ISO27001 BENEFITS

ISO27001 should be a goal for all organisations, not just from an information security perspective, but for business as well.

A few of the information security benefits include:
  Better protection of the company's confidential information

  Acknowledged globally as the Information Security management standard

  A reduction in security breaches savings costs in terms of fines, share price, legal action, lost data, embarrassment to name a few

  Reduces operational risk by mitigating vulnerabilities

  Reduced risk of hacker attacks

  Ensures staff, who statistically cause most breaches, are trained in information security

The business benefits include:
  Increased mutual confidence between partners & perception of your organisation

  Winning of contracts in that business partners' know you are more secure

  Conformance with legal, regulatory, and statutory requirements, such as the Data Protection Act, Sarbanes-Oxley, Basel II, HIPAA, Gramm-Leach-Bliley (GLBA), California SB1386, as well as many other laws, regulations and industry best practices

  Improves business continuity by minimizing internal and external risks

  Reduces liability risk and demonstrates due diligence.

  Lower business and cyber insurance premiums.