Tag Archives: ISO 17799 Security

Effective Information Security Policy Management – Part 1

How mature is your information security policy program? Do you have a set of outdated documents stored in a binder or intranet site? Or do you have a documented management program that keeps your policies up to date, your users informed and your internal auditors sleeping at night? This is the first article in the [...]

Regulatory Requirements for Information Security Policies

Some organizations still receive little management support or funding for a sound information security policy program. Within the last several years, however, numerous federal, state and international regulations have been passed that require the protection of information. Many organizations are now enhancing their information security policies in response to legal and regulatory requirements. In some […]

COBIT or ISO17799?

Many organizations just getting started with information security policies ask us the question: Should we use ISO 17799 (now ISO 27002) or COBIT? The answer, of course, is that it depends on what you are trying to accomplish. In fact, they are not mutually exclusive, but can be used together. The basic difference between COBIT […]