ISO 27001:2013 is one of the most popular information security standards in the world. More and more companies are achieving ISO 27001 certification to underline the robustness of their information security management. Compliance with ISO 27001 was previously about having a competitive edge, but as ISO 27001 certification becomes the norm for best-practice information security, it’s increasingly a minimum entry to a tender or contract renewal. Conformity to the standard can make the difference between winning and losing those all important tenders.
Organisations increasingly have to show they can be trusted for information security and privacy management and having ISO 27001 demonstrates that an organisation has identified risks and put in place preventative measures to protect the organisation from information security breaches. The ISO 27000 family of information security management standards is a series of mutually supporting information security standards that can be combined to provide a globally recognised framework for best-practice information security management.
ISO framework is a combination of policies and processes for organizations to use. ISO 27001 provides a framework to help organizations, of any size or any industry, to protect their information in a systematic and cost-effective way, through the adoption of an Information Security Management System (ISMS).
ISO 27001 certification demonstrates that you have identified the risks, assessed the implications and put in place systemised controls to limit any damage to the organisation. Benefits of ISO 27001 is to Increased reliability and security of systems and information. Improved customer and business partner confidence.
Because it is an international standard, ISO 27001 is easily recognized all around the world, increasing business opportunities for organizations and professionals.
The benefits of ISO 27001 are significant and easily outweigh the cost of having a professional information management system. In fact, the Return on Investment can be much more attractive than most business growth initiatives, especially if an organisations survival is dependent on having an ISMS that stakeholders can trust or it’s required to meet a regulation.
