Nine Steps to Success: an ISO 27001 Implementation Overview

ISO 27001:2005 replaced the information security standard BS7799-2 from October 2005. Read the world's first practical guidance on achieving ISO 27001 certification and the 9 essential steps to an effective ISMS implementation - 9 critical steps that are the absolute difference between project success and abject failure. Contents include: . how to get management and board buy-in; . how to get cross-organizational, cross functional buy-in; . the gap analysis: how much do you really need to do? . how to integrate with ISO9001 and other management systems; . use consultants or do it youself? . the PDCA cycle; . risk assessment methodologies and tools; . the documentation challenges; Alan Calder, the author of "IT Governance: a Manager's Guide to Data Protection and BS7799/ISO17799", led one of the first successful BS7799 certification efforts in the world. He also belongs to the committee of experts of a global certification body. This book contains the experience and secrets drawn from many successful BS7799 implementations