When the ISO/IEC 27001 standard was updated in 2022, it brought a major wake-up call to Information Security Management Systems (ISMS) worldwide. Among the new additions was a highly specific, mandatory control: Annex A 5.7 - Threat Intelligence.
The directive is clear: "Information about threats shall be collected and analyzed to produce threat intelligence." For most organizations, this control has no allowable exclusion. You must have it.
But how do you operationalize threat intelligence without hiring a dedicated team of expensive analysts?
Solving Annex A 5.7 with Threat Landscape
Threat Landscape was built to operationalize continuous, STIX-backed threat intelligence natively. We provide the exact evidence artifacts auditors look for—such as threat actor reports, campaign summaries, and IOC exports—without the enterprise overhead.
Here is how our platform maps directly to key ISO 27001:2022 controls:
1. Annex A 5.7: The Core Threat Intel Requirement
The Goal: Collect and analyze intelligence to mitigate threats. The Solution: Threat Landscape provides continuously updated OSINT and darknet coverage. Whether your team uses our API to feed your TIP/SIEM or uses the Copilot for ad-hoc queries, you can easily document and trace intelligence outputs directly back to this control.
2. Clause 6.1.2: Information Security Risk Assessment
The Goal: Identify realistic threat scenarios relevant to the organization. The Solution: Risk owners can use Threat Landscape to replace static, generic risk assumptions with active, sector-specific threat profiles. By generating reports on current adversary behaviors targeting your specific industry, your risk assessment becomes a dynamic, evidence-based living document.
3. Annex A 8.8: Management of Technical Vulnerabilities
The Goal: Prioritize vulnerability patching based on active exploitation evidence. The Solution: A high CVSS score doesn't always mean high risk. Threat Landscape correlates CVEs directly to threat actors. By identifying which vulnerabilities are being actively exploited by adversaries targeting your sector, you convert static CVSS scores into context-aware prioritization.
4. Annex A 5.24: Incident Management Planning
The Goal: Ensure IR plans reflect realistic threat scenarios. The Solution: Role-aware queries allow Incident Responders to retrieve active IOCs, behavioral TTPs, and campaign context. This enables teams to build and test playbooks against real adversary behaviors rather than hypothetical tabletop exercises.
Make Your Next Audit Effortless
Don't wait until your ISO 27001 recertification audit to figure out how to satisfy Annex A 5.7. Threat Landscape provides the structured, traceable intelligence outputs required to keep your ISMS compliant and your network secure.
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