ISO 27001:2013 (INFORMATION SECURITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM)
KEY ELEMENTS:
- The organizational context and stakeholders
- Information security leadership and high-level support
- Planning of an Information Security Management System (ISMS), including risk assessment; risk treatment
- Supporting an ISMS
- Making an ISMS operational
INTRODUCTION: An Information Security Management System (ISMS) is a system of processes, documents, technology and people that helps to manage, monitor, audit and improve your organization’s information security. It helps you to manage all of your security practices in one place, consistently and cost-effectively. At the heart of ISO 27001, compliant ISMS is business driven risk assessments, which means you will be able to identify and treat security threats according to your organization’s risk appetite and tolerance.
BENEFITS: ISO 27001 certification demonstrates that you have identified the risks, assessed the implications and put in place systemized controls to limit any damage to the organization. Additional benefits are, Increased reliability and security of systems and information. Improved customer and business partner confidence.
APPLICABLE TO: ISO 27001 is applicable to the firms that are working in IT sector, Financial Industry, Telecom Service Providers, Government Agencies and any other organization with sensitive data.
