ISO 27001, known as the International Information Security Standard, stands as the globally recognized benchmark for Information Security Management. In essence, it furnishes any organization, regardless of its size or industry, with a structured framework and methodology for safeguarding one of its most critical assets: information. ISO 27001 enjoys widespread adoption and is among the most rapidly expanding international standards. If you're seeking to implement ISO 27001 within your organization, consider engaging an ISO 27001 consultant to guide you through the process.
Key things you should know about ISO 27001
· It is a corporate standard, distinct from an IT standard.
· It offers a comprehensive strategy for safeguarding information security.
· Its foundation lies in the principle of continual enhancement.
· It operates on a risk-centric basis.
· The standard itself consists of two integral components.
Reasons for implementing ISO 27001
In a nutshell, it represents one of the most cost-efficient methods to safeguard your information. Specifically, the mandatory risk assessment empowers you to make well-informed decisions about which controls and measures to implement, thereby avoiding unnecessary ones.
ISO 27001 adopts a comprehensive approach, encompassing the identification of all forms of information, including digital, hard copy, personal, corporate, and financial data. It also takes a holistic perspective when assessing threats, spanning from cyber threats to issues arising from inadequately trained or unaware staff and ineffective procedures and processes.
This standard instills best practices within your organization and fosters a culture of excellence.
It instills confidence in your clients and other vital stakeholders, assuring them of your serious commitment to information security, especially when dealing with their data. Certification provides an additional layer of significant reassurance.
The Information Security Management System (ISMS) at the core of ISO 27001 enables your organization to continually adapt to the evolving business and threat landscape. The emphasis on continuous improvement, monitoring, auditing, and corrective actions ensures that controls remain up-to-date and perform effectively, paving the way for ISO 27001 certification. It not only aids in minimizing the risk of security breaches but also helps in incident management and faster recovery. Ultimately, ISO 27001 serves as a shield for your reputation and adds tangible value to your business.
So, why you should partner with URM
Here are a few reasons:
Experience and Expertise: Our wealth of experience equips us to ensure that your implementation of ISO 27001 brings you maximum benefits. We've assisted more than 350 organizations in achieving certification to this standard. Our senior consultants possess extensive experience both as subject matter experts within senior roles in businesses and as consultants providing guidance to organizations on best practices. This dual perspective helps us discern what is effective, what isn't, and the best approaches to take.
Risk Management Specialists: Effective risk management is essential; without it, you're essentially navigating in the dark when it comes to prioritizing and implementing information security controls. URM can help you develop your risk management capabilities through consultancy, our purpose-designed risk assessment tool known as Abriska, and our training programs. These training sessions not only help you enhance your risk management skills but also provide a practitioner certificate to showcase your competence.
Knowledge Transfer Approach: At the core of our consultative approach is the objective to make you self-sufficient. Our consultants are actively involved in delivering public training courses, equipped with the skills necessary to facilitate knowledge transfer. This empowers you to not only learn what actions to take but also understand why and how they are essential.
Assurances: Our consultancy services come not only with a 100% certification guarantee but also with the assurance that any implemented ISMS (Information Security Management System) will be tailored, appropriate, and sustainable. In the event of any major nonconformities resulting from our work, we will rectify them without charge. Our website features a wide range of case studies, and we are ready to provide references upon request.
Flexible and Tailored Approach: We take pride in our ability to customize our ISO 27001 consultancy services to meet your specific needs. This can range from comprehensive full lifecycle consultancy, where we take the lead and facilitate knowledge transfer, to a more streamlined approach that includes mentoring or reviewing outputs. In the latter scenario, URM may assist with specific tasks such as conducting risk assessments, developing policies and procedures, delivering awareness sessions, and conducting audits. Our services can be entirely customized to considerations such as your internal resource availability, timelines, and budgets.
Business-Centric Approach: Your ISMS should genuinely reflect your organization, not be something that merely gathers dust or receives attention only when external assessors are imminent. Our primary objective with any ISO 27001 implementation is to strike the right balance. We aim to meet the mandatory management system requirements of the standard while ensuring that your ISMS truly represents your organization, tailored to your size, culture, and objectives.
Our ultimate goal is to ensure that everything we develop or recommend is not only appropriate and pragmatic but also adds tangible value to your business. We endeavor to prevent you from becoming overly rigid and merely complying with the standard, rather than maximizing existing internal processes or methods of operation.