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The information security management system

Information security is now too important toapproach to information security, such
be left to the IT department. This is becauseorganizations have become threats to their
information security is now a business-levelmore  responsible  brethren.
issue:
The extent and value of electronic data are
Iformation is the lifeblood of any businesscontinuing to grow exponentially. The
today. Anything that is of value inside theexposure of businesses and individuals to its
organization will be of value to someonemisappropriation or destruction is growing
outside it. The board is responsible forequally quickly. The growth in computer and
ensuring that critical information, and theinformation related compliance and regulatory
technology that houses and process it, arerequirements reflects the threats associated
secure.with digital data. Directories have clear
compliance responsibilities that cannot be
Legislation and regulation is a governancemet by saying " The head of IT was supposed
issue. In the UK, the TurnBull Report clearlyto  have  dealt  with  that".
identifies the need for boards to control
risk to information and information systems.Ultimately, consumer confidence in dealing
Data protection, privacy, computer misuse andacross the web depends on how secure people
other regulations, different in differentbelive their personal data to be. Data
jurisdictions, are a boardroom issue. Bankssecurity, for this reason, matters to any
and financial sector organizations arebusiness with any form of web strategy, from
subject to the requirements of the Bank ofsimple business t consumer or business to
International Settlements ( BIS ) and thebusiness propositions through Enterprise
Basle 2 framework, whici includes informationResource Planning ( ERP ) systems to the use
and  IT  risk.of extranets and e-mail. It matters, too any
organization that depends on computers for
As the intellectual capital value ofits day-to-day existence or that may be
"information economy" organizationssubject to the provisions of Data Protection
increases, their commercial viability andAct. Even the freedom of Information Act
profitability, as well as their share,which ostensibly applies only to public
increasingly depend on the security,sector organizations, raises confidentiality
confidentiality and integrity of theirissue for any business that contracts with
information  and  information  assets.the  public  sector.
Threats  and  ConsequencesNewspapers and business magazines are full of
stories about hackers, viruses and online
The one area in which businesses of all sizesfraud. These are just the public tip of the
today enjoy a level playing field is indata insecurity iceberg. Little tends to be
information security: all businesses areheard about businesses that suffer profit
subject to the world-class threats, all offluctuations through computer failure, or
them are potentially betrayed by world-classbusinesses that fail to survive a major
software vulnerabilities and all of them areinterruption to their data and operating
subject to an increasingly comlex set ofsystems. Even less is heard about
computer and privacy related regulationsorganizations whose core operations are
around  the  world.compromised by the theft or loss of key
business data; usually they just disappear
While most organizations belive that theirquietly.
information systems are safe, the brutal
reality is that they are not. IndividualThis article was written by Stefan D. The
hardware, software, and vendor drivenowner  of  Ready  Business  and  Free  Games
solutions are not information security
systems. Not only is it extremely dangerousYou can republish or (re)print this article
for an organization to operate in today'sas long as you keep live the links above.
world without a systematic, strategic



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