Information Security Management System

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Abstract
The main purpose if the Information System to controls the information security risk of
the company. However IS budget no limitless to increase on high investments to controls
implements controls of the companies? There mainly forced on how can these controls
more effectiveness to the organization.
The way how to achieve these analysis which use to regulate the security controls to be
implemented. The risk of the control to analyze what the critical impacted areas which
used to monitored. The levels of risk colleague to measure effectiveness of the risk
controls of the organization information security process.




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Contents
1 Introduction ................................................................................................................... 3
2 Information System....................................................................................................... 3
3 Information Security ..................................................................................................... 4
3.1 Confidentiality ....................................................................................................... 4
3.2 Integrity .................................................................................................................. 4
3.3 Availability............................................................................................................. 5
4 Information Security Management System (ISMS) ..................................................... 5
4.1 What is ISMS? ....................................................................................................... 5
4.1.1 Policy Statements ............................................................................................ 5
4.2 Why we need ISMS? ............................................................................................. 6
4.3 ISO/IEC 27001:2005 International Standard Implementation .............................. 7
4.4 Advantages of the ISMS certification to organization ......................................... 11
5 Risk Assessing Information Security .......................................................................... 12
6 Measurement Control Cost ......................................................................................... 13
7 Conclusion & Recommendation ................................................................................. 15
8 References ................................................................................................................... 16




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1 Introduction
The risk and the volatility of business in local and international environments have made the
information systems evolve rapidly in business incorporate aspect. The method which need to
make assigned resources to make the proper budget to implementation the system in the
organization. Because of the objectives which are used on measuring the security process, make
the risk to minimize which would eventually determine the effectiveness of implementation and
control. The security controls which are used to justify the budget and recover the existing
controls of the cost. This report discusses on the principles of analysis on Information Security
Management System, illustrates and defines the scope of measurement of the information in
company process.
2 Information System
Every organization is highly dependent on its information system. This involves data processing
and reproducing of the information. Management of Information System brings has become one
of the key areas that effect to growth of the existing business.
I S integrated users system to providing information to make use support operations, the
decision making business function in the company? The hardware and software manual
requirements of the system specification manuals, analysis the model diagrams, planning the
system controls, and database management systems. ( David & Olson 2000).
Information System offer the business to depend to take care the quality, maintainable and secure
the system. The operation make easier the out
sider to make the impact the company
policies. This make directly spoil the brand
name and the entire business. Therefore
information security composes a major factor
of information system.

Figure 2.1 I nformation system

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3 Information Security
Information Security is the practice of defending the unauthorized access of the computer stored
data which has been increased on the recent past and has correspondingly effected information to
be used incorporated with security technology, products, policies and procedures. The collection
of the products make more solve the security issues which confronted in the company. The
technology and reliance on the industry best practices is mandatory in both ways to achieve
success on task. The physical products like firewalls, vulnerability scanners and detection system
controls are not sufficient enough to protect the company system boundaries.
As a result information security makes the process of keeping information secure in
Confidentially, I ntegrity and Availability (CIA) to benchmark the evaluation system secure. The
CIA principles make guarantees system or device to be protected and also relate to cross the
security analysis to data encryption from cyber space.
3.1 Confidentiality
Confidentiality is hide information from unauthorized people or users. Unauthorized parties
cannot view data or information without permission from relevant administrator. The CIA aspect
covered when come to security. The encryption and cryptography technologies use to secure
information from intruders. The data is transferred from one location to another location using
encrypted USB drivers to move data. This enables high level of security to protect data.
3.2 Integrity
Integrity ensures that data in accuracy not damage in its the original format. This includes the
source of origin integrity of the data, which data become the persons actual information or
entity. The information reproduced under the same structure
generates duplicate data in reliability. However integrity of
information includes these systems to preserve short of corruption
or destroy entire system.
Figure 3.1 I nformation Security Benchmark

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3.3 Availability
The availably refers the predictably of information and resources. The information not available
when at need is the Information none at all. This depends on how applicable the organization
functions of the computer systems and also the infrastructure of the company policies. The
modern functions of business are totally dependent of the information system functionality. It
could not operate without the specific protocols. Availably like supplementary aspects security
procedures can mainly affect the technical issues which organizations face on this manner. E.g.
multifunction fragments of the computer communication methods and hardware and software
requirements. Increasing use of external services to provide, the new technologies to companies
and getting expose security breach as threats
4 Information Security Management System (ISMS)
4.1 What is ISMS?
The Information Security Management System (ISMS) is a systematic based structural approach
which manages to ensure information that exists to be secure. ISMS implication system includes
process, policies, procedures, software and hardware functions and organization structures. This
primarily forces company objectives and security risk requirements, based on employee process
structure.
4.1.1 Policy Statements

The information security management system policies frame work define the guidelines
principles and produces on how accountable and how to safeguard the information system.
This includes the policy, supporting contracts policy, code of ethics and best practices

This mainly defines confidentiality, integrity and availability of the secure documentation
and that generated behalf of third party agreements on supporting ISO27001 certification in
the ISMS information technology requirements.

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To meet requirements of the ISO 27001 credentials generates agreements, contracts and
procedures to establish the Information Security Management System. ISMS has systematic
reviews progress risk management framework.

The acknowledgement of the principles
consistent with vision and mission of the
organization goals, the business plan and
strategic plans and contractual
requirements. The comments will be
added to the business plan in risk
management.


Figure 4.1.1 I nformation Security Benchmark
4.2 Why we need ISMS?
Information system provides the base for an organization to understand the structure and network
architecture on to exposure with security vulnerabilities such as physical, logical and
environmental security threats which comes from wide range. The increasing number of security
vulnerabilities on the company boundaries has made to breach the organization policies and
resources.
Achieving I nformation Security make encounters to the organization that cannot stand
Achieve over Technology Alone. The risk approach generates
business strategy for the business operations.
Thus the information security management is the methodology
to defend information from intruders. I SO/I EC 27001:2005
I nternational Standard use I SMS need to protect the
information systematically.

Figure 4.1 I SMS Risk Management
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4.3 ISO/IEC 27001:2005 International Standard Implementation
ISO/IEC 27001 is one major requirement in Information Security Management System. There it
specifies implementation, monitoring, establishing, reviewing and operation are main forces in
the organization overall business process. In the ISMS it based on the following aspects Plan-
DO-Check-Act model process cycle.









Figure 4.2 ISO/IEC 27001:2005 Cycle

The objective of the each step are as following;
Plan: information security policies and risk management objectives establish to recover
in level of the risk experience.
Do: the security control implement in ISMS agreement with firm information policy and
measure security objectives.
Check: The measure of the process and evaluate process perform to control compared to
the rules and regulation guidelines.
Act : The preventive action based on the outcomes and that verifies with the
implementation expand with ISMS

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The process of the company implement security control policies and required measurements for
the risk base to acceptable levels in the organization. The company management does not have
proper knowledge on how to implement rules and procedures relate to performance to their
business information security controls. Information security program identify the risk process of
the business and measures to develop effectiveness control according to ISO 27001international
standard.
In ISO 27001 standards in ISMS code of practice, catalogue provides control that make
implementation ISMS. The control mainly divided in to 3 categories they are, 11 Security
Domain, 39 Control Objectives and 133 Controls areas in ISO 27001.

Figure 4.3.1 I SO/I EC 27001Security Domains
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1. Security policy
I nformation security policy objectives: Provide management support to decision related
information security business requirements with law and regulations.
2. Organization information of security
I nternal objectives: Manage information security methods with the organization.
External objectives: Maintain the information processing security in the organization
and manage the external parties.
3. Asset management
Responsibilities for assets objectives: maintain and achieve the objectives goals in
the organization.
I nformation classification objectives: Ensure information accepts security control
levels.
4. Human resources security
Former employment objectives: Ensure that employee, contract basic and intern
employees understand their roles of responsibilities for their duties.
During the employment objectives: Ensure all the employees are aware of the
information security threats and also their liability to organization information
security policy to minimize the human risks.
Termination of employment objectives: Employee exits from the organization and
change the access controls which he has.

5. Physical & Environment security
Security areas objectives: unauthorized physical security access prevent, minimize
damage and physical interfaced of information.
Apparatus security objectives: Avoid loss damage of the assets and equipment which
compromise the organization controls activities.

6. Communication & Operation management
Operational responsibilities objective: Understand of the information operation facility in
secure business process. The third party implementation and the maintenance of the
information system in line with third party agreement.
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7. Information systems, development and maintenance
Security requirement maintenance objectives: The security available, integrity parts add in
information system. Prevent errors, loss damages, and unauthorized access of the
information system.

8. Information security incident management
Management of information incident security improvements objectives: Ensure the
effective approach of the management information security incidents consistence and also
information system communication timely corrective.

9. Information security incident management
Report information security & incident management objectives: The information security
events which use to associate with the communication systems and the weakness of the
system allow by timely to truthful the action to be take that event. Thus the effective
approach to applied information security incident which related to the relevant measures.


10. Business control management
I nformation security characteristics to business continuity management objective: The
interruption of the business activities to defend the critical business areas process that can
be happen major failures of the management system controls.

11. Compliance
Compliance of legal requirements objectives: breaches the security law valuations to avoid
and contractual responsibly of the security requirements and also the information structural
policies and standards
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Figure 4.3.2 ISO reach the goals
4.4 Advantages of the ISMS certification to organization
Provide the operational process of the information security plan in the organization
Provide best practices on independence to manage the organization conformity
Information security enhance with the authority with the organization
Issue evidence and assurance to the organization to reach the standards requirements
The organization enhance the global arranging and company reputation
Information security authority with the policy of the organization
Escalation levels of information security
Framework for legal and regulatory requirements
Provide commencements to secure business
Provide comparative edge
Reduce the time and effort internal and external audits



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5 Risk Assessing Information Security
Information security Risk Management System (RMS) was integrated in U.S government in
1999. This RMS provides risk management cycle with following charters;









Figure 5.1 Risk Management System Cycle

Risk Assessment: The concept of the decision making information need to understand the
factors which affect the operation of the input and output of the company processes. This
includes identification of threats on the estimated chance of the occurrence. The base of the
past data which identifies the value of the concept of the assets that may be occur potential
victims, identify the cost enrolments to take action for risk results and proper implementation
results controls. (U.S. Government Accountable office 1999)

Implementation policies controls: Each identified risk assessments that made classified
information process as high impact of the company processes. The company should make
relevant policies to implement and control to moderate the risk levels to be acceptable. (U.S.
Government Accountable office 1999)

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Monitor & evaluate: The organization specially handle the critical risk factors to evaluate
the potential levels of experience. The elements to determine the controls of the factors its
behavior over the time. However the assessing can be difficult to implements the data for
influence the risk and root course continually change. (U.S. Government Accountable office
1999)
Promote awareness: Can minimize the weakness if the users have the know-how. The user
meeting, workshops and introductions to acknowledged them. There can reduce the impact of
the damage policy of the risk management in the organization. (U.S. Government
Accountable office 1999)
Above steps explained the budget constraint in the information security; how to add value of the
organization and measure the productivity of security controls required to reduce the risk
reduction. The fundamental exercise used to access the risk and that can quantity efficient has a
number of cost in the organization.
6 Measurement Control Cost
When implementation the series of cost when required to investment in the technology
processes. There several segments has to cover the barriers to achieve the goals, the process are:










Figure 6.1 Security Measurement Control Cost
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Technology investment: Minimize the risk technology section and the device infrastructure
of the firewall, alarm system recognition, anti-malwares protections and thus generate the
large number of data which need to process the devices on unsuccessfully or unsuccessfully
explicit controls. (U.S. Government Accountable office 2005 edited)

Speculation of the people: When the people work with the ISMS implementation they must
aware their job roll in managements information security. Users can have access to deployed
information for time implementation process with minimize the threats recognitions. This
motivate the people conducting the workshops, training programs give understand how to
control the security performance in the organization. (U.S. Government Accountable office
2005 edited)

Processes: Information security describes the changes of the work floor and implements the
security controls visibly protected in order to produce information. The performance based
on information security policies that describes the areas of the building process in terms of
the information security policies in the organization boundaries. (U.S. Government
Accountable office 2005 edited)


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7 Conclusion & Recommendation

ISO 27001 standard was accepted to the organizations to reduce the security risks that may affect
the company information assets system. The external and internal restrictions which could be
encountered include the budget, operational functional specifications and procedures. When the
security controls allow implements the system there also the cost operative will not challenge the
financial business segments. As a results of the risk analysis and identification of the controls
which used to implement in the scope of the boundaries.
The environment of the measurement of the employee to try to measure the effectiveness control.
The key words of the security matrix define the accurate definition of the domain controls which
are used to explore security risk of the company. The measurement permits the identification of
the current status of the organization that should be clearly express the security risk policies.
Determine the trends which make essential to make time intervals of the record of the
information.




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