ISO 27002 (ISO 17999) Archive

EU Commission and UK Cyber Security Strategy

While the UK cyber security strategy, published last week, is full of good stuff, it is lacking in one key area: compulsion. My view on this was quite widely reported last week: if UK organisations won’t take adequate action to protect …

Analysis of Information Commissioner Cases

We carried out an analysis of the data breach cases which led to the UK’s Information Commissioner extracting an undertaking from the organisation concerned. Over the last 18 months (May 2010 – mid-November 2011), this is the breakdown of 85 …

Increase infosec spending – reduce cyber damages

A recently published study into Global 2000 IT-spending intentions identified that 39% of corporations are spendng more on information security this year, with 37% planning to increase spending in 2012. With cyber security identified as a key strategic threat facing organisations …

ITG 5 (IT Governance: a Manager’s Guide – 5th Edition) completed!

At the end of October, we submitted the manuscript of the 5th Edition of our best-selling book on implementing an ISO27001 Information Security Management System (ISMS) to our external publisher, Kogan Page. It should be in bookshops across the world in Spring …