Organisation, structure and human resources

This list includes the main controls off which the rest of the system hangs. There is a need for a corporate-level information security policy, which is a statement of the organisation’s commitment and objectives relating to information security.

This needs to be available to everyone affected by it, which (as described earlier) includes suppliers, business partners, customers and staff.

There is a need to define where responsibilities for information security lie within the organisation and for the required forums and review bodies to be in place to meet the needs of the ISMS.

The human resources required to undertake all tasks relating to and affecting information security need to be sourced and ...

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