What is ISO 27001:2013?
ISO 27001 is the international standard which is recognised globally for managing risks to the security of information you hold. Certification to ISO 27001 allows you to prove to your clients and other stakeholders that you are managing the security of your information. ISO 27001:2013 (the current version of ISO 27001) provides a set of standardised requirements for an Information Security Management System (ISMS). The standard adopts a process based approach for establishing, implementing, operating, monitoring, maintaining, and improving your ISMS.
The ISO 27001 standard and ISMS provides a framework for information security management best practice that helps organisations to:
? Protect client and employee information
? Manage risks to information security effectively
? Achieve compliance with regulations such as the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR)
? Protect the company’s brand image
Benefits of ISO 27001
Protecting your organisation’s information is critical for the successful management and smooth operation of your organisation. Achieving ISO 27001 will aid your organisation in managing and protecting your valuable data and information assets. By achieving certification to ISO 27001 your organisation will be able to reap numerous and consistent benefits including:
• Keeps confidential information secure
• Provides customers and stakeholders with confidence in how you manage risk
• Allows for secure exchange of information
• Helps you to comply with other regulations (e.g. SOX)
• Provide you with a competitive advantage
• Enhanced customer satisfaction that improves client retention
• Consistency in the delivery of your service or product
• Manages and minimises risk exposure
• Builds a culture of security
• Protects the company, assets, shareholders and directors
ISO 27001 Accreditation
Certification Europe is accredited by both INAB and UKAS to audit and certify organisations to ISO 27001:2013. This means that we have the authority, expertise and know-how to go into organisations and assess them against the requirements of ISO 27001.
The term ‘Accreditation’ can lead to confusion for organisations. To clarify, only certification bodies can be accredited for a standard. As an organisation, you are certified to a standard. As an accredited certification body, we certify our clients when they have successfully met the requirements of ISO 27001.
Accreditation is the process by which a certification body is recognised to offer certification services. In order to become accredited, Certification Europe is required to implement ISO 17021 which is a set of requirements for certification bodies providing auditing and certification of management systems. Certification Europe is audited annually by our accreditation bodies to ensure its services meet the exact requirements of the relevant accreditation standards.
Please visit Our Accreditation page for further information on our accreditation.
What industries implement ISO 27001?
ISO 27001 Certification is suitable for any organisation, large or small, in any sector. The standard is especially suitable where the protection of information is critical, such as in the banking, financial, health, public and IT sectors. The standard is also applicable to organisations which manage high volumes of data, or information on behalf of other organisations such as data centres and IT outsourcing companies.
ISO 27001:2013 Training
We provide both public and in-house training for any organisation implementing or assessing the Information Security Management System. If you wish to learn more about our training courses go to our dedicated training
Available courses:
• ISO 27001 Implementation
The information security management standard lasts for three years and is subject to mandatory audits to ensure that you are compliant. At the end of the three years, you will be required to complete a reassessment audit in order to receive the standard for an additional three years.
*Certification Review & Decision includes; granting, refusing, maintaining, renewing, suspending, restoring or withdrawing certification or expanding or reducing the scope of the certification.
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ISO 27701 – Privacy Information Management Systems
Demonstrate GDPR compliance with ISO 27701 & ISO 27001
ISO 27701 is the first international standard that deals with privacy information management. The standard will assist organisations to establish, main, improve a Privacy Information Management System (PIMS) by enhancing ISMS based on the requirements of the ISO 27001 and guidance of ISO 27002. It can be used by all organisation irrespective of their size, complexity or the country they operate.
