What is ISO 27001?
Are you serious about information security and want to use ISO 27001 as a business differentiator? We will tell you what the standard is, as well as the benefits and opportunities that may be associated with your organization.
ISO 27001: 2013 is an internationally recognized best practice framework for an Information Security Management System (ISMS). This is one of the most popular information security standards worldwide.
What are the benefits of ISO 27001: 2013?
• ISO 27001 will help reduce information security and data protection risks to your organization. Whether it’s your own valuable information or the information of your customers, poor information protection can be costly. Some of the requirements of ISO 27001 also comply with the requirements of the Data Protection Act compliance and generally provide a much greater degree of reliability of information. Implementing ISO 27001 will demonstrate to regulators that your organization takes the security of information it holds seriously and, having identified the risks, done as much as is reasonably possible to address them. Whether it's computer security, physical security, broader cybersecurity, other privacy or just getting towards best practices, ISO 27001 is the recognised standard that others build from.
• ISO 27001 will help you win new customers and retain existing business. Since this is a globally recognized “best practice” standard, it makes the people you want to work with feel safe, and you (with ISO 27001 certification) will look after their valuable assets and information security.
• ISO 27001 means saving time and money. Why spend much more money solving a problem (for example, losing information for customers), especially in a crisis when it costs a fraction of that in advance to be better prepared anyway? In addition, customers are increasingly looking for guarantees of your information security management and data protection capabilities. Having an ISO 27001 certificate will minimize the details you need to provide.
• ISO 27001 boosts a reputation and builds trust in the organization. It doesn’t get much worse for an organization when the news hits that their systems have been hacked and customer data has been exposed and exploited. With an ISO 27001 information security management system you will be in a better position to identify breach risks and prevent them before they happen. Like many things in business, trust is important. But demonstrating that you have been independently audited, solidifies that trust.
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