No business can afford to be complacent with the current rise in cyberattacks because becoming the victim of a cyberattack today is a serious loss of reputation, not forgetting how costly a security breach has become, regardless of your business size and industry. Implementation standards such as ISO 27001 largely reduce reputational damage risks for any organisation.

Security breaches are major news headlines daily, where companies across all business sectors, including government departments, banking industries, credit unions, not-for-profit organisations, logistic companies, universities, private schools, and hospitals, make the headlines about being affected by a cyber breach or compromised by a cyber attack. Often, these attacks occur in organisations daily across the globe, mainly due to stolen laptops and mobile phones, insider espionage, ransomware attacks, no cybersecurity policies and procedures, or simply not effectively updating current patches on operating systems. These organisations do have some form of ISO 27001 implementation consulting certification to help them achieve their daily business objectives. The key question they need to ask is: Where is information stored? How is this information stored? Who within the organisation has access to this information? Is key business information stored with restrictions on access or freely shared within the organization? Some businesses may have systems or solutions in place for 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, and 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 organisations could be a daunting task, especially when the required expertise is not available in-house and you do not know where to start. Organisations that have implemented ISO 27001 are mitigating and reducing their risks against cyber-attacks and heavy penalties being imposed on their organisation and providing assurance to their customers and stakeholders.

1. An internationally accepted standard for information security management

2. ISO 27001 is not only an IT standard.

3. Process, technology, and people management

4. Address the security of the data throughout the life cycle.

5. Provides strategic and tactical direction

6. recognises that information security is a management issue.

7. Provides assurance to customers and stakeholders

ISO:27001 IMPLEMENTATION AND BENEFITS FOR ORGANISATIONS?

When implementing a standard such as ISO 27001, one needs to understand that the ISO 27001 implementation needs to be treated similarly to any other major IT project. There is simply no easy fast-track or solution when implementing the ISO 27001 standard. The following key points need to be considered when implementing ISO 27001 standards:

1. Management support is key: management support is key for ISO 27001 implementation. Without this support, implementing quality (or any standard for that matter) would be doomed from the beginning. Management should ensure that there are enough resources available to manage, develop, maintain, and implement the ISMS.

2. Scope Definition: one must clearly define the scope and consider whether the whole or part of the organisation should be covered. The scope must be taken into account. Can this be managed to avoid increasing any further risk to the project?

3. Defining critical risk and performing assessment: this is the most crucial stage of the project. Organisations need the ability to identify the vulnerabilities and threats that may have a severe impact on their specific business and the ability to define an acceptable level of risk. If these are not clearly defined from the outset of ISO 27001 implementation, the resulting processes will also be incorrect. The key focus for organisations when implementing ISO 27001 standards is to be able to get a comprehensive picture of the dangers facing the security of the organisation’s information.

VERACITY INTELLIGENCE ISO 27001 COMPLIANCE SPECIALISTS

Veracity Security has a team of qualified PCI DSS QSA and ISO 27001/2013 lead auditors and assessors that can assist in all aspects of ISO-27001 implementation consulting certification compliance. Like any compliance system, ISO 27001 compliance standards can be complex and hard to navigate alone. We can take the stress out of becoming ISO 27001 compliant by assessing and validating adherence to ISO 27001 compliance standards and working with you to develop diagnostic gap analysis, risk treatment, and ongoing monitoring and assurance with remediation strategies to help you meet the ISO 27001 Information Security Standards and Controls. Our team of experts has worked with organisations across all industry types to implement and audit ISO 27001 compliance standards.

No business can afford to be complacent with the current rise in cyberattacks because becoming the victim of a cyberattack today is a serious loss for many organisations, not forgetting how costly a security breach has become, regardless of your business size and industry. Implementation standards such as ISO 27001 largely reduce major risks for any organisation.

STRUCTURE OF  ISO27001