Companies pursue this certification because it reflects a dedication to information security compliance, which gives customers confidence, enhances brand reputation, and gives them a leg up on the competition. This certification also ensures that organizations follow best practices regarding data security policies, such as access control and incident responses. Ultimately, it gives the company peace of mind knowing it’s enforcing up-to-date measures to protect sensitive data.
This enhanced security isn’t just essential for keeping your customers happy. Failing to keep your data safe puts you at risk for financial and legal consequences.
Data breaches are expensive, but maintaining ISO 27001 certification ensures your organization is doing everything it can to protect data. This decreases your risks of a breach while increasing your chances of impressing insurers.
What can our ISO 27001 consultants do for you? The first step is conducting a risk assessment. During this assessment, we look for any potential risks in your existing information security management system and show you how to minimize them.
We’ll also help you organize and implement the various policies necessary to be ISO 27001 compliant. These policies range from employee background checks to security practices your team should follow. Our goal here is to make it obvious to the auditor that you not only have these policies in place but also enforce them.
Our experts will even help train your team on crucial cybersecurity skills, like knowing how to identify a phishing email and create secure passwords.
In short, our goal is to prepare you for your audit and work closely with you throughout the process.
We don’t want to just get you ready for the audit and help you pass with flying colors. We want to give your organization all the tools it needs to succeed in continuing to keep essential data secure. Our team members work closely with yours to answer questions and provide specialized guidance that makes the ISO 27001 certification process more straightforward.
We’ll even represent you during your audit so we can expedite the process and allow you to focus on other important areas of your business.
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Cyber Maturity Model Certification is specifically for government contractors, while any type of organization can pursue ISO 27001 certification.
Hiring an ISO 27001 consultant allows for a streamlined compliance process, increased chances of audit success, and access to specialized expertise. Contact Genius GRC to learn more!
A gap analysis compares your existing information security management system against ISO 27001 requirements to find potential deficiencies. Identifying these deficiencies before the audit allows you to address them first and increase your chances of ISO 27001 certification.
The main steps of ISO 27001 certification are preparation, risk assessment, implementation of security controls, and the certification audit.