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?
When you need to encrypt your data in motion, CipherOptics makes it easy. Whether you need to protect a single link, or your entire network, we eliminate the complexity of encrypting today's networks.

Our solutions combine standards-based, wire-speed encryption appliances with CipherEngine, the only policy definition and key distribution technology designed for multi-node networks. Together, they give you the highest level of data protection at the lowest total cost. 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 see just how easy it can be to comply with the ISO 17799, call 1-877-878-6655 or feel free to ask us a question.

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ISO/IEC 17799:2005 Information