All pages tagged with 17799
How ISO/IEC 17799 works in practice
ISO/IEC 17799:2000 defines 127 security controls structured under 10 major headings to enable readers to identify the particular safeguards that are appropriate to their particular business or specific area of ...
Document added on May 13, 2011The history of the standard
The origin of ISO/IEC 17799 goes back to the days of the UK Department of Trade and Industry's (DTI) Commercial Computer Security Centre (CCSC). Founded in May 1987, the CCSC ...
Document added on Jan. 31, 2011What the future holds for ISO/IEC 17799
ISO/IEC 17799:2000 is under revision and is expected to be complete in the late 2004 early 2005 timeframe. The most significant change is expected to be in the layout of ...
Document added on Feb. 7, 2011Whether ISO/IEC 17799 applies to you
In order to help you find out whether ISO/IEC 17799 applies to your organization, we have constructed this simple questionnaire. To use it, answer the questions and submit. We will ...
Document added on Feb. 5, 2011ISO 17799 and the UK Data Protection Act
A paper designed to link the dictates of the Data Protection Act (1998) (DPA) with the guidance of ISO17799 the Guideline for Information Security Management, to achieve more effective compliance ...
Document added on March 23, 2011The HIPAA Final Security Standards and ISO/IEC 17799
Compliance with the HIPAA Final Security Standards is a regulatory requirement for healthcare organizations. ISO/IEC 17799 is an international information security standard. This paper compares these two standards to see ...
Written by: Sheldon Borkin and added on March 5, 2011