--- title: "ISO/IEC 27005:2022 Risk Management Guide" canonical_url: "https://www.sorena.io/artifacts/global/iso-27005" source_url: "https://www.sorena.io/artifacts/global/iso-27005" author: "Sorena AI" description: "Practical ISO/IEC 27005:2022 guidance for information security risk management: context, criteria, assessment, treatment, risk communication, monitoring." published_at: "2026-03-04" updated_at: "2026-03-04" keywords: - "ISO 27005" - "ISO/IEC 27005:2022" - "ISO 27005 risk management" - "ISO 27005 risk assessment" - "ISO 27005 risk treatment" - "risk acceptance criteria" - "risk communication" - "residual risk acceptance" - "risk treatment plan" - "ISO 27005 vs NIST 800-30" - "ISO 27001 risk management" - "ISO/IEC 27005" - "Information security risk management" - "Risk assessment" - "Risk owners" --- **[SORENA](https://www.sorena.io/)** - AI-Powered GRC Platform [Home](https://www.sorena.io/) | [Solutions](https://www.sorena.io/solutions) | [Artifacts](https://www.sorena.io/artifacts) | [About Us](https://www.sorena.io/about-us) | [Contact](https://www.sorena.io/contact) | [Portal](https://app.sorena.io) --- # ISO/IEC 27005:2022 Risk Management Guide Practical ISO/IEC 27005:2022 guidance for information security risk management: context, criteria, assessment, treatment, risk communication, monitoring. ![ISO 27005 artifact preview](https://cdn.sorena.io/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto/cheatsheets/prod/sorena-ai-global-iso-27005-small.jpg?v=cheatsheets%2Fprod) *ISO 27005* *Free Resource* ## ISO/IEC 27005 Risk management implementation hub Use these guides to build a repeatable information security risk process that supports ISO/IEC 27001 rather than sitting beside it. ISO/IEC 27005:2022 is Edition 4, published in October 2022, and it covers the full risk management cycle for information security: assessment, treatment, communication, monitoring, and review. This is practical implementation guidance, not legal advice. ISO 27005 is a guidance standard, so focus on decision quality, ownership, and evidence quality rather than on certificate theater. [Jump to guides](#topics) ## What this artifact helps you do - **Set explicit risk and acceptance criteria**: Define how risk is scored, what is acceptable, and who has authority to approve exceptions. - **Run consistent risk assessments**: Standardize identification, analysis, evaluation, and prioritization so results are comparable across teams. - **Turn risk into owned action**: Convert assessed risks into treatment plans, residual risk decisions, monitoring, and review cycles. By Sorena AI | Updated 2026 | No signup required ### Quick start *ISO 27005* - **Current edition**: Edition 4 of ISO/IEC 27005 was published in October 2022 and aligns the guidance to ISO/IEC 27001 and ISO 31000. - **What it is**: A guidance standard for information security risk management, not a certification standard on its own. - **What it covers**: Assessment, treatment, communication, monitoring, and review, with practical templates for assessments and treatment plans. ISO 27005 works when criteria, ownership, and follow-up are explicit enough that risk decisions can be defended months later. | Value | Metric | | --- | --- | | 5 | Guides | | 2022 | Edition | | Guide | Not certifiable | | Full cycle | Risk process | **Key highlights:** Define criteria | Assess risks | Treat and review ## Topic Guides - [ISO 27005 Compliance Playbook](/artifacts/global/iso-27005/compliance.md): Operationalize ISO/IEC 27005:2022 with a practical playbook for context, criteria, risk assessment, risk treatment, residual risk acceptance, communication. - [ISO 27005 FAQ](/artifacts/global/iso-27005/faq.md): Answers to common ISO/IEC 27005 questions on risk criteria, acceptance criteria, risk owners, treatment plans, residual risk, NIST comparisons. - [ISO 27005 Risk Assessment Template](/artifacts/global/iso-27005/risk-assessment-template.md): Use this ISO/IEC 27005 risk assessment template to capture context, criteria, scenario details, likelihood, consequence, uncertainty, risk owner, evaluation. - [ISO 27005 Risk Treatment Plan Template](/artifacts/global/iso-27005/risk-treatment-plan-template.md): Use this ISO/IEC 27005 risk treatment plan template to document treatment options, selected actions, owners, milestones, evidence links, acceptance criteria. - [ISO 27005 vs NIST SP 800-30](/artifacts/global/iso-27005/iso-27005-vs-nist-800-30.md): Compare ISO/IEC 27005 and NIST SP 800-30 to see how information security risk management guidance and risk assessment guidance fit together. ## Explore ISO 27005 guides *Guides* Use these subpages for the risk management playbook, FAQ, NIST comparison, and practical templates. ## How to run risk management that stays useful *Navigation* Use the guides to turn ISO 27005 concepts into a working risk model with explicit ownership, treatment choices, and review triggers that fit your ISMS. *Next step* ## Turn ISO/IEC 27005 Risk management implementation hub into an operational assessment workflow ISO/IEC 27005 Risk management implementation hub should be the shared entry point for your team. Route execution into Assessment Autopilot for live work and into Research Copilot when the artifact needs deeper research, evidence governance, or supporting analysis. - Start from ISO/IEC 27005 Risk management implementation hub and route the work by entity, product, team, or control owner. - Use Assessment Autopilot to turn the guidance into owned tasks, evidence requests, and review checkpoints. - Use Research Copilot to answer scope, timing, and interpretation questions with cited outputs. - Move from artifact reading to accountable execution without rebuilding the guidance in separate files. - [Open Assessment Autopilot](/solutions/assessment.md): Turn the guidance into owned tasks, evidence requests, and review checkpoints for ISO/IEC 27005 Risk management implementation hub. - [Open Research Copilot](/solutions/research-copilot.md): Answer scope, timing, and interpretation questions with cited outputs from the same artifact. - [Talk through ISO/IEC 27005 Risk management implementation hub](/contact.md): Review your current process, evidence model, and next steps for ISO/IEC 27005 Risk management implementation hub. --- [Privacy Policy](https://www.sorena.io/privacy) | [Terms of Use](https://www.sorena.io/terms-of-use) | [DMCA](https://www.sorena.io/dmca) | [About Us](https://www.sorena.io/about-us) (c) 2026 Sorena AB (559573-7338). 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