Cybersecurity Standards
Cyber crime poses possibly the largest threat to any organisation - large or small.
Especially in a knowledge-based industry, it is vital that information assets remain secure from the ever-growing network of cyber criminals that are increasing in number and sophistication.
Cybersecurity standard have been created to help in this process - for organisations to guard against identity theft, to protect trade secrets, proprietary information, and personally identifiable information of their customers and employees.
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Effective Cybersecurity
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ISO27001 - the Cybersecurity Standard
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Cyber Resiliance
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Business Resiliance
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Effective Cybersecurity
Effective cybersecurity depends on co-ordinated, integrated preparations for rebuffing, responding to and recovering from, a range of possible cyber attacks. In an internet environment where a substantial number of initial attacks are automated, and any assault on critical national infrastructure ('CNI') is likely to be widespread, all organisations need to take steps to prepare themselves.
ISO27001 - the Cybersecurity Standard
ISO27001, together with the Code of Practice, ISO27002, provides an internationally recognised best-practice framework for addressing the entire range of cyber risks.
ISO27001 and ISO27002, the related Control Guidance, are the basis for the UK's national information security management standards - they are at the core of:
ISO27001 is also used as the basis for Supplier Audits and Supply Chain Assurance.
Accredited Certification to ISO27001
Accredited Certification to ISO27001 gives an organisation internationally recognised and accepted proof that its system for managing information security - its ISMS or cyber security readiness - is of an acceptable, independently audited and verified standard.
Cyber Resilience
The idea of resilience - that an organisation's systems and processes should be resilient against outside attack or natural disaster - is a key principle underpinning ISO27001.
Business continuity for Information and Communications Systems is fundamental to an effective ISMS, the ISO27031 (ISO/IEC 27031) Guidelines for ICT Readiness for Business Continuity standard provides detailed and valuable guidance on how this critical aspect should be tackled.
Designed to work within a broader Enterprise business continuity management system (such as that specified in ISO22301), ISO27031 should form part of every organisation's planning for cybersecurity.
Business Resilience
Cyber resilience is part of a wider business resilience strategy. While development of a broad business resilience strategy should fit within an organisation's enterprise risk management framework, there is no reason to delay dealing with cyber resilience because a wider business resilience strategy has still to be developed. ISO22301 is the international standard for a business continuity management system.