Summary

The accredited certification scheme has been set up, organisations are beginning to obtain certification and require other business partners to become certified as well.

In addition, the Data Protection Commissioner has indicated that the security requirements from s17.2 of the new Data Protection Act would be met by compliance with ISO 27001.

The guidelines for how the certification process are to be carried out are given in the documents EA-7/03 (Guidelines for Accreditation of Bodies Operating Certification/ Registration of Information Security Management Systems), produced by European co-operation for Accreditation (EA) C5 WG7.

An Introduction To Information, Network and Internet Security
Summary The accredited certification scheme has been set up, organisations are beginning to obtain certification and require other business partners to become certified as well. In addition, the Data Protection Commissioner has indicated that the security requirements from s17.2 of the new Data Protection Act would be met by compliance with ISO 27001. The guidelines for how the certification process are to be carried out are given in the documents EA-7/03 (Guidelines for Accreditation of Bodies Operating Certification/ Registration of Information Security Management Systems), produced by European co-operation for Accreditation (EA) C5 WG7.	The Security Practitioner An Introduction to Information Security See also: ISO 27001 Perspective: Further Reading
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