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Security Management

What is Security Management?

The systematic planning, organizing, and controlling of activities to maintain the security of an organization's information assets.

Information Security

Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as security management. The number is how many controls name both.

What the standards actually require on security management

Requirements naming security management across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.

Establish and maintain an ISMS proportionate to organizational size and complexity

IS.I.OR.200 · Information Security Management System
ISO 27701:20194 controls

Network controls, security in network services and segregation in networks apply as the base guidance requires, read as protecting the personal data that crosses those networks.

iso-27701-2019::6.10.1 · Network security management

Deep synthesis service providers must establish and improve management systems for user registration, algorithm-mechanism review, science-and-technology ethics review, information release review, data security, personal information protection, anti-telecom-fra...

CN-DS-A7 · Deep Synthesis Security Management System
C5 (Germany)2 controls

Operate an information security management system aligned to ISO/IEC 27001 covering the organisational units, sites and processes that deliver the cloud service, and retain documented scope, statement of applicability and the latest management review results.

C5-OIS-01 · Information Security Management System (ISMS)

Data processors must establish a sound data-security management system across the whole process, organise data-security education and training, and adopt appropriate technical and other measures;

DSL-Art27 · Data Security Management System and Whole-Lifecycle Measures (Art. 27)
IEC 624432 controls

Product supplier defines and maintains a documented Security Development Lifecycle covering organisation, responsibilities, training, security expertise, third-party component management and security plan for each product.

62443-4-1-SM · Security Management (Product Development)

Questions people ask about security management

What is Security Management?
The systematic planning, organizing, and controlling of activities to maintain the security of an organization's information assets.
Why is Security Management important for compliance?
Security Management is a key concept in Information Security. Understanding security management helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Security Management?
Security Management appears in the requirement text of EASA Part-IS - Information Security in Aviation, ISO 27701:2019, Administrative Measures for the Security Assessment of Generative AI Services (2023) and Algorithmic Recommendation Management Provisions (2022), C5 (Germany), China Data Security Law (DSL). Across these standards we have identified 18 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Security Management?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how security management applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 686 frameworks.

See how Security Management applies across compliance frameworks

Our platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings. Explore how this concept is addressed across standards.

Written and maintained by Gerard Blokdyk, The Art of Service.