned by other teams is the foundation of effective compliance management.
What a Compliance Officer is accountable for under ISO/IEC 27018:2025
Monitoring regulatory changes and assessing their impact on the organisation
Managing internal and external audit programmes and evidence collection
Maintaining compliance documentation, policies, and control frameworks
Coordinating with business units to implement and maintain required controls
Reporting compliance status to senior leadership and regulatory bodies
Where Compliance Officers lose time on ISO/IEC 27018:2025
These are the most common obstacles Compliance Officers face when managing ISO/IEC 27018:2025 compliance, and how to address them:
Challenge 1
Tracking overlapping requirements across multiple regulatory frameworks
Challenge 2
Collecting evidence from multiple teams and systems for audit readiness
Challenge 3
Keeping policies and procedures current as regulations change
Challenge 4
Demonstrating compliance ROI to justify programme investment
Challenge 5
Managing the volume of regulatory change across jurisdictions
A working order for a Compliance Officer starting on ISO/IEC 27018:2025
1. Readiness Assessment
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2. Cross-Framework Mapping
Use our platform to map ISO/IEC 27018:2025 controls against other frameworks you already comply with. Identify overlapping controls to reduce duplicate effort.
3. Build Your Toolkit
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4. Continuous Monitoring
Establish ongoing compliance monitoring using our platform's gap analysis tools. Track your maturity over time and demonstrate progress to stakeholders.
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