ISO27001 Fundamentals & Concepts

Description

ISO/IEC 27001 is an international standard to manage information security, namely that Management:

• Systematically examine the organization’s information security risks, taking account of the threats, vulnerabilities, and impacts;
• Design and implement a coherent and comprehensive suite of information security controls and/or other forms of risk treatment (such as risk avoidance or risk transfer) to address those risks that are deemed unacceptable; and
• Adopt an overarching management process to ensure that the information security controls continue to meet the organization’s information security needs on an ongoing basis.