White Papers for International Standards Organization (ISO) 27002 (17799)

ISO 17799 Pay Attention to this One: Executive Insight Series

System Experts Corporation

Interestingly, the perspective of an ISO 17799 analysis is as a service provider to a customer. That means that most organizations will need to do a number of pair-wise assessments. In large organizations
that may have many business partners or that utilize a large number of ASPs, this pair-wise assessment
requirement becomes impractical. In addition, it makes formal certification exceedingly expensiveISO currently offers the best promise of the long sought objective standard for information security. It will help
many organizations realize that there is more to security than simply installing a firewall.
Even with its obvious deficiencies in the area of certification, the process of assessing compliance and working to resolve control weaknesses will benefit most organizations.

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