A Data Asset Register is the backbone of your Information Security Management System (ISMS). ISO 27001:2022 mandates that you know exactly what data you hold, where it resides, and how it is protected. Failure to maintain an accurate register is one of the most common reasons for audit failure.
Why This Template Works
As an ISO 27001 Lead Auditor, I designed this register to be simple, effective, and compliant. It is not overly complex, ensuring your team can maintain it without a dedicated data privacy officer.
- Identify & Classify: Easily tag assets by data type and sensitivity level.
- GDPR/ROPA Integrated: Capture data protection details in the same workflow, saving you double the effort.
- Audit-Ready Format: Standardised columns that make your evidence easy to present to certification bodies.
ISO 27001 Data Asset Register Template Example
Quickly and Easily Record your own Data Items
ISO 27001 Data Asset Register Template FAQ
The Data Asset Register Template is in Microsoft Excel format
The Data Asset Register Template is a register of data assets. It includes common example data assets already pre-filled and ready to go as well as space to add in your own data items. It is a requirement of the ISO 27001 standard.
The purpose of the Data Asset Register Template is to record and clearly communicate your data assets so that you can protect them for confidentiality, integrity and availability.
The Data Asset Register Template fully supports ISO/IEC 27001:2022 and ISO/IEC 27001:2013
Yes. It fully meets the 2022 updated requirements to the ISO 27001 standard. It is also backward compatible with previous versions of the standard.
It is 80% complete. It just requires a fast rebrand, checking and some minor additions that are clearly sign posted and marked.
Anyone that wants to save time and money and have a pre populated Data Asset Register Template that fully meets the requirements of the ISO 27001 standard and is ready to go.
It is available as an immediate download once payment has been received.
The Data Asset Register Template is all ready written so you change the logo, brand it has you and you are ready to go. You can customise it based on your own requirements and needs. The example data items may or may not be required so just review them and add in any additional data items that you have.
The Data Asset Register Template covers a full asset register for data items and includes both ISO 27001 and Data Protection fields.
No. The Data Asset Register Template is designed to be easy to implement and easy to configure. It comes with an easy to follow step by step guide. You are provided with a free hour of training if you need it.
We offer a free 30 minutes, 1 to 1 consultation as well as a free weekly ISO 27001 Q and A call and the unique ability to purchase consulting by the hour.
We estimate that on average it will take you less than 1 hour. The templates require information that you know so there is nothing complicated.
The benefits of using the ISO 27001 Data Asset Register template are: Save time: the register is populated with example and common data items Meet the requirements of the standard: the data register template is mapped directly to the requirements of the ISO 27001:2022 standard Save money: you will not have to pay consultants to research and write the register for you
The Data Asset Register Template is to be used by both the beginner and the practitioner who wants to fast track their implementation of a data asset register which is based on best practice and fully meets the requirements of the ISO 27001:2022 update.
No, on its own the template is not achieve ISO 27001 certification. It is one part of an integrated information security management system (ISMS).
The best Data Asset Register Template will depend on your needs and requirements but we would recommend the High Table ISO 27001 Data Asset Register Template.
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