ISO 27001 Archive
An ISO 27001 risk assessment contains five key steps. In this blog, we look at the second step in the process – identifying the risks that organisations face – and outline 10 things you should look out for. How to identify …
When it comes to ISO 27001 compliance, the SoA (Statement of Applicability) is one of the key documents you must complete. It identifies the controls you have selected to address information security risks, explains why those controls have been selected, …
ISO 27005 describes the risk management process for information and cyber security. It’s part of the ISO 27000 series, which means its advice is part of a wider set of best practices for protecting your organisation from data breaches. As …
The risk treatment plan is one of the mandatory documents that must be produced as part of a certified ISO 27001 ISMS (information security management system). It provides a summary of each of the identified risks, the responses that have …
One of the first things organisations must do when implementing ISO 27001 is identify their information assets. After all, it’s only once you know what needs to be protected that you can determine the threats associated with them and put …
Whether you’re addressing cyber security on your own, following ISO 27001 or using the guidance outlined in the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), the process begins by assessing the risks you face. You might have a broad idea of what …
ISO 27001 is the most popular information security standard worldwide, and organisations that have achieved compliance with the Standard can use it to prove that they are serious about the information they handle and use. ISO 27001 is the globally …
The latest iteration of ISO 27001 introduced the concept of risk owners in addition to asset owners. This strengthened the Standard’s stance that organisations must appoint people to take accountability for specific aspects of information security. But what exactly are …
Clause 4.2 of ISO 27001 details the needs and expectations of interested parties. An interested party is essentially a stakeholder – an individual or a group of people affected by your organisation’s information security activities. To identify your interested parties, …
ISO 27001 is designed to help organisations identify the right approach to take when managing risks. You can’t apply defences to every threat you face, because that would be impractical and prohibitively expensive, so you need to determine when mitigation …
