BS 7799 Taxonomy of Reference Documents

This Taxonomy provides references to a range of documents that might be useful to support the implementation of BS 7799.  It includes documents such as:

	international, regional and UK standards;
	legislation and regulations;
	codes of practice, guidelines and procedures from professional institutes, societies and associations;
	publicly available specifications and technical reports on use and application of information security.

The material referenced in this Taxonomy may provide further guidance and technical details to support the implementation of the controls in BS 7799.  It is entirely up to the judgment of the user of this Taxonomy, which of the items referenced in this document are applicable to their implementation of BS 7799.  This Taxonomy DOES NOT MANDATE the use of any of these items.

Updating of this Taxonomy
Updates to this Taxonomy will be conducted periodically.  Suggestions, contributions and questions regarding the content of this Taxonomy, including how to submit additional documents.).

Disclaimer

The authors and publisher of this information assume no responsibility or liability for errors or omissions or for damages resulting from the use of the information contained herein.  Details provided in this Taxonomy have been formed on the basis of information that is publicly available.  Use and interpretation of the information given in this Taxonomy for the implementation of BS 7799 is solely the responsibility of the reader and user.  Use of a reference document from this Taxonomy does not infer that the control requirement of BS 7799 will be met.