ISO 27001 - Never play with the security of your crucial information

It is very convenient to store information in the age of technological advancement that we are on right now. It may be stored in-house or outsourced. The information could be related to the customer or even the company itself. It could be written information or in electronic form. The information can include financial details, employee details, intellectual property or any kind of information entrusted to an organization by a third party.

But, with growing risk of cyber-attacks, data theft and other malpractices related to information, it was required to have a well-managed security system for information.

The Iso 27001 is the standard that provides all the requirements of the information security management system (ISMS). Its aim is to implement, monitor, maintain and improve information security. The system enhances resilience to any kind of attack to the information stored within an organization, thus protecting the data. It ensures data is accessible only to people who are authorized to do so. It also makes sure that no modification can take place without proper authorization.

Benefits of ISO 27001:

The ISO 27001 certification not only increases the data security of an organization but also it comes with a lot more benefits. Some of them include –

• Resilience to attack- The basic criteria or aim for the certification is to increase the resilience of an organization to any kind of data breach.
• Protection of data- It also aims to protect data crucial to anyone, whether it is digital or in the form of hard copy.
• Quality improvement- It makes sure that there is constant process within the organization to improve quality of the security infrastructure. This also means that there are technological up gradation within the organization.
• Compliance to quality- The certification ensures that the organization is compliant to the quality standard set by it.
• Improvement in culture- It makes sure that the culture within the organization is constantly improving.
• Meeting requirements- The certification also ensures that the organization meets the requirements set up by the local regulatory as well.
• Reliability- It enhances the credibility and trustworthiness of an organization making it much more reliable among public.
• Brand Image- The certification enhances the brand value and corporate image of an organization. This helps hugely in building a reputation and in extending business further.
• Satisfaction - It ensures that all the certified organization is up to the mark in their operation. That brings customer satisfaction.

Organizations requiring the certification:

Almost all businesses can have their certification which enhances their data security. But it is very crucial for some of the sectors. Some of them are listed below-

• IT sector- In today’s world IT companies are the most important part of information network. They store a huge amount of public data within their system. These data ranges from personal to financial and even health related ones. All of these are obviously very crucial to their respective owners. For this, the threat to data stored in IT companies is very critical.
• Banking Sector and Financial Sector- Both banking and financial sector store very crucial data related to the customers. These can range from customer address to their personal account number and so on. Any harm to these can lead to a financial loss for the customer. Hence, it is required for this sector to implement data security.
• Hospitals- Hospitals store data related to the health about their patients. This health related data are extremely critical and crucial to the patients. In the hands of wrong people they can be really harmful. They also store their personal data, especially addresses. All of these require a secure environment.
• Public Sectors and data centers- Both public sectors and data centers store crucial information and are needed to implement the ISMS.
• Any other sector where crucial information is stored

Role of Ascent EMIRATES in ISO 27001 certification:

Ascent EMIRATES is a leading consultancy for the ISO 27001 standard in UAE. It comes with twenty two years of experience in successfully consulting various organizations around the world. It is based in Dubai. Ascent EMIRATES also has its presence in Sharjah, Abu Dhabi, Ras-al Khaimah, Ajman, Al Ain and Fujairah. It has an enormous network of experienced consultants and has been involved in thousands of successful certifications throughout the world. It helps an organization in understanding requirements of the certification.

It works with large organizations as well as SMEs. Ascent EMIRATES, through its effective advisory, helps organizations to cut down the ISO 27001 certification cost. It also trains personnel within the organization on the conformity needs and procedure of certification.

So, to get certified with ISO 27001, contact Ascent EMIRATES, one of the leading ISO 27001 certification services in Dubai.

Ascent has strong specialization in ISO Certification with over decades on handling clients globally. Our auditors work both smart and hard to implement proven technical frameworks ensuring your company to keep up with complying ISO standards in UAE.