BS 7799 is a standard setting out the requirements for an Information Security Management System. It helps identify, manage and minimize the range of threats to which information is regularly subjected.

Information is perhaps your company's most valuable asset. The more your business grows, the greater your need to control it. Developments in technology increase the potential for managing these higher volumes of information ' but with their advantages they also bring risks. As a precious resource, information must be safeguarded.

ISO 17799 is the Code of Practice for Information Security Management Systems. Because it is a Code, it is made up of best practice recommendations, which can be applied to fit each organization's specific requirements.

BS 7799: Part 2 is the Specification for Information Security Management Systems. It specifies requirements for establishing, implementing and documenting Information Security Management systems. Section 4 of BS 7799: Part 2 contains 127 controls divided into 10 sections.

The standard is applicable to all organisations that hold or process information or are concerned with data management. It would be of particular value to Financial and Banking sector, Government, Healthcare services, eBusiness and any customer facing organisations that hold personal, commercial or sensitive information.

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