ISO/IEC 27005 defines a risk management framework rather than a single assessment method, while EBIOS, NIST, and similar approaches provide specific analysis techniques. ISO 27005 allows organizations to select and justify methods within a standardized lifecycle.
ISO/IEC 27005 differs from methods like EBIOS or NIST because it is a guidance framework, not a prescriptive methodology. It defines what activities must occur in risk management but leaves flexibility in how risks are analyzed and evaluated.
Organizations operating across jurisdictions often struggle to reconcile different risk approaches. In Europe, EBIOS is common; globally, NIST methods dominate. ISO/IEC 27005 provides a unifying structure that allows these methods to coexist within a single governance model.
ISO/IEC 27005 covers:
By contrast, EBIOS or NIST SP 800-30 define detailed steps, threat modeling techniques, and scoring approaches.
Many organizations adopt ISO/IEC 27005 as the overarching framework and apply EBIOS, OCTAVE, or NIST for analysis. This approach satisfies auditors while preserving methodological flexibility.
Risk Managers must be able to explain why a given method was chosen and how it fits ISO/IEC 27005 expectations.
The strongest implementations avoid method wars. We see successful organizations define ISO 27005 as their reference and document one or two approved assessment methods depending on context. What matters is consistency and traceability, not the brand name of the method. Auditors look for logic, not logos.
““ISO 27005 doesn’t tell you how to think—it tells you how to prove that you did.””
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L’ISO/IEC 27005 définit un cadre de gestion des risques, tandis qu’EBIOS ou NIST proposent des méthodes d’analyse détaillées. ISO 27005 permet d’intégrer plusieurs méthodes dans un cycle de gestion standardisé.
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