GDPR and ISO 27001

You might have heard, that GDPR is coming? Of course you have, and it would be very difficult not to have heard about GDPR as it almost resembles the good old Y2K days (if you are old enough to remember those days). With GDPR it seems to be a lot of common sense and...

Solid growth in ISO 27001 certifications world wide

Solid growth in ISO 27001 certifications is reported. The International Standards Organisation (ISO) reports a 20% rise in ISO 27001 certifications worldwide. ISO and IEC’s standard for information security, ISO/IEC 27001 saw a 20% increase to 27,536 certificates...

ISO 27001 and law firms

  ISO 27001 and law firms. As the BBC could report, a partner at Mossack Fonseca, the Panamanian law firm at the centre of a huge leak of confidential financial data, says it was the victim of a hack. Ramon Fonseca said the leak was not an “inside...

ISO 27001 Internal Audit

ISO 27001 Internal Audit. Part of running an effective ISO 27001 Information Security Management System (ISMS) is to run an effective internal audit programme. The purpose of the audit programme is make sure, that the ISMS conforms to your own requirements as well as...

ISO 27001 is also about people

ISO 27001 is also about people. Often when information security is discussed it centres around technology and IT, however although technology and products are very important, information security is very much about people as well. In fact it is probably reasonable to...