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ISO 27001 Certification Consultancy
What is ISO 27001?
ISO
27001:2013 is the international standard that provides a framework for
Information Security Management Systems (ISMS) to provide continued
confidentiality, integrity and availability of information as well as legal
compliance. ISO 27001 certification is essential for protecting your most vital
assets like employee and client information, brand image and other private
information. The ISO standard includes a process-based approach to initiating,
implementing, operating and maintaining your ISMS.
ISO 27001 implementation is an ideal response to customer and legal
requirements such as the GDPR and potential security threats
including: cyber crime, personal data breaches, vandalism / terrorism,
fire / damage, misuse, theft and viral attacks.
So far in 2019, around 32 percent of businesses identified cyber security breaches or attacks in the last 12 months. The ISO 27001 standard is also structured to be compatible with other management systems standards, such as ISO 9001 and it is technology and vendor neutral, which means it is completely independent of any IT platform. As such, all members of the company should be educated on what the standard means and how it applies throughout the organization.
Achieving accredited ISO 27001 certification shows that your company is dedicated to following the best practices of information security. Additionally, ISO 27001 certification provides you with an expert evaluation of whether your organization's information is adequately protected..
Benefits of ISO 27001:2013
The
benefits of standardization, and of implementation of one or more of the ISO
27000 series are wide and varied. Although they tend to differ from
organization to organization, many are common.
The following is a list of potential benefits. As with many items on this
website, this is an ongoing project. Please feel free to add further points via
the comments option below.
o Interoperability
This is a general benefit of standardization. The idea is that systems from diverse parties are more likely to fit together if they follow a common guideline.
o Assurance
Management can be assured of the quality of a system, business unit, or other entity, if a recognized framework or approach is followed.
o Due Diligence
Compliance with, or certification against, and international standard is often used by management to demonstrate due diligence.
o Bench Marking
Organizations often use a standard as a measure of their status within their peer community. It can be used as a bench mark for current position and progress.
o Awareness
Implementation of a standard such as ISO 27001 can often result in greater security awareness within an organization.
o Alignment
Because implementation of ISO 27001 (and the other ISO 27000 standards)
tends to involve both business management and technical staff, greater IT and
Business alignment often results.
o Compliance
It might seem odd to list
this as the first benefit, but it often shows the quickest “return on investment†– if an organization must comply to various regulations regarding data
protection, privacy and IT governance (particularly if it is a financial,
health or government organization), then ISO 27001 can bring in the methodology
which enables to do it in the most efficient way.
o Marketing edge
In a market which is more and more competitive, it is sometimes very difficult to find something that will differentiate you in the eyes of your customers. ISO 27001 could be indeed a unique selling point, especially if you handle clients’ sensitive information.
o Lowering the expenses
Information security is usually considered as a cost with no obvious financial gain. However, there is financial gain if you lower your expenses caused by incidents. You probably do have interruption in service, or occasional data leakage, or disgruntled employees. Or disgruntled former employees.
o Putting your business in order
o This one is probably the
most underrated – if you are a company which has been growing sharply for the last few
years, you might experience problems like – who has to decide what, who is responsible for certain information
assets, who has to authorize access to information systems etc.
How to achieve ISO 27001 certification – ISO 27001 Certification steps
Quality Middle East offers a well defined and globally proven implementation methodology for ISO 27001-2013 certification.
o Gap Analysis
o Awareness
Training
o Risk
analysis
o Documentation
Design and finalization
o Implementation
o Internal
Auditor Training and conduct of internal audit
o Management
Review Meeting
o Review
of Implementation
o Pre-assessment
audit
o Stage
1 – certification audit
o Stage
2 – certification audit
o Award
of ISO 27001 certification
o Continual
improvement of the system through value added consulting and training services