ISO 27002 (ISO 17999) Archive
I talked, earlier this week, about the evident gap between the concern expressed (in the 2013 ISBS survey) by the majority of managers about cyber security and the fact that their organisations continue to be breached, and linked this to …
According to the recent ISBS 2013 Survey, 78% of large organisations were attacked by an unauthorised outsider last year (an increase from 73% the previous year), while 63% of small organisations were similarly attacked from outside – a big increase …
Cyber security costs money – but then, so does cyber insecurity – and the problem with data breach costs is that they are usually accompanied by even more expensive business disruption and reputation damage – often when you need it …
I’ve argued, for some time, that laptop and mobile device encryption should be an absolutely standard security measure – mobile devices will get lost or stolen, and boot disk encryption is the only realistic way of protecting against the risk …
The last few weeks have seen a spate of stories – in the national press as well as in the more specialist industry journals – bewailing the shortage of information security/cybersecurity skills. Here’s an idea: do a training course! Get …
Alan Calder
December 7, 2011
Business and the Economy, Compliance, Cyber Security, Data Breaches, Data Protection, ISO 27001, ISO 27002 (ISO 17999), IT Governance, IT Security, White Collar Crime
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 …
Alan Calder
November 22, 2011
Business and the Economy, Business Continuity, Compliance, Cyber Security, Data Breaches, Data Protection, ISMS, ISO 27001, ISO 27002 (ISO 17999), IT Governance, IT Security, Mobile Devices
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 …
It’s encouraging to see that a growing number of SMBs (small and medium businesses) are getting wise to the fact that they are as much at risk in cyber space as are larger organisations like Sony. More and more of our clients are asking …
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 …
Alan Calder
November 11, 2011
Business and the Economy, Business Continuity, Compliance, Cyber Security, Data Breaches, Data Protection, Disaster Recovery, ISMS, ISO 27001, ISO 27002 (ISO 17999), IT Governance, IT Security, PCI DSS, social media
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 …
