Information Security Management Systems

Keeping sensitive company information and personal data safe and secure is not only essential for any business, but a legal imperative. Many organisations do this with the help of an information security management system (ISMS). Now, the international guidance standard for auditing an ISMS has…

BSI’s Global Centre of Excellence for Cyber Security and Information Resilience has forecast five key trends across the cyber security landscape for 2020. They focus on multi-factor authentication attacks, third party/supplier risk management, ongoing privacy assurance, advanced hacking techniques and security in the cloud. Multi-factor…

Security services provider Wilson James has successfully sought and achieved accreditation to ISO 27001. This latest accreditation demonstrates Wilson James’ overriding commitment to continuous improvement and raising standards of service delivery for those industries served by the business. ISO 27001 (formally known as ISO/IEC 27001:2005) is a specification…

In our hyper-connected, technology-driven world, data breaches and cyber attacks remain a significant threat to organisations. On the basis that a lack of awareness of the risks involved is often to blame for data breaches, a newly-revised standard has been introduced to assist today’s organisations.…

The new business stream entitled ‘Cyber Security and Information Resilience’ represents a consolidation of Espion into the British Standards Institution’s (BSI) Professional Services operation, also demonstrating the BSI’s commitment to building a robust portfolio in this domain having acquired UK cyber security and assurance expert Info-Assure…

Esoteric, the specialist global counterespionage and technical surveillance countermeasures (ie electronic bug sweeping) business, has announced that, in the wake of a rigorous evaluation of its information security processes, the company has now been granted the prestigious ISO 27001 certification by the British Standards Institution…

BSI, the business standards company, has announced the acquisition of Info-Assure Ltd*, a leading provider of cyber security and information assurance to clients in the Government, defence, policing, banking, retail and energy sectors. Info-Assure Ltd will now become an operating subsidiary of BSI Professional Services, and is…

IQ Verify has gained approval from the United Kingdom Accreditation Service to certificate to ISO 27001, the standard for Information Security Management. Information Security Management Systems (ISMS) provide a framework of policies and procedures that include a range of legal, physical and technical controls for an organisation’s…

The British Standards Institution (BSI) has just announced the acquisition of Espion Ltd and Espion UK, experts at managing and securing corporate information and headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. The deal will see Espion become an operating subsidiary of BSI’s Professional Services business function and operate under the name ‘Espion – A…