Risk Assessments Archive
Information security risk assessments help organisations understand the threats they face and the treatment options they should consider. The assessment should be performed regularly – either once a year or whenever there are significant organisational changes – because the threat …
For all the attention that organisations pay to their ISO 27001 risk assessment, it’s worth remembering that there’s an additional step afterwards – risk treatment. This is where you take the risks that you’ve identified and decide how to deal …
Risk assessments are at the heart of ISO 27001, but they often have a reputation for being time-consuming and difficult. But how long should the risk assessment process take? The answer depends on which tool you use. Risk assessment tools …
Sensitive data is one of an organisation’s most important assets, so it makes sense that you prioritise its security. Information security is “the practice of preventing unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, inspection, recording or destruction” of sensitive records. This …
One of the core principles of ISO 27001 is that the information security measures you adopt must be relevant to the threats your organisation faces. Every business is unique – in its structure, the types of information it processes and …
ISO 27001 audits can be intimidating, especially if it’s the first time that your ISMS (information security management system) has come under scrutiny. So how can you make sure you’re doing everything that you should? This blog helps settle your …
When you’re considering your organisation’s cyber security measures, there are two things you must consider: do these controls work now, and will these controls work in the future? The first issue is comparatively easy to assess, because any solution you …
Third-party suppliers are a common source of confusion for organisations considering their GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) compliance requirements. When the Regulation was first introduced, the issue of third-party suppliers and their relation to organisations’ own GDPR compliance received a …
ISO 27001 is the international standard for an ISMS (information security management system), a best-practice approach to security that helps organisations achieve all of their data privacy compliance objectives. If you are currently weighing up your options for ISO 27001 …
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 …
