ISO 27001 requires an organization to implement a comprehensive set of policies, procedures and controls to manage information security risks and ensure the confidentiality, integrity and availability of information.
Benefits
- Demonstrate a clear commitment to information security to customers
- Improved trust from 3rd party suppliers and partners
- Compliance with business, legal, contractual and regulatory requirements
- Greatly improves security posture and cyber threat resilience
- Helps ensure consistency across the organization and improves workflow
- Makes it easier for organizations to identify current processes which helps improve them
Steps to Certification
- Implement an Information Security Management System (ISMS) that meets the requirements of the ISO/IEC 27001 standard
- Undergo an independent 3rd party audit by an accredited certification body to verify compliance with the standard