IT Governance: An International Guide to Data Security and ISO27001/ISO27002. Cet article n’est pas disponible.IT Governance: An International Guide to Data Security and ISO27001/ISO27002

For many companies, their intellectual property can often be more valuable than their physical assets. Having an effective IT governance strategy in place can protect this intellectual property, reducing the risk of theft and infringement. Data protection, privacy and breach regulations, computer misuse around investigatory powers are part of a complex and often competing range of requirements to which directors must respond. There is increasingly the need for an overarching information security framework that can provide context and coherence to compliance activity worldwide.

IT Governance is a key resource for forward-thinking managers and executives at all levels, enabling them to understand how decisions about information technology in the organization should be made and monitored, and, in particular, how information security risks are best dealt with.

The development of IT governance - which recognises the convergence between business practice and IT management - makes it essential for managers at all levels, and in organizations of all sizes, to understand how best to deal with information security risk. The new edition has been full updated to take account of the latest regulatory and technological developments, including the creation of the International Board for IT Governance Qualifications. IT Governance also includes new material on key international markets - including the UK and the US, Australia and South Africa.

Steve Watkins is Corporate Services Manager of HMCPSI and was Head of Quality and Operations at Focus Central London and was, before that, Quality Manager at Business Link. Alan Calder and Steve Watkins were responsible for one of the first companies (BLLCP) to achieve BS 7799 registration when the standard was first promulgated in 1996. They have aided other organisations since then to implement effective information security management systems, and have been involved in the development of both the accredited certification scheme and related training standards.

Steve Watkins is also director at IT Governance, Chair of the ISO/IEC 27001 User Group - the UK Chapter of the ISMS International User Group - and contracted Technical Assessor for UKAS, assessing certification bodies offering ISMS/ISO 27001 and ITSMS/ISO 20000-1 accredited certification. He sits on the UK national standards body's technical committees RM/1 (risk management), IST/33 (information technology - security techniques) and sub-committee IST/33/1 (information security management systems), and is Chair of IST/33/1 Panel 2 (certification and audits), which is responsible for the UK's contributions to standards including ISO 27006, 27007, 27008 and 27021.