ISO 27001:2013

Why is Information Security Needed?

ISO 27001 is a specification for the management of Information Security. Nowadays Information is a vital asset for most organizations and businesses. The confidentiality of availability of vital information is essential to maintain competitive edge, profitability, legal compliance and commercial image.

ISO 27001 is intended to assist with the task of managing the information. It is easy to imagine the consequences for an organization if its information was sabotaged, misused, lost, corrupted, destroyed or made public. This can or may lead to the collapse of companies.

ISO 27001 It is applicable to all sectors of industry and commerce. It addresses the security of information in every form it is held, either on a computer or digital media or in a physical log book. The information is of various kinds and is not limited to name, email or phone numbers. Information may be printed or written on paper. stored electronically on a physical device or cloud storage, transmitted by physical post or email, visible or heard thru audio-video media films, or spoken in conversation. Whatever form the information takes, or means by which it is shared or stored. ISO 27001 helps an organization to ensure its information is always appropriately protected.

Information security can be characterized as the preservation of:

Confidentiality– ensuring that access to information is appropriately authorized.
Integrity– safeguarding the accuracy and completeness of information and processing methods.
Availability– ensuring that authorized users have access to information when they need it.

We at ECAS Certifications provide various certifications and ISO 27001 certification as well, to help protect your information.

ISO 27001 contains a number of control objectives and controls. These include:

• Security policy.
• Organizational security.
• Asset classification and control.
• Personnel security.
• Physical and environmental security.
• Communications and operations management.
• Access control.
• System development and maintenance.
• Business continuity management.
• Compliance.
• Asset classification and control

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