ISO/IEC 27400 Foundation (PECB) — Lesson 2: Device, Communication, Platform, Application, Identity, Data, and Supplier Risks

Learning Objectives

• Interpret the requirements, principles, roles, and dependencies shaping device, communication, platform, application, identity, data, and supplier risks.
• Apply a practical workflow and create a reviewable IoT risk identification workbook.
• Evaluate the exception where device identities are reused across production units and determine proportionate follow-up.

Detailed Topics

• Device applied to the course scenario and expected evidence.
• Communication applied to the course scenario and expected evidence.
• Platform applied to the course scenario and expected evidence.
• Application applied to the course scenario and expected evidence.
• Identity applied to the course scenario and expected evidence.
• Data applied to the course scenario and expected evidence.
• and Supplier Risks applied to the course scenario and expected evidence.

Instructor Demonstration

The instructor traces a case involving a connected-products team reviewing devices, applications, cloud services, communications, data, and suppliers. The demonstration links decisions to objective evidence, records the result in IoT risk identification workbook, and tests the condition where device identities are reused across production units.

Hands-On Exercise

Complete a controlled exercise covering Device, Communication, Platform, Application, Identity, Data, and Supplier Risks. Confirm scope and responsibilities, examine the stated exception, reach a supported conclusion, and preserve the outcome in IoT risk identification workbook.

1. Define the objective, boundaries, stakeholders, criteria, and expected work product.
2. Perform the activity while recording assumptions, observations, evidence, and decisions.
3. Test normal operation, the exception, and an escalation or follow-up condition.
4. Document conclusions, owners, deadlines, verification methods, and review triggers.

Scenario Analysis

• Identify the requirement or control with the strongest influence on the scenario outcome.
• Compare two defensible responses and explain their risk, operational, and evidence trade-offs.
• Decide how the IoT risk identification workbook should be approved, retained, reviewed, and updated.

Troubleshooting Guidance

Start where expected practice and observed evidence first diverge. Separate a missing record from an ineffective process, distinguish unclear ownership from a control failure, and treat “device identities are reused across production units” as a hypothesis until tested against the applicable criteria and intended outcome.

Validation Checklist

• Scope, roles, criteria, stakeholders, dependencies, and intended outcomes are explicit.
• The IoT risk identification workbook connects conclusions to objective, reviewable support.
• Normal operation, the stated exception, escalation, and follow-up were evaluated.
• Owners, due dates, verification methods, review triggers, and improvement actions are clear.

Lesson Outcome

Learners can apply Device, Communication, Platform, Application, Identity, Data, and Supplier Risks, explain the reasoning used, and defend the result through IoT risk identification workbook.