ISO IEC 27001 2005

INFORMATION SECURITY GAP ANALYSIS TOOL

Our Gap Analysis Tool will tell you what you need to do to comply with
the ISO 27001 2005 information security management standard. Our tool
will pinpoint the gaps that exist between the new standard and your
current security practices. Once you know exactly where your gaps are,
you can take steps to fill them. By using this approach, you will not only
comply with the standard, but you will also improve the performance
of your information security management system (ISMS).

Our Gap Analysis Tool assumes that your organization already has an
information security management system (ISMS) and that all you need
to do is make incremental changes in order to ensure that it complies
with the standard.

ISO 27001 is made up of security management requirements.
It contains two kinds of information security requirements:

1. Methodological requirements

2. Security control requirements

Sections 4 to 8 contain methodological requirements.  We refer to them
as methodological requirements because they tell you how to develop
and manage an information security management system (without telling
you what kind of controls ought to make up the system). According to
ISO 27001, you must meet each one of these methodological requirements
if you wish to claim that your ISMS complies with the new standard. Since
these methodological requirements tell you how to reach your destination
(an ISMS), you can think of them as a general roadmap.

ISO 27001 Annex A contains two kinds of security control requirements:
control objectives and security controls. These control requirements were
copied directly from ISO 27002 2005 (sections 5 to 15). We refer to them
as security control requirements because they pinpoint the controls
that ought to make up an information security management system.
Since these security control requirements tell you what your ISMS
should look like, you can think of them as a general blueprint.

According to ISO IEC 27001, you may exclude or ignore Annex A
control objectives and controls whenever they address risks that
you can live with and whenever doing so will not impair your ability
or obligation to meet all relevant legal and security requirements.

Since the ISO 27001 standard has two kinds of requirements,
our Gap Analysis Tool performs two kinds of analysis:

1. A methodological gap analysis

2. A security control gap analysis

This also means that two kinds of gaps will be identified:

1. Methodological gaps

2. Security control gaps

Since you must meet all methodological requirements, our methodological
gap analysis questions allow you to choose from two possible answers:
Yes or No. While Yes answers mean that you’re in compliance,
No answers identify methodological gaps. In order to comply with
the standard, you must fill each one of these gaps.

Since you may exclude or ignore selected security control requirements,
our security control gap analysis questions allow you to choose from three
possible answers: Yes, No, or N/A (not applicable). While Yes answers
mean that you’re in compliance, No answers identify security control gaps.
N/A answers, on the other hand, identify areas that do not apply in your
situation. These are the areas that can be excluded from your ISMS if
you can justify and explain why an exclusion decision is warranted.

More precisely, No answers identify the gaps in your ISMS control
objectives and controls. Use these gaps to update your Statement 
of Applicability and improve your risk treatment plan. (A Statement
of Applicability is a document that lists your organization’s information
security control objectives and controls.) Once you’ve implemented
your new risk treatment plan, your ISMS will comply with all
relevant security control requirements.

These methodological and security control gaps identify the areas
that fall short of the standard, the areas that need your attention.
Once you know where to focus your attention, you can begin to make
the changes that are needed to comply with the standard. And once
you comply with the standard, you’ll not only be eligible for certification,
you’ll also know that you’ve done everything you can to protect your organization’s information.

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Profile of Gap Analysis Project

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Explanation of Gap Analysis Process

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Information Security Management Definitions

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ISMS Development Gap Analysis Questionnaire

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ISMS Management Gap Analysis Questionnaire

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ISMS Internal Audit Gap Analysis Questionnaire

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ISMS Management Review Gap Analysis Questionnaire pdf

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ISMS Improvement Gap Analysis Questionnaire

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Objectives and Controls Gap Analysis Questionnaire

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Legal and Contact Information

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OTHER ISO 27001 2005 PAGES

Introduction to ISO 27001 2005

Information Security Management Definitions

Comparison of ISO 27001 2005 and ISO 27002 2005

ISO IEC 27001 Security Standard Translated into Plain English

Plain English Information Security Management Control Objectives

Information Security Management System Development Plan

ISO 27002 2005 PAGES

Introduction to ISO 27002 Information Security

Overview of ISO 27002 Information Security Standard

ISO 27002 2005 Security Standard Translated into Plain English

Information Security Management Control Objectives

Information Security Management Audit Tool

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