In today's knowledge economy, organisations are amassing huge amount of information about their customers, products, employees, research and marketing and sales status. Information is an important business asset and any breach to its confidentiality, availability and integrity will have immense impact on an organisation's business standing.
ISO 27001 is an internationally well-recognised, auditable, information security management standard. It defines a top-down, business driven, and risk-based framework for organisations to develop their information security management systems (ISMS). The standard is adopted by many public- and private-sector organisations worldwide as guidelines for their information security management practices.
Obtaining an ISO 27001 certification enables an organisation to:
- demonstrate its commitment to implementing a high level of security to protect its critical systems against security threats
- provide to its stakeholders and customers an independent 3rd party view of their due diligence in security management and their adherence to information security best practices
ISO 27001 Certification Grant Scheme, an initiative under the Infocomm Security Masterplan (MP2), aims to raise the awareness of ISO 27001 and encourage the adoption of ISO 27001 among organisations.
For more information about the programme and its application process, please contact:
Kong Pei Wee (Ms)
Manager, Emerging Standards - Technology & Planning Group
Tel: +65 6211 0613
E-mail: kong_pei_wee@ida.gov.sg
ISO 27001 Series of Talks
To raise information security professionals' awareness of ISO 27000 series of standards and provide practical insights on the implementation strategies and issues of ISO 27001, the Information Technology Standards Committee (ITSC) and Association of Information Security Professionals (AISP) are co-organising a series of ISO 27001 talks. The ISO 27001 talks will be held once every month from April 2010 to September 2010. Please refer to www.itsc.org.sg for the details.
Purchase of the ISO 27001 Standard
You can purchase the ISO 27001 standard from this URL: http://www.singaporestandardseshop.sg/Product/ProductView.aspx?id=4989d0ff-4628-48e3-8d86-db3794452f79
