The Case For ISO 27001: 2013 - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1849285306 ISBN 13: 9781849285308

Publisher: It Governance Publishing, 2013

Synopsis

What do you do to keep your business information secure? Information and information systems are vital to your business. The electronic storage and exchange of data also presents some serious problems that you will have to confront. Companies are at risk of cyber-attack from hackers, viruses and online fraudsters. Information security may also be compromised as the result of simple human error. Manage cyber threat To counter these threats, you have to identify the real information risks your company faces. Then you need to find the most appropriate ways to mitigate those risks. Adopting the ISO27001 standard will give your organization a reliable framework for creating an information security management system. You have a responsibility to safeguard the information you hold on behalf of your customers. Adopting the ISO27001 standard will protect the reputation of your company and safeguard its achievements. This friendly guide, updated to reflect ISO27001:2013, presents the compelling business case for implementing ISO27001 in order to protect your information assets. This makes it ideal reading for anyone unfamiliar with the many benefits of the standard, and as a supporting document for an ISO27001 project proposal. The business case for investing in information security Fight cybercrime - Introducing the ISO 27001 information security management system will help protect your business from the threat of organized crime. Fight cyber-terror - Terrorist organizations now work with computers as well as explosives. Introducing an information security management system makes it easier to defend your company from a destructive cyber-attack. Improve your corporate governance - Reducing your company s financial exposure to the risk of losses resulting from IT system failure is now a corporate governance requirement. ISO 27001 will help you to comply. Recover from accidents - With ISO 27001, you can minimize the risk that your information will be lost or corrupted as a result of human error.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

What do you do to keep your business information secure?

Information and information systems are vital to every organisation. Our reliance on data and information, and the fact that it is so easy to share, means that everyone is at risk of cyber attack from hackers, viruses, online fraudsters, malicious insiders, or even from simple human error.

To counter these threats you have to identify the real information risks your business faces, then you need to find the most appropriate way to mitigate such risks. Adopting the ISO27001 Standard will give your organisation a reliable framework for creating an information security management system.

The business case for investing in information security

This guide, updated to reflect ISO27001:2013, presents the compelling business case for implementing ISO27001 in order to protect your information assets. Ideal reading for anyone unfamiliar with the many benefits of the Standard, The Case for ISO27001:2013 is a clear and concise introduction to the subject area and perfect supporting text for an ISO27001 project proposal.

Understand ISO27001 and learn how your organisation can:

• fight cyber crime
• combat cyber terror
• boost your corporate governance.

Read this book to learn how ISO27001 secures your information assets and protects your business.

About the Author:

Alan Calder is the Founder and Executive Chairman of IT Governance Ltd. Before that, he was the CEO of Wide-Learning, a supplier of e-learning, and of Business Link London City Partners (BLLCP). For many years he was a member of the DNV Certification Services Certification Committee, which certifies compliance with international standards including ISO27001.

About the Author:

Alan Calder is the Founder and Executive Chairman of IT Governance Ltd, an information, advice and consultancy firm that helps company boards tackle IT governance, risk management, compliance and information security issues. He has many years of senior management experience in the private and public sectors.

About this edition

• Publisher: It Governance Publishing
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1849285306
• ISBN 13: 9781849285308
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 121
• Editor: IT Governance Publishing