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"Sue Thomas" <sue@the-hamster.com> wrote in message
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> ISO 27001 has, after months in final draft, finally been published as
> an official ISO standard.
>
> This particular standard defines an 'Information Security Management
> System' (commonly known as an ISMS), and compliments the existing ISO
> 17799 standard. It basically specifies a best practice framework for
> the design and maintenance of information security processes within an
> organization.
>
> The two standards are closely aligned and interlinked, but have very
> distinct roles:
>
> ISO 17799
> This lists many hundreds of individual and detailed security controls,
> which may be selected as part of the security management system.
>
> ISO 27001
> This specifies the overall requirements for the security management
> system itself. It is this document, as opposed to 17799, against which
> a certification route is offered. ISO 27001, which was built upon an
> earlier version of BS7799, has also been made more compatible with
> other management standards.
>
>
> THE GLOBAL IMPACT
> The publication of the new standard is likely to herald a rapid
> increase in interest in both information security generally and
> certification specifically. Organizations already certified via
> BS7799-2 will take a transitional route, whereas the international
> status of the new standard is certain to have an impact on the numbers
> following the certification or compliance route.
>
> This has already started to manifest itself in terms of the record
> number of pre-orders for the new standard, and the recent membership
> increases of the Online ISO 17799 User Group (located at
> http://www.17799.com).
>
>
> OFFICIAL SOURCES
> The new standard can be obtained via:
> StandardsDirect (BSI): http://17799.standardsdirect.org
>
> It will also be available via SNV shortly from the following page:
> Standards Online:
> http://www.standards-online.net/Info...tyStandard.htm
>
> Finally, the support kit for the standard has also been updated to
> reflect todays changes: http://www.17799-toolkit.com
>
>
>
> FURTHER INFORMATION
> Additional information on both these standards can be obtained from the
> ISO 17799 News website at:
> http://17799-news.the-hamster.com
>