ISO 27001 certification and its maintenance

ISO 27001 certification and its maintenance

ISO 27001 certification and its maintenance

ISO 27001 certification and its maintenance

 

ISO 27001 primarily known as Information Security Management System (ISMS), with the current version of 2013 is a standard required by all companies may it be manufacturing or service. Information security becomes the most important requirement once the company starts growing. Growing company means more people, more customers, more assets and more data. Information security management system essentially work on safeguarding 3 essential attributes of any information asset, which are confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Advance Innovation Group helps the corporates in implementing information security management system within their organization

  • Confidentiality stand for restricting unauthorized access to the information assets which means only the authorized people should have access to what they have been authorized to use.
  • Integrity means completeness and correctness of the information available which means whatever information is available shall always be complete and correct.
  • Availability means the information should be available to the right people at the right time and the right place.

To get an organization ISO 27001 certified the requirements mentioned within the standard needs to be incorporated. These requirements are divided into 2 sections. First, are the clauses from clause number 4 to close number 10. Second are the controls which are 114 in total under the Annexure A. To get the requirements implemented a set of policies, procedures, and processes are created and subsequently ensured that these are being practiced and records are maintained to serve the purpose of conformity.

The most important requirement of this International standard is the creation of a risk register which consists of all the controls which have been developed and implemented within the system to ensure the CIA is not breached. Once the risk register has been created and all the controls have been listed these controls are then mapped with the 114 controls mentioned in Annexure A to ensure that no important control has been overlooked and subsequently the SOA (Statement of Applicability) document is created. The ISO 27001 experts at Advance Innovation Group will help you define a well-structured information security management system for your organization

Once the risk register has been created along with the other policies, procedures and processes and the implementation team is sure that the requirements have been met, the same gets verified by an internal audit team.

Once the internal audit is completed and if any gaps have been found there are then fixed and verified post which the organization gets in touch with the external agency also referred to as certification agency to get the external audit done.

There are many certification agencies available in the market and the organization is free to choose the one it wants to move ahead with. Post the external audit if everything goes well certificate is issued to the organization which shall be valid for 3 years subject to clearance of subsequent surveillance audit which shall happen once every year.

Post the completion of 3 years the certification shall be due for renewal. The organization can continue with the same certification agency or may choose a different one.

You can contact Advance Innovation Group and speak to the experts to have a better idea on ISO 27001 and take correct decisions.