ISO 17799 Compliance

What is ISO 17799?
ISO/IEC 17799 is an information security standard published and most recently revised in 2005. The current standard (ISO/IEC 17799:2005) establishes guidelines and general principles for initiating, implementing, maintaining, and improving information security management in an organization. It is a voluntary international standard that has achieved worldwide recognition and acceptance as a best practice for information security and regulatory compliance.

How do organizations comply with ISO 17799?
Regarding data security, the ISO 17799 standard mandates solutions that guarantee data confidentiality, authenticity and integrity, as well as key management (Sec. A.10.3).

To qualify for ISO 17799 certification, an enterprise first must evaluate its existing infrastructure and practices. A report is then drafted with the relevant processes that need to be addressed. Once the needed changes have been completed, a certified ISO 17799 compliance evaluator completes the process by evaluating the business and then awarding ISO 17799 compliance if the requirements have been met.

How does CipherOptics help?
CipherOptics CipherEngine provides a comprehensive data protection solution that ensures the confidentiality, authenticity, and integrity of any data in motion.

The CipherEngine solution allows organizations to encrypt data across the network or the entire computing infrastructure using a global policy and key manager along with both hardware and software-based encryption enforcement points. The CipherEngine data protection solution offers best-of-breed performance, elegantly simple installation and management, and breakthrough scalability. CipherEngine gives you the power to protect data in motion wherever, however and whenever you want, without changes or disruptions to your network, your infrastructure, or your operations.

To discuss how CipherOptics can help you can comply with the ISO 17799, call 1-877-878-6655 and speak directly with a CipherOptics encryption specialist or feel free to ask us a question.

Learn more about ISO 17799

Learn More About:
Scope of Audit Reduction
Application Domain Security
Network Encryption

Helpful Resources
ISO/IEC 17799:2005 Information