ISO 17799 Central: ISO 27001 and ISO 27002 (ISO17799)

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Sound information security is the cornerstone of sensible corporate governance. The emergence of an international standard to support this, was perhaps, inevitable. However, it took until the second half of the 1990's for this process to really take shape. ISO 17799 is often used as a generic term to describe what are actually two different documents: ISO17799 (aka ISO 27002), which is a set of security controls (a code of practice), and ISO 27001 (formerly BS7799-2), which is a standard 'specification' for an Information Security Management System (an ISMS). The information below is designed to introduce these documents, and help you take those first steps to understanding the standard, and how it could be implemented in your own organization.

ISO 17799 - The Information Security Standard
Introducing ISO17799 What are ISO 17799, ISO 27001 and BS7799? Where do they come from? What exactly do they contain?	The Starting Point How do I learn more about the standard? Where do I obtain a copy? What should be the first steps forward to align?
ISO 17799 Glossary Our comprehensive glossary of 17799 and information security terms and phrases.	The ISO27001 PDCA Cycle This explains the Plan-Do-Check-Act model (PDCA), which must be applied to the ISMS.
Certification Register A subset of certifications extracted from the Certification Register.	Newsletter Archive The ISO17799 Newsletter is the major publication for the standard... archived here!
Awareness, Compliance Or Certification?
There is little doubt that the security standard has in recent years reached a 'critical mass' threshold: meaning that it has established itself in so many major organizations that it has become self perpetuating. It is referenced in all sorts of places, and is becoming the common benchmark against which information security is measured. This does not necessarily mean full steam ahead to certification, however. In many case, there is simply no case for this: loose alignment, or verifyable 'compliance' with the standard is more than sufficient. It is important that these differences are understood. However far you wish to proceed with the standard, whether the brief is simply awareness, or whether it is certification, this portal will hopefully have proved to be extremely valuable.

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ISO17799 DOWNLOAD
ISO 17799 (and/or BS7799) should always be obtained from an official source.

Standards Direct (BSI) provides the standard as an instant download from the following page: ISO 17799 Download

ISO17799
TOOLKIT
The standards (both 17799 and 27001) can also be obtained as part of the ISO17799 Toolkit. This also comprises a series of support resources, such as aligned security policies, checklists, BIA questionnaires, presentations, etc.
It can be downloaded via the following website: ISO 17799 Toolkit

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