What is ISO 27001? ISO 27001 is the international standard for Information Security Management Systems (ISMS).

To put it simply an ISMS is the central nerve of any organisation, taking a holistic approach of coordinating and controlling the operational activities within a business in order to protect and harness valuable information. It will describe and demonstrate your organisation’s approach to Information Security and privacy management. It includes how people, policies, controls and systems identify and then address the opportunities and threats revolving around valuable information and related assets.

A well implemented ISMS will assist your organisation with the ever-increasing growth of the digital world, by following the management framework of identifying, analysing and addressing any current or future information security risks.

Several of the ISO 27001 requirements also fulfil those of GDPR and Data Protection Act compliance and give much greater information assurance overall. 

What are the benefits to implementing ISO 27001?

• internationally recognised best practice that enhances your organisations reputation and builds trust.
• Helps to reduce the information security and data protection risks to your organisation.
• Assist in Securing your organisations assets.
• Continually refining your processes.
• Helping to win new business as well as mitigating increasing risks in areas such as cyber-crime and privacy regulation.

Cybercrime and information losses are one of the most significant threats to any business and to our society today.

ISO 27001 also has 114 controls that need to be addressed once you have finished the risk treatment process and these are identified within Annex A, (Reference control objectives and controls). Documents from Annex A are mandatory, only if there are risks which would require their implementation.

Like many other ISO Standards 27001 follows the Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) cycle.

• Plan (establishing your ISMS) - Establish the ISMS policy, the objectives, processes and procedures that relate to your risk management and the improvement of information security, to provide results in line with global policies and objectives of your organization.
• Do (implementing and workings of the ISMS) - Implement and put into action your ISMS policy, controls, processes and procedures.
• Check (monitoring and review of the ISMS) - Assess and, if where needed, measure the performances of your processes against your policy, objectives and practical experience and report results for review.
• Act (update and improvement of the ISMS) - Undertake corrective and preventive actions that have been identified by the completion of internal audits, actions that have been highlighted within your management review process or any other relevant information to ensure continual improvement is maintained to your ISMS system.

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