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5 reasons to invest in Information Security Management System


"With great power comes great responsibility" were the words of Sten Lee, who has written these lines for the very famous movie called Spiderman . Leaders specially in Information Technology (IT) industry do agree with the fact  that IT has profoundly  improved them to govern and manage resources with tremendous power. While striving to achieve things in an easier way when an organization is equipped with the power of IT , some organization fail to understand the repercussions of not using the power diligently. People at different organizational level have information about their own limited functions and often does not know how the information system is affected by their roles . Information Security is one of those requirement of an organization that should be dealt with a holistic approach which require a full fledged  management system . This is because the idea is to secure information of the complete organization not just to secure  IT systems. 

Here are the top 5 reasons to invest in Information Security Management System (ISMS):
  1. An ISMS will give more control and visibility to the top management about the information   security posture of the organization. 
  2. An ISMS does convey this message to  stake holders that organization is taking due diligence to protect itself from information security risk.
  3. ISMS is often required in contractual obligation by big organization around the world in doing business with them.
  4. Information Security is not just an IT issue, it requires management of various risk that an organization is exposed to, which is only possible with the implementation of an Information   Security Management System.
  5. It is very likely that your competitor has already implemented it and it could be a deal breaker for you.

If you still have doubts , research more !

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