The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is an independent, non-governmental international organization with an international membership of 163 national standards bodies. 

ISO/IEC 27017:2015 gives guidelines for information security controls applicable to the provision and use of Google Maps Platform cloud services by providing:

• Additional implementation guidance for relevant controls specified in ISO/IEC 27002

• Additional controls with implementation guidance that specifically relate to cloud services

This standard provides controls and implementation guidance for both cloud service providers like Google Maps Platform and our Google Maps Platform customers.

ISO/IEC 27017 provides cloud-based guidance on 37 ISO/IEC 27002 controls, along with seven new cloud controls that address:

• Who is responsible for what between the cloud service provider and the cloud customer

• The removal/return of assets when a contract is terminated

• Protection and separation of the customer’s virtual environment

• Virtual machine configuration

• Administrative operations and procedures associated with the cloud environment

• Customer monitoring of activity within the cloud

• Virtual and cloud network environment alignment

Potential customers can reach out to sales to review the certification.  Existing customers can access certification through the Compliance Reports Manager.

A current list of the Google Maps Platform products in scope for ISO 27017:2015 can be found on our Google Maps Platform Services in scope by compliance program page.