Cyber Security and ISO27001 (ISO 27001)

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In today's modern economy the protection of information assets, or information security, is of paramount importance to all businesses. In a world where IT and the internet is critical to all organisations, the long term competitiveness and survival of organisations is dependent upon the security of their information assets.

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ISO 27001 - The International Cyber Security Standard

ISO/IEC 27001 is the only internationally recognized cyber security management standard for an Information Security Management System (ISMS). ISO27001 helps business create a best practice ISMS which can be independently audited and certified by an accreditation body.

Creating an ISO27001 compliant ISMS will assist your organization in meeting the information security-related regulatory compliance requirements including the FISMA (Federal Information Security Management Act, 2002), HIPPA (Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act) and PIPEDA (Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act).

The ISO27000 family of standards

ISO27001 is part of the ISO27000 family of information security standards that forms the foundation of IT protection. Information security should be a key focus for all businesses.

ISO27001 books

If you are new to ISO27001 and information security we recommend these titles:

• A Business Guide To Information Security
• Information Security: A Strategic Approach
• ISO27001 Complete Pocket Guide Set
• ISO27001 is also closely allied with the ISO27002 Code of Practice

Implement ISO27001 with a Documentation Toolkit

Implementing ISO/IEC 27001 and creating an effective information security management system for the first time can be challenging. The ISO27001 Comprehensive ISMS Toolkit has everything you need to carry out your own ISO27001 project.

This toolkit contains practical and informative books, documentation templates which are customizable to your business, support guides and vsRisk, the definitive risk assessment tool. Save time and money and accelerate your ISO27001 project with this toolkit. Read more here »

Accredited Certification to ISO27001 gives an organization internationally recognised and accepted proof that its system for managing information security - its ISMS or cyber security readiness - is of an acceptable, independently audited and verified standard.

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Information Security & Risk Assessments

Organizations can use risk assessments to assess the potential threats to their information system. By carrying out this process you can determine what appropriate controls are required to reduce the levels of risk to. Risk assessment is therefore the core competence of an information security management system (ISMS).

Risk Assessment Software - vsRisk

Risk Assessment is a integral part in creating an ISO27001 compliant ISMS, however carrying out a risk assessment is extremely difficult without using a specialist tool. vsRisk is a unique software tool designed to guide your organization through the process of carrying out an information security risk assessment that will meet the requirements of ISO 27001:2005.

vsRisk automates the risk assessment process and will help you identify, analyse and control risks in line with your business objectives.
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IT Governance offers a range of information security risk management products including:

• Information Security Risk Management for ISO27001/ISO27002
• Risk Assessment for Asset Owners: A Pocket Guide (Soft Cover)
• Cyber Resilience Standards Kit
• All our information security risk management products '

Cyber Resilience

Cyber resilience is a key principle that underpins ISO27001. Cyber resilience is how an organizations systems and processes are resilient to an outside attack or a natural disaster. There are four international standards that set our best practice for managing cyber resileince, these can all be bought together in the Cyber Resilience Standards Kit, and are:

1. ISO/IEC 27001:2005 (Download) - the specification for an information security management system
2. ISO/IEC 27002:2005 (Download) - this standard details how to go about initiating, implementing maintaining, and improving information security management within an organization
3. ISO/IEC 27031:2011 (Download) - ISO/IEC 27031 deals with how organizations can ensure their IT processes and systems are prepared should a incident occur and enable business continuation
4. ISO/IEC 27035:2011 (Download) - this standard provides a guideline of how to cope should an information security incident occur

Business Continuity and ISO 22301

Business continuity, which refers to the processes involved in ensuring an organization is prepared to ensure critical business functions are available to continue on a daily basis.

It is an essential part of cyber resilience and businesses should ensure they have a robust and effective business continuity management system (BCMS) aligned with the International Standard - ISO 22301.

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Effective cyber security

For an organization to be able to deter cyber crime, it needs to undertake appropriate measures and adhere to them. Consider:

• Self-defence is important; you must assess your position thoroughly and have the proper safeguards in place to protect your business information,
• But you must also be able to fight back; the genuine threat of prosecution can be a very effective deterrent against embittered or corrupt employees, for example, who might otherwise see your company's data as a "soft target",
• You need to invest wisely; expensive technology is not necessarily the right technology to protect your business information,
• There are no fixed and fortified limits as to when and where your business data could be vulnerable,
• You must be able to adapt or perish, because every threat you repel today will evolve into a new threat tomorrow.

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