A.5.32 Organizational
Intellectual property rights
Structured attributes from ISO/IEC 27002:2022 — control type · CIA properties · cybersecurity concept · operational capability · security domain. What do these mean?
Mapped NIST 800-53 r5 controls (9)
Our AI-authored reading (authority llm_unverified, under review) of how this ISO control and each NIST 800-53 control relate. Not an ISO or NIST product.
Direction: ← other covers this;
→ this covers other (F/M/P = full / mostly /
partial). gov = governs / implements (a mandate, not coverage).
Why these map — AI rationale (under review)
- CM-10mostlyaligns with — Both controls establish rules and procedures to restrict the use of software and information products to those that are properly licensed and authorized.
- CM-11mostlyaligns with — Both controls require oversight and enforcement mechanisms to prevent unauthorized or unlicensed software from being installed or used on organizational systems.
- CM-8partialaligns with — Both controls rely on maintaining accurate asset inventories that identify software subject to licensing and intellectual-property constraints.
- SA-6partialaligns with — Both controls address the need to control and restrict the use of software to only approved and properly licensed instances.
Aligned NIST CSF 2.0 outcomes (11)
NIST CSF 2.0 outcomes this ISO control aligns with — our AI-authored analysis (authority llm_unverified, under review).
Direction: ← other covers this;
→ this covers other (F/M/P = full / mostly /
partial). gov = governs / implements (a mandate, not coverage).
Why these map — AI rationale (under review)
- GV.PO-01mostlyaligns with — The ISO control's requirement to define and communicate a topic-specific policy on intellectual property rights directly supports establishing a policy for managing cybersecurity risks based on organizational context and priorities.
- ID.AM-02mostlyaligns with — Maintaining asset registers that identify software and information products subject to intellectual property protection aligns with maintaining inventories of software, services, and systems managed by the organization.
- ID.AM-08mostlyaligns with — Procedures for acquiring, reviewing, disposing of, and transferring licensed software and information products align with managing systems, hardware, software, services, and data throughout their life cycles.
- PR.PS-01mostlyaligns with — Reviews to ensure only authorized and licensed software is installed, along with procedures for maintaining licence conditions, align with establishing and applying configuration management practices.
- PR.PS-05mostlyaligns with — Carrying out reviews to prevent installation of unauthorized software and enforcing licence limits directly supports preventing the installation and execution of unauthorized software.
- GV.SC-05partialaligns with — Requirements to acquire software only from known and reputable sources and to comply with licence terms integrate intellectual property considerations into supplier contracts and third-party relationships.
Related OWASP ASVS 5.0 requirements (2)
Application-security verification requirements (OWASP ASVS 5.0) this ISO control aligns with; links open the ASVS chapter. Our AI-authored analysis (authority llm_unverified, under review) — many ISO controls have no ASVS counterpart.
Direction: ← other covers this;
→ this covers other (F/M/P = full / mostly /
partial). gov = governs / implements (a mandate, not coverage).
Related weaknesses / CWE (3)
Weakness classes this ISO control helps prevent or mitigate — our AI-authored analysis (authority llm_unverified, under review).
Direction: ← other covers this;
→ this covers other (F/M/P = full / mostly /
partial). gov = governs / implements (a mandate, not coverage).
Why these map — AI rationale (under review)
- CWE-200partialprevents — By mandating controlled acquisition, tracking, and disposal of licensed material, the control lowers the likelihood that proprietary or copyrighted information is inadvertently disclosed outside authorised boundaries.
- CWE-552nonenone — Requiring asset registers, licence proofs, and periodic compliance reviews stops the organization from inadvertently exposing or distributing software and documents that should remain under restricted licence terms.
- CWE-732nonenone — Enforcing licence limits on concurrent users or CPUs and restricting installation to authorised copies reduces the chance that critical resources are left with overly permissive access settings.
Control IDs, short titles and the structured attribute table (control type, CIA properties, cybersecurity-concept, operational capability, security domain) are facts from ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A / ISO/IEC 27002:2022. The full implementation guidance prose lives in ISO/IEC 27002:2022 — not reproduced here. Cross-walks to NIST 800-53, NIST CSF 2.0, OWASP ASVS, CWE, MITRE ATT&CK and OWASP Web Top 10 are our own AI-authored analysis (authority llm_unverified, under review), not an ISO, NIST, MITRE or OWASP product — how ours compare.