ISO 27001 is an important part of the growing family of ISO standards, the ‘ISO 27000 series means information security management system (ISMS) that standard published in October 2005 by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).

Its full name is ISO/IEC 27001:2005 – Information technology — Security techniques — Information security management systems – Requirements. The Information Security Management System (ISMS) provides a systematic approach to manage sensitive information in order to protect it. It encompasses processes, employees and information systems. The objective of the standard itself is to “provide a model for establishing, maintaining, operating, monitoring, implementing, reviewing, and improving an Information Security Management System.

ISO 27001 defines comprehensive requirements for an ISMS that deals with all the technical and Human aspects of information security in all its operational procedures. Companies should get this action to show their partners and regulatory bodies that their processes are secure in handling important information. . ISO 27001 signifies for ISO 17799 and utilized for implementation guidance and includes an abstract of ISO 17799 as an appendix showing auditors the kinds of control to expect. The main objective of ISO 27001:2005 is to make available a common base for developing organizational information security policies and procedures.