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ISO 27001 and ISO 42001 guides and templates
Free templates and plain-English guides to the ISO 27001 and ISO 42001 documents an audit expects, and to the privacy policy the Australian Privacy Act asks for: what each one is, what it must contain, and how to produce a finished version.
Templates and guides
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The policy and plan templates are free to copy or download as Word, no sign-up. Every page covers the sections the document needs, what an auditor checks and the clauses people get wrong.
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Information security policy
The top-level policy that states your commitments and governs the whole set.
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Acceptable use policy
The staff-facing rules for company systems, devices and data.
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Access control policy
Who gets access to what, and how joiners, movers and leavers are handled.
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Incident response plan
How an incident is reported, graded, contained and reviewed.
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Business continuity plan
How the business keeps running through a serious disruption.
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Disaster recovery plan
How the systems and data come back after an outage, an attack or a lost site.
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Cloud security policy
How cloud services get approved, configured and exited.
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AI policy
The rules for how your people and products use AI, and the start of ISO 42001.
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AI risk assessment
How AI risks are found, scored and treated, with the matrix and the register.
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AI impact assessment
What an AI system could mean for the people and groups it affects.
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AI vendor security addendum
The security terms to attach to a contract with an AI supplier, including what its agents may do.
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AI6 to ISO 42001 crosswalk
Australia's Guidance for AI Adoption mapped to ISO 42001, practice by practice.
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Risk assessment
The three documents a risk assessment needs, and why they must agree.
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Privacy policy (Australia)
Every section APP 1 of the Privacy Act asks for, including the automated decision rules.
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Automated decisions section
What your privacy policy must say from 10 December 2026 when software makes or helps make decisions.
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Data breach response plan (Australia)
Contain, assess within 30 days, notify the OAIC and the people affected, and review.
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Ransomware payment reporting
Who must report a ransomware payment, within 72 hours, and what the report must contain.
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ISO 27001 Statement of Applicability (SoA)
What the SoA is, why it is the spine of your ISMS, and what a complete, audit-ready one has to contain.
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Explainers
The standards, and the decisions around them
- ISO 27001 ISO 27001 documentation What a certifiable ISO 27001 document set actually contains. Read the explainer
- ISO 27001 ISO 27001 controls list Every Annex A control of the 2022 edition, grouped by theme. Read the explainer
- ISO 27001 ISO 27001 for startups What a small, fast-moving team really needs to be audited against. Read the explainer
- ISO 27001 ISO 27001 gap analysis How to size the work before you start, and what you probably already meet. Read the explainer
- ISO 42001 ISO 42001 What the AI management standard requires, and the documents you need. Read the explainer
- ISO 42001 ISO 42001 controls The Annex A categories of the AI management standard, in plain English. Read the explainer
- ISO 42001 ISO 42001 vs ISO 27001 Which standard you need, where they overlap, and how to run both. Read the explainer
- Compare Vanta alternative The documentation layer, and where a monitoring platform fits alongside it. Read the explainer
- Compare Advisera alternative ISO 27001 toolkits compared, with dated prices and what each one includes. Read the explainer
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