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BS 10008 Requirements Checklist
The high-level BS 10008 Requirements checklist is one of the key tools to managing your BS 10008 implementation.
- Use this checklist to assess your current position
- Check you’re not missing any of the requirements of BS 10008
Frequently asked questions
What does our BS 10008 requirements checklist contain?
The checklist is an Excel spreadsheet listing most of the requirements in the BS 10008 standard. You’ll find requirements covered for:
- Context (issues, requirements, boundaries) (clause 4)
- Leadership (clause 5)
- Planning (clause 6)
- Support (clause 7)
- Operations (clause 8)
- Performance evaluation (clause 9)
- Improvement (clause 10)
Is this the full version of the BS 10008 requirements checklist?
No, this BS 10008 requirements checklist is a high-level version of our full, in-depth checklist. For the full list of requirements, check out our complete BS 10008 requirements checklist.
What is BS 10008?
BS 10008 is a British standard that outlines the requirements for the implementation and operation of electronic information management systems, focusing particularly on the authenticity and integrity of electronic documents. BS 10008 can help your organisation maintain the authenticity, integrity, and accessibility of electronic information over time.
If you’re new to BS 10008, read our blog What is BS 10008?
How our requirements checklist helps you achieve BS 10008 certification
Our BS 10008 can be a useful tool at the beginning of your implementation, used as a gap analysis, to assess how much work you have to do. A gap analysis is useful if you already have a number of policies and procedures in place. For example, you might already have some of the core information policies and procedures in place already.
You can also use the checklist to manage your BS 10008 implementation project – it’s a list of the majority of the requirements you need to meet, so it’s a good starting point as a project management tool.
Finally, it’s a good tool to do a final review just before your Stage 1 audit to make sure you have everything in place.
When do our consultants use this checklist?
We use this requirements checklist at the very beginning of a consultancy engagement to find out what documentation and controls are already in place and determine how much work there is to do.
We use it during the implementation as a project plan, to keep track of progress, determine who’s responsible for doing what, determine where each requirement is documented or what evidence there is that it’s met.
Finally, we also use it just before an audit to list where everything is and verify that we’re ready. This spreadsheet is our core consultancy tool!
What is the BS 10008 certification process?
Completing a gap analysis using our BS 10008 requirements checklist is one way you can start working towards BS 10008 certification. It’s one of the first key steps in the certification process that we have explained in what is BS 10008?
Download our Pro BS 10008 requirements checklist
The BS 10008 Requirements checklist is one of the key tools we use to help our clients certify to BS 10008, and now you can access our complete, pro version to help certify yourself to BS 10008.
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Detailed guidance page which explains how to use the checklist
Coloured fields which indicate whether a requirement is met, partly met, or not met
Full list of controls (4-10) in the BS10008 Standard
Full list of standard requirements
Full list of requirements in Annex A
Additional fields which help to manage the implementation
Summary scores for each control