7.5 — Documented information
Every other clause in the standard eventually points here — this is where all of it has to actually live, stay current, and be findable.
In plain language
In plain language: 7.5 requires you to know exactly what documented information your ISMS needs to exist, create and approve it consistently, and control it afterward so it stays accurate, findable, and protected throughout its life.
Position in the standard
The sub-requirements of 7.5
7.5.1 General
What documented information the ISMS has to include — required by the standard, plus what the organization itself decides is necessary.
7.5.2 Creating and updating
How a document gets identified, formatted, and reviewed before it becomes part of the ISMS.
7.5.3 Control of documented information
How documents are distributed, protected, stored, version-controlled, and retained once they exist.
How these requirements fit together
7.5.1 sets the boundary: what belongs in the ISMS as documented information in the first place, whether mandated by the standard (the SoA, the risk assessment, internal audit results) or added because the organization finds it useful. 7.5.2 governs how each piece gets made — identified, formatted, reviewed, and approved before anyone relies on it. 7.5.3 governs what happens for the rest of its life — who can access it, how versions are tracked, how long it is kept, and how it is eventually disposed of. Skip 7.5.2 and you get documents nobody approved; skip 7.5.3 and you get approved documents nobody can find the current version of.
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