Cybersecurity Data Protection Program (CDPP) - ISO 27001 & 27002

• Editable cybersecurity documentation that is focused on ISO 27001 & 27002 alignment.
• Compliance-focused policies and standards that come with a wealth of free resources.
• Affordable solution that is designed to be efficient and scalable. Written to be business-friendly.
• One-time purchase - no subscription or software to install. Comes with editable Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel documentation.

Don't Write It From Scratch.

Pursuing ISO 27001 certification, or need to prove ISO 27002 alignment to a customer? With what you have right now, could you produce the ISMS policies and standards an auditor expects, or are they incomplete, outdated, or scattered across your team?

For most teams, building ISO-aligned documentation from scratch takes hundreds of hours of senior staff time. The ISO 27001/27002 Cybersecurity & Data Protection Program (CDPP) gives you a running start: editable policies, control objectives, standards, and guidelines structured to the ISO 27002 taxonomy (2013 and 2022), built on the Secure Controls Framework (SCF) so it also maps to 100+ other laws, regulations, and frameworks. The templates get you roughly 80 to 90 percent of the way there. From there you tailor the details to your environment and move toward certification readiness in far less time than writing it yourself.

ISO 27001 Appendix A contains the basic overview of the security controls needed to build an Information Security Management System (ISMS), but ISO 27002 provides those specific controls that are necessary to actually implement ISO 27001. Essentially, you can't meet ISO 27001 without implementing ISO 27002:

To keep things simple, remember that ISO 27001 lays out the framework to create an “Information Security Management System (ISMS)” (e.g., a comprehensive IT security program), whereas ISO 27002 contains the actual “best practices” details of what goes into building a comprehensive IT security program. Since ISO’s information security framework has been around since the mid-1990s, it was in “right time at the right place” to evolve into the de facto IT security framework outside of the United States. You will find ISO 27002 extensively used by multinational corporations and for companies that do not have to specifically comply with US federal regulations. ISO 27002 is also “less paranoid” than NIST 800-53, which has an advantage of being less complex and therefore easier implement.

The ISO 27002 CDPP is ideal for organizations that need to demonstrate alignment with ISO 27001 and ISO 27002 for compliance, contractual obligations, customer assurance, or audit purposes. Unlike framework-agnostic templates, every policy and standard in this product is structured around the ISO 27002 taxonomy, so cross-references and audit responses are direct.

No Software To Install

This product is a one-time purchase of editable Microsoft Office documentation templates. There is no software to install, no agent to deploy, no account to provision, and no cloud environment to configure. If your organization can open and edit Microsoft Word or Excel files (or compatible tools like OpenOffice and Google Workspace), you can use this product.

This deployment model is intentional. Cybersecurity documentation benefits from being in the organization's own hands, inside the organization's own version control and document management systems, rather than locked inside a vendor's SaaS tool. Once delivered, this product belongs to the buyer.

How Does The ISO 27002 CDPP Solve These Problems?

The ISO 27002 CDPP addresses each challenge above with specific, measurable outcomes.

Cost Savings Estimate

When you look at the costs associated with either (1) hiring an external consultant to write cybersecurity documentation for you or (2) tasking your internal staff to write it, the cost comparisons paint a clear picture that buying from ComplianceForge is the logical option. Compared to hiring a consultant, you can save months of wait time and tens of thousands of dollars. Whereas, compared to writing your own documentation, you can potentially save hundreds of work hours and the associated cost of lost productivity. Purchasing the ISO 27002 CDPP from ComplianceForge offers these fundamental advantages when compared to the other options for obtaining quality cybersecurity documentation:

How Much Customization Is Remaining?

Given the difficult nature of writing templated cybersecurity documentation, ComplianceForge aims for approximately a 90% solution because it is impossible to write a 100% cookie-cutter document that can be equally applied across every organization. ComplianceForge did the heavy lifting, and the remaining work is to fine-tune the ISO 27001/27002 CDPP with the specific information that only your organization knows.

In practice, customization is essentially filling in the blanks and following the guidance provided to identify the who, what, when, where, why, and how for your specific environment. Typical customization tasks include adding your company name and logo, tailoring parameters such as review cadences and thresholds, naming specific owner roles, and removing sections that do not apply to your organization.

Why The CDPP Is Specifically Built For ISO 27002

Unlike some of our competition that sell “bronze, silver and gold” levels of documentation, we understand that a standard is a standard for a reason. We remove the guesswork associated with picking an appropriate package level - we focus on providing documentation that offers a straightforward solution to provide the appropriate coverage you need. This focus on providing the best solution for our clients makes us proud that we are providing the best set of IT security policies and standards available. Saving a few dollars on a cheap solution can easily leave you with a false sense of security and may result in gaping holes within your documentation that can leave you liable.

If your organization needs to address multiple frameworks at once and prefers a single, consolidated documentation set, the SCRP is the recommended alternative. If your primary or sole framework is ISO 27002, the ISO 27002 CDPP provides the most direct fit with the lowest customization burden.

CISO & Executive Reporting Benefits

The ISO 27002 CDPP includes metrics that are designed for executive reporting. CISOs need to communicate program health in language that executives understand, and the ISO 27002 CDPP's metrics are structured to roll up from individual control performance to executive-level dashboards.

This is particularly important for organizations subject to ISO 27002 oversight, where leadership accountability is increasingly explicit. The metrics provided are mapped to common reporting cadences such as monthly, quarterly, and annual, and identify suggested owners, target thresholds, and escalation criteria.