ISO 27002 provides organizations with the assurance of knowing that they are protecting their information assets using criteria in harmonization with an internationally recognized standard. Benefits are applicable to organizations of all sizes and all security maturity levels, not only large enterprises.
ISO/IEC 27002 is a Code of Practice for Information Security Management standard. It provides best practice recommendations on information security management for use by those responsible for initiating, implementing or maintaining information security management systems (ISMS). The Code of Practice establishes guidelines and general principles for initiating, implementing, maintaining, and improving information security management in an organization.
Once the organization has performed an initial Baseline Benchmark then the results can be evolved into an on-going lifecycle benchmark process and ISO 27002 compliance measurement program. Performing benchmarks quickly and efficiently reduces the burden and enables timely reporting on progress, depending upon organization’s size that is quarterly, bi-annually or, annually. It can be used to demonstrate progress and trends in what has been achieved and what is left to do. The following is a high-level example ISO 27002 Compliance Lifecycle.
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Experience has shown that the following factors are often critical to the successful implementation of information security within an organization: