ISO 27001 Information Security Management System Standard
In the mid-1990s, the Information Security Standards, whose foundations were laid with the demands of some industrial organizations in the UK and BSI (British Standards Institute) initiatives, emerged under BS7799, the standard published as BS7799 in 1995 was later divided into two parts, BS7799-2: 1998 and BS7799. Published as -1: 1999.
The International Standards Committee (ISO), on the other hand, published the first part of the standard on Information Security as ISO 17799 in 2000.
ISO 27000 standards are part of the growing ISO / IEC ISMS standard family. ISO 27000 standard series; ISO 27001, ISO 27002 ISO 27003… etc include international standards including Information technology, Security techniques, Information security management systems, overview and definitions.
The final revisions of the standard, which include the Application Principles for Information Security Management, were completed in October 2004, the new version was published in 2005.
ISO / IEC 27001 is the international standard for information security management. ISO 27001 certification is an iso certificate that helps organizations and their customers keep and manage their confidential information. It underlines how to set up an approved information security management system that has undergone independent evaluation.
The system allows you to protect all financial and confidential information more effectively and minimize the possibility of access by unauthorized and illegal means.
Information is a very important asset for your company. When well managed, it allows you to work safely. Information security management gives you the freedom to grow, innovate and improve your customer database with the knowledge that your confidential information will remain confidential.
The basic idea behind ISO 27001, which is the ISMS standard, is to establish, implement and maintain management system processes in order to achieve effective information security.
ISMS; Based on the organization´s business risk approach, it should be seen as an integral part of the organization´s business and business culture and encompasses the organization, its organization, policies, planning activities, responsibilities, practices, procedures, processes and resources to achieve effective information security.
What are the Advantages of ISO / IEC 27001 Information Security Management?
- Identifying risks, placing control systems to manage or eliminate them
- Flexibility to apply control to your entire organization or ed areas
- In the trust of the shareholder and the customer that the data is protected
- Proof of conformity and becoming a preferred supplier
- Achieving more tender expectations by proving conformity
- The organization is aware of what information assets it has and its value.
- It gains the trust of related parties since its information will be protected, especially its suppliers.
