Forty-five policy and standard templates, ready to adopt in your organization.
These are templates for your own programme, not the Association's rules: a complete baseline library of security, privacy, data and operations documents with merge tokens, so you fill in your organization's names and adopt them as yours. Five are included with Associate membership. Preview any of them; download what your tier includes.
Password Standard
[STANDARD] [SME] Modern NIST SP 800-63B guidance; length over complexity; breach-corpus checking; no forced rotation.
Version 2026.07 · updated Jul 2026
PreviewEmail and Instant Messaging Standard
[STANDARD] [SME] SPF/DKIM/DMARC p=reject, MTA-STS, DANE, BIMI, secure email practices.
Version 2026.07 · updated Jul 2026
PreviewAccess Management Standard
[STANDARD] [SME] Governance umbrella across Personnel, NHI, third-party, privileged access; AI agent identities.
Version 2026.07 · updated Jul 2026
PreviewIdentity and Access Management Standard
[STANDARD] [SME] IAM technical mechanics; NIST SP 800-63B AAL, FIDO2, JML automation, PAM with JIT.
Version 2026.07 · updated Jul 2026
PreviewCryptography Standard
[STANDARD] [SME] FIPS 140-3 transition, PQC FIPS 203/204/205, CBOM; AEAD, key management lifecycle.
Version 2026.07 · updated Jul 2026
PreviewCloud Security Standard
[STANDARD] [SME] Landing zones, hub-spoke architecture, CMK, cloud-tenant access governance.
Version 2026.07 · updated Jul 2026
PreviewEndpoint Security Standard
[STANDARD] [SME] EDR/XDR, endpoint configuration baseline, hardening, device management.
Version 2026.07 · updated Jul 2026
PreviewMobile Device Security Standard
[STANDARD] [SME] MDM/UEM, BYOD framework, mobile threat defence.
Version 2026.07 · updated Jul 2026
PreviewMobile Communications and Messaging Standard
[STANDARD] [SME] Prohibited channels, FINRA/MiFID II business communications.
Version 2026.07 · updated Jul 2026
PreviewCybersecurity Incident Response Standard
[STANDARD] [SME] CSIRT operations, 15-playbook catalogue, multi-jurisdiction notification matrix.
Version 2026.07 · updated Jul 2026
PreviewVulnerability Response Standard
[STANDARD] [SME] Critical 15d / 72h-KEV remediation, PSIRT operations, EPSS prioritisation.
Version 2026.07 · updated Jul 2026
PreviewSecure Workplace Standard
[STANDARD] [SME] Physical workplace controls, clean desk, DIN 66399 P-4/P-5+ paper destruction.
Version 2026.07 · updated Jul 2026
PreviewChange Management Standard
[STANDARD] [SME] Change classification, CAB operations, DORA metrics (Change Failure Rate, MTTR).
Version 2026.07 · updated Jul 2026
PreviewUse of Approved Technology Standard
[STANDARD] [SME] Technology approval discipline; parent of REF-002; EU AI Act.
Version 2026.07 · updated Jul 2026
PreviewData Masking Standard
[STANDARD] [SME] 14-technique catalogue, FPE FF1 post-FF3-1 deprecation; non-production masking discipline.
Version 2026.07 · updated Jul 2026
PreviewDatabase Configuration Standard
[STANDARD] [SME] Per-engine baseline, RLS/CLS, TDE, database-tier authorization.
Version 2026.07 · updated Jul 2026
PreviewLogging and Alerting Standard
[STANDARD] [SME] 4-tier asset criticality logging, SIEM, detection content, MITRE ATT&CK.
Version 2026.07 · updated Jul 2026
PreviewBackup and Archiving Standard
[STANDARD] [SME] 3-2-1-1-0 pattern, immutable backups, ransomware-resilient architecture.
Version 2026.07 · updated Jul 2026
PreviewInformation Security Governance Standard
[STANDARD] [SME] Three Lines Model, 7-phase policy lifecycle, exception management, KRI/KPI.
Version 2026.07 · updated Jul 2026
PreviewSecure Development Lifecycle Standard
[STANDARD] [SME] OWASP ASVS, SBOM/SLSA, SCA, SAST, DAST, secure coding.
Version 2026.07 · updated Jul 2026
PreviewSystem Development Lifecycle Standard
[STANDARD] [SME] 7-gate SDLC framework, security architecture review, DPIA integration.
Version 2026.07 · updated Jul 2026
PreviewBCDR Governance Standard
[STANDARD] [SME] BIA, RTO/RPO, 5-tier recovery, exercise programme, Crisis Leadership Committee.
Version 2026.07 · updated Jul 2026
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