ISO 27001 ISMS Compliance In Saudi Arabia: A Practical Guide

Filling out an ISO 27001 gap analysis is an important first step for an organization who is planning to get certified, as it shows how far an organization is from, and how current practice fails to meet the standard’s criteria. Best practice starts with setting the scope of the Information Security Management System (ISMS). You should know the parts of the organization, business processes and information assets to be included. Once the scope is stabilized, an organization needs to look at the organization’s policies, procedures, and technical controls and compare them with ISO 27001 Annex A to identify controls that are absent. The organization should seek input from IT, HR, operations, compliance, and legal. These practices are least appreciated and least appreciated in documentation reviews. Another best practice to gap is trying the gaps is prisma based approach. This is because ISO 27001 is a risk based standard therefore, unabling the business to focus on the elements that pose high risk to the confidentiality, integrity and availability of information ensures that best resources and best practices are used. After the gaps have been identified and ranked, the best practice is to in collaboration generate a realistic step down approach with timeliness, responsibility, and agreed indicators to step the team for the implementation and certification audit. Ultimately, the support of a certified ISO27001 compliance consultant and a reputable organization like PopularCert will easily be the best approach