The word of zeroes and ones is expanding expoentially. The emerging vulnerabilities and threats, ever-expanding complex networks and access points, coupled with increasing regulatory requirements are drastically the way organizations approach risk mitigation. Stringet privacy and security legislations across the world and ballooning concern on security issues in outsourcing are compelling companies to implement information security. ISO 27001 is the only formal standard against which organizations may seek independent certification of their Information Security Management Systems (ISMS). The application and use of these standard has been taken up by organizations small, medium and large in many parts of the world as a "common language" for information security management: to ensure business continuity, minimize business damage by preventing and minimizing the impact of security incidents, to maximize business investments and opportunities, providing assurance to partners and customers of the organization's status with respect to information security without the necessity of them conducting their own security reviews |
