Implementing an information security management system will provide your organisation with a system that will help to eliminate or minimise the risk of a security breach that could have legal or business continuity implications.
ISO 27001 has 11 domain areas, 39 control objectives and 133 controls in all. The security controls represent information security best practices and the standard suggests that these controls should be applied depending on the business requirements.
Benefits of ISO 27001 Implementation and Certification
Implementing ISO 27001 has considerable benefits for your organization, including:
Retaining Customers and winning new business
Preventing fines and loss of reputation
Improving processes and strategies
Compliance with commercial, contractual and legal responsibilities
Recent hacks
WannaCry: Ransomware attack(2017)
Affected more than 200,000 computers across 150 countries, with damages ranging up to billions of dollars.
Boston Children’s Hospital DDoS attack (2016)
DDoS attack led to donations page being shut down and an estimated 300,000 dollars lost in repairs.
Risk of “medjacking”
The security flaw that researchers discovered in General Electric respirators and anaesthesia machines.
ISMS Implementation Steps
WSA adopts a below phase wise ISO 27001 implementation methodology as below.
Phase 1: Gap assessment and Scoping
Understanding the business functions and objectives
Select the scope of implementation and data acquisition
Gap Assessment
Phase 2: Implementation
Define the methods of Risk Assessment
Risk Classification
Risk Treatment Plan
Set up security Policies and Procedures to control risks
Phase 3: Pre-audit readiness assessment
ISMS Awareness Training to employees
Internal audit and closure of the non-compliance
Certification Audit by External Auditors
Phase 4: Security Improvement Program
This phase results in providing the security improvement program to clients which helps them to have a continuous improvement as well as to get the ISO27001 Certification.
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Our deliverables are comprehensive in nature that address both technical and business audiences
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