ISO/IEC 27018:2025 INFORMATION SECURITY, CYBERSECURITY AND PRIVACY PROTECTION – GUIDELINES FOR PROTECTION OF PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION (PII) IN PUBLIC CLOUDS ACTING AS PII PROCESSORS
ISO/IEC 27018:2025 INFORMATION SECURITY, CYBERSECURITY AND PRIVACY PROTECTION – GUIDELINES FOR PROTECTION OF PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION (PII) IN PUBLIC CLOUDS ACTING AS PII PROCESSORS
CODE OF PRACTICE FOR PROTECTION OF PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION (PII) IN PUBLIC CLOUDS ACTING AS PII PROCESSORS.
ISO/IEC 27018:2025 establishes commonly accepted control objectives, controls, and guidelines for implementing measures to protect PII in line with the privacy principles in the ISO/IEC 29100 standard for public cloud computing environment.
What is ISO/IEC 27018:2025?
This standard provides guiding principles based on ISO/IEC 27002 to providers of public cloud services, taking into consideration the regulatory requirements for the protection of PII, which can be applied within the context of the information security risk environment(s). A PII processor is any public cloud service provider that processes personal data for its clients.
Why does an Organisation need ISO/IEC 27018:2025?
By implementing this standard a public cloud service provider is required to comply with applicable obligations when acting as a PII processor, whether such obligations fall on the PII processor directly or contractually. This will assist the cloud service customer and the public cloud PII processor in entering into a predetermined agreement.
This standard enables public cloud PII processors to be clear in relevant matters so that cloud service customers can select well-governed cloud-based PII processing services. It also provides cloud service customers with a mechanism for exercising audit and compliance rights and responsibilities in cases where individual cloud service customer audits of data hosted, shared, virtualised server (cloud) environment may be impractical technically or could increase risks to those physical and logical network security controls in place.
What are the Benefits of Implementing ISO/IEC 27018:2025?
- Decreases the risks of data breaches in the cloud and related regulatory fines.
- Motivates trust in your organisation.
- Clients and customers will be assured that you are protecting their data.
- Protects your brand reputation.
- Improves global operations.
- Delivers legal protections for cloud providers and users.
- Streamline sales processes.
- Provides advanced security to customer data and information.
- Makes the platform more reliable to the customer, achieving a higher level than the competition.
- Faster enablement of global operations.
- Streamlines contracts.
How do I implement ISO/IEC 27018:2025 in an organisation?
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WWISE has a 4-Phase Approach:
- Phase 1: Gap Analysis Audit and Information Gathering
- Phase 2: ISO Documentation, Risk Assessment, and Process Mapping
- Phase 3: Implementation and Training
- Phase 4: Certification
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Certification Process:
An organisation can get certified to a requirement standard. You can implement the standard and get certified by a third-party.
