An ISO/IEC 27002:2022 is a global comprehensive standard for managing information security controls, providing organizations with best practices for safeguarding their data and ensuring robust security measures.
One of the key components of the standard is its control categories. These categories offer a structured approach to information security, helping organizations assess and implement necessary safeguards across various aspects of their operations.
By categorizing controls in this way, the standard enables businesses to address specific security needs while maintaining a holistic view of their information security posture.
Information Security Controls are categorized as:
Let’s discuss all four information security controls categories below in detail.
- People: If threat is an individual in the organization
- Physical: If threat is in physical objects
- Technological: If threat is related to Technology
- Organizational: rest of them are categorized as organizational.
Organizational Controls
Organizational Controls in ISO/IEC 27002:2022 focus on the management and governance aspects of information security within an organization. These controls are designed to ensure that security policies, processes, and responsibilities are clearly defined, communicated, and enforced across the organization.
Organizational Controls include establishing clear roles and responsibilities for information security, ensuring proper management commitment, and creating an organizational culture that supports security initiatives.

This category also emphasizes the importance of regular security audits, ongoing risk assessments, and the continuous improvement of security practices.
Find the important controls list below:
- Policies for information security
- Information security roles and responsibilities
- Segregation of duties
- Management responsibilities
- Contact with authorities
- Contact with special interest groups
- Threat intelligence
- Information security in project management
- Inventory of information and other associated assets
- Acceptable use of information and other associated assets
- Return of assets
- Classification of information
- Labelling of information
- Information transfer
- Access control
- Identity management
- Authentication information
- Access rights
- Information security in supplier relationships
- Addressing information security within supplier agreements
- Managing information security in the ICT supply chain
- Monitoring, review and change management of supplier services
- Information security for use of cloud services
- Information security incident management planning and preparation
- Assessment and decision on information security events
- Response to information security incidents
- Learning from information security incidents
- Collection of evidence
- Information security during disruption
- ICT readiness for business continuity
- Legal, statutory, regulatory and contractual requirements
- Intellectual property rights
- Protection of records
- Privacy and protection of PII
- Independent review of information security
- Compliance with policies, rules and standards for information security
- Documented operating procedures
People Controls
People Controls in ISO/IEC 27002:2022 focus on managing human resources to ensure they understand their security responsibilities and contribute to the organization’s overall security posture.
These controls are designed to address the security risks associated with employees, contractors, and third-party personnel throughout their lifecycle with the organization.

Find the important controls list below:
- Screening – Employee & vendors
- Terms and conditions of employment
- Information security awareness, education and training
- Disciplinary process
- Responsibilities after termination or change of employment
- Confidentiality or non-disclosure agreements (NDA)
- Remote working
- Information security event reporting
Physical Controls
Physical Controls in ISO/IEC 27002:2022 focus on safeguarding the physical environment and infrastructure to prevent unauthorized access, damage, or theft of information either on paper and/or digital and other assets.

These controls aim to protect the organization’s facilities, hardware, and critical systems from physical threats, ensuring that both the physical and digital security measures are aligned.
By implementing effective Physical Controls, organizations can protect their physical assets and infrastructure, minimize the risk of security breaches, and ensure a safe working environment for employees and stakeholders.
Find the important controls list below:
- Physical security perimeters
- Physical entry
- Securing offices, rooms and facilities
- Physical security monitoring
- Protecting against physical and environmental threats
- Working in secure areas
- Clear desk and clear screen
- Equipment siting and protection
- Security of assets off-premises
- Storage media
- Supporting utilities
- Cabling security
- Equipment maintenance
- Secure disposal or re-use of equipment
Technical Controls
Technical Controls in ISO/IEC 27002:2022 focus on the technological measures and tools used to protect information systems and data from security threats. These controls leverage technology to enforce security policies, monitor activities, and prevent unauthorized access or data breaches.

By implementing strong Technical Controls, organizations can protect their digital assets, prevent unauthorized access, and ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability (CIA) of their information systems.
Find the important controls list below:
- User endpoint devices
- Privileged access rights
- Information access restriction
- Access to source code
- Secure authentication
- Capacity management
- Protection against malware
- Management of technical vulnerabilities
- Configuration management
- Information deletion
- Data masking
- Data leakage prevention (DLP)
- Information backup
- Redundancy of information processing facilities
- Logging
- Monitoring activities
- Clock synchronization
- Use of privileged utility programs
- Installation of software on operational systems
- Networks security
- Security of network services
- Segregation of networks
- Web filtering (WAF)
- Use of cryptography
- Secure development life cycle (SDLC)
- Application security requirements
- Secure system architecture and engineering principles
- Secure coding
- Security testing in development and acceptance
- Outsourced development
- Separation of development, test and production environments
- Change management
- Test information
- Protection of information systems during audit testing
Above four are the top-notch information security control categories and their types. These all-categories controls help to ensure strong information security posture of any organization.
#HyperHCI Team