ISO 27001 Information Security Management System

Implementation and certification of this standard demonstrates an organization’s ability and commitment to protecting its information assets as well as those of its clients, vendors and suppliers, and delivery partners. The standard mitigates information security threats, while protecting many types of information assets: employees and their data, hardware, software, client information, and the goodwill and reputation of the organization.

ISO 27001 implementation provides a much-needed defense strategy for organizations to effectively respond to:

• legal requirements
• GDPR needs
• Digital threats
• Data breaches
• Terrorism
• Misuse of data
• Fire
• Damage to the infrastructure
• TheftA
• And many more

It serves as a valuable tool in understanding all data risks, minimizing occurrence and damage of breach events and provides an incident management approach focused on root-cause identification and permanent elimination of an exposure.

Case studies have shown that all organizations, small and large, are vulnerable to cyber-attacks and require a cyber security strategy. The ISO 27001 is compatible with other management systems such as ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001 and many other. It is also neutral in technology and vendor management; in other words, it can be implemented for any IT platform. The policies implemented under this standard provide threat mitigation and allow the organization to minimize potential loss. The standard also results in an IT governance framework, effectively boosting all aspects of IT quality management.

What does ISO 27001 look like

The standard leverages best practices for IT Risk Management. In doing so, it serves as a guide to continuously
and systematically identify IT-related risks in ALL activities across the organization, not just the IT department
itself. As such, IT Risk is known to exist in 14 ‘domains’ across the organization:

• Company’s Security Policies
• How Information Security is Organized
• Human Resource Information Security
• Asset Management
• Access Control
• Physical and Environment Security
• Operations Security
• Cryptography
• System Acquisition, Development and Maintenance
• Supplier/Vendor Relationship Management
• Communications Security
• Business Continuity Management
• Compliance
• Incident Management of Information Security Events

Each domain is divided into Control Categories with numerous controls in each category. In total, there are 35 Control Categories with a total of 114 individual controls.

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About T-Next Services

Times are changing and technology is evolving. The relatively new field of “GRC” tools (Governance Risk and Compliance) is making it feasible to implement ISO 27001, and other standards, at fraction of the effort and cost. Built-in automation collects proof of compliance on an ongoing basis, providing the same effort and cost
benefits to maintaining compliance.

T-Next is an ISO and Quality Management Standards consultancy helping organizations navigate the quality management regulatory and compliance landscape. We offer SaaS-based GRC services as well as traditional implementation, training, and compliance services for all internationally recognized standards.

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