Category: ISO

  • ISO 27001 Domains, Control Objectives and Controls

    ISO 27001 has for the moment 11 Domains, 39 Control Objectives and 130+ Controls. Following is a list of the Domains and Control Objectives. 1. Security policy Information security policy Objective: To provide management direction and support for information security in accordance with business requirements and relevant laws and regulations. 2. Organization of information security…

  • ISO 27001 Certification Statistics

    How many companies have certified under ISO 27001? You can find the answer here. So, under 7300 as of mid-August 2011. Now, in another report from April 2008, there were 4500 certificates. With the distribution: Japan (2550); UK (370);India (430); Taiwan (175); China(110); Germany (90); and then a group of countries (Hungary, Italy, USA, &…

  • ISMS Certification vs Conformity

    So, as stated here you can certify against ISO/IEC 27001 only. But why certify? Here are some reasons provided by certification bodies. Certification finds no basis in legislative or regulatory requirement, so why bother? The best answer is to validate that investment in security controls meets business goals and provides business value. Business value is…

  • ISO ISMS history

    The ISO is developing a new series of security standards, the first of which is ISO 27001, Information Technology—Security Techniques— Information Security Management Systems—Requirements. ISO 27001 replaces British Standard (BS) 7799, Part 2. BS 7799, Part 1 evolved into ISO 17799, Information Technology—Security Techniques—Code of Practice for Information Security Management and is now known as…

  • The ISO/IEC 27000 Set of Standards Overview

    The ISO/IEC 270xx is a set o standards regarding Information Security Management Systems (ISMS). The developer of this standards is the International Organization for Standardization http://www.iso.org/. ISO/IEC 27001 and ISO/IEC27002 are derived from ISO/IEC 17799:2005 who is derived from BS7799 (British Standard). Many standards regarding ISMS are under development and the published ones are subject…