ISO 27001 is the international standard that provides the specification and requirements for implementing an ISMS - a system of processes, documents, technology and people that helps to manage, monitor, audit and improve your organisation’s information security.
ISO 27001 and ISO 27002 2022 updates
ISO/IEC 27001:2022 – the newest version of ISO 27001 – was published in October 2022.
Organisations that are certified to ISO/IEC 27001:2013 have a three-year transition period to make the necessary changes to their ISMS (information security management system).
For more information about ISO 27001:2022 and its companion standard, ISO 27002:2022, and what they mean for your organisation, please visit ISO 27001 and ISO 27002: 2022 updates
The key benefits of implementing an ISMS
Secures your information in allforms
An ISMS helps protect all forms of information, including digital, paper-based, intellectual property, company secrets, data on devices and in the Cloud, hard copies and personal information.
Increase your attack resilience
Implementing and maintaining an ISMS will significantly increase your organisation’s resilience to cyber attacks.
Reduce information security costs
Thanks to the risk assessment and analysis approach of an ISMS, organisations can reduce costs spent on indiscriminately adding layers of defensive technology that might not work.
Respond to evolving security threats
Constantly adapting to changes both in the environment and inside the organisation, an ISMS reduces the threat of continually evolving risks.
Improve company culture
The Standard’s holistic approach covers the whole organisation, not just IT, and encompasses people, processes and technology. This enables employees to readily understand risks and embrace security controls as part of their everyday working practices.
Offers organisation-wide protection
An ISMS protects your entire organisation from technology-based risks and other, more common threats, such as poorly informed staff or ineffective procedures.
Provides a central framework
An ISMS provides a framework for keeping your organisation’s information safe and managing it all in one place.
Protects confidentiality of data
An ISMS offers a set of policies, procedures, technical and physical controls to protect the confidentiality, availability and integrity of information.
Free green paper: Implementing an ISMS – The nine-step approach
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