Why you need an ISMS?

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An ISMS (Information Security Management System) is a framework which help you manage yor your organisation’s information security.

It enables you to assess, manage, monitor, review and improve your information security practices. 

With an ISMS you will develop policies, procedures, guidelines and controls to meet three objectives of information security: 

1. Confidentiality: 

You will ensure that your data can only be accessed by authorized people. 

2  Integrity:

You will keep your data accurate and complete, where they will only be modified in an authorized manner only.

3. Availability: 

You will make sure that your data can be accessed when it’s required.

Further more an ISMS :

Help you protect various forms of data including  intellectual property, data on cloud, company secrets, data on devices and hard copies and personal information.

Reduce your cyber attack surface and increase your attack resilience

Reduce your information security costs with risk assessment and adding defensive controls.

You will be able to respond to evolving security threats by adapting to changes in organisation and cyber security environment.

Implement an  organisation-wide protection from cyber security threats.

Niranjan Meegammana


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