ISO 27001

What is ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Information Security Management System (ISMS)?

ISO/IEC 27001:2022 specifies the requirements for establishing, implementing, operating, monitoring, reviewing, maintaining and improving a documented Information Security Management System within the context of the organization's overall business risks. It specifies requirements for the implementation of security controls customized to the needs of individual organizations or parts thereof.

ISO/IEC 27001:2022 provides a risk-based framework for selecting, implementing, reviewing, and improving security controls that are appropriate to the organization's scope and risks.

ISO/IEC 27001:2022 is intended to be suitable for several different types of use, including:

• Use within organizations to formulate security requirements and objectives;
• Use within organizations as a structured way to manage information-security risks;
• Use within organizations to identify and address applicable legal, regulatory, and contractual requirements;
• Use within an organization as a process framework for the implementation and management of controls intended to support the information-security objectives of an organization;
• The definition of new information security management processes;
• Identification and clarification of existing information security management processes;
• Use by the management of organizations to determine the status of information security management activities;
• Use by the internal and external auditors of organizations to determine the degree of conformity with the policies, directives and standards adopted by an organization;
• Use by organizations to provide relevant information about information security policies, directives, standards and procedures to trading partners and other organizations with whom they interact for operational or commercial reasons;
• Implementation of business-enabling information security;
• Use by organizations to provide relevant information about information security to customers.

Benefits of ISO/IEC 27001:2022 ISMS

• Demonstrate commitment to information security to clients and other stakeholders.
• Provide organized evidence for customer assurance and independent assessment.
• Establish response, recovery, and improvement processes for information-security events.
• Structured and recognized risk based methodology to information security.
• Define employee responsibilities and awareness needs for information security.
• Monitor, audit, and review the ISMS against defined objectives and requirements.
• Integrate applicable legal and contractual requirements into the ISMS without replacing specialist legal advice.
• Support independent certification as one way to demonstrate conformity to ISO/IEC 27001:2022.

How ISO IRAQ supports ISO/IEC 27001 implementation and readiness

ISO IRAQ supports organizations in Iraq with practical ISO/IEC 27001 implementation. Work can include scope definition, asset and risk assessment, Statement of Applicability development, documented controls, staff awareness, internal audit, management review, corrective actions, and readiness checks before the independent certification-body audit.

ISO/IEC 27001:2022 implementation and readiness activities

We provide assistance to:

• Systematically examine organization's information security risks, threats and vulnerabilities
• Review existing information security programs and systems (Gap analysis)
• Identify applicable laws and regulations
• Establish information security policy and objectives
• Design and develop coherent information security controls and strategies
• Identify documentation requirements
• Train personnel
• Implement new programs such as internal audit and management review
• Prepare records and corrective actions before the independent certification-body audit

Implementation, internal-audit support, and training

• ISO/IEC 27001:2022 ISMS overview training
• ISO/IEC 27001:2022 implementation for SMEs
• Developing ISMS documentation
• ISMS internal auditor training