ISO 27001: Security In Securing Business Information
No business can afford to be complacent with the current rise in Cyber Attacks because becoming the victim of a cyber-attack today is a serious loss of Reputation not forgetting how costly security breach has become, regardless of your business size and Industry. Having implementation standards such as ISO 27001, largely reduces reputational damage risks for any organization.
Security breaches are major news headlines daily where companies across all business sectors including Government Departments, Banking Industry, Credit Unions, Not for Profit Organisations, Logistic Companies, Universities, Private schools, and Hospitals make the news headlines affected with a cyber breach or compromised by cyber-attack. Often these attacks occur in organizations daily across the globe mainly caused due, to stolen laptops & mobile phones, insider espionage, ransomware attacks, no cybersecurity policies, and procedures, or simply not effectively updating current patches on operating systems. These organizations do have some form of ISO 27001 implementation consulting certification to help them in achieving their daily business objectives. The key question they need to ask is where is information stored? How is this information stored? Who within the organization has access to this information? Is key business information stored with restrictions for access or freely shared within the organizations? Some Businesses may have systems or solutions in place with their IT, however, most of these solutions do not have adequate built-in security features. Information Security is not just IT. Every Board, Senior Management, Governing body needs to ensure that they have processes and procedures that enable the security of the systems and the information held within them.
Why Organisations need to consider ISO 27001 Standards
ISO 27001 for many organizations could be a daunting task, especially when the required expertise is not available in-house and not knowing where to start. Organizations that have implemented ISO 27001 are mitigating and reducing their risks against cyber-attacks and heavy penalties being imposed on their organization and providing assurance to their customers and stakeholders.
• Internationally accepted standard for information security management
• ISO 27001 is not only an IT standard
• Process, Technology, and people management
• Address the security of the data throughout the life cycle.
• Provides strategic and tactical direction
• Recognizes that Information Security is a Management issue
• Provides assurance to customers and stakeholders