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Risk Identification for an Information Security Management System Implementation

Authors:
Ramli Nor Aza
Abdul Aziz Normaziah

Keywords: ISMS; information security risk; asset identification; threat; risk assessment

Abstract:
ISO/IEC 27001 is an international standard that provides a set of requirements for an Information Security Management System (ISMS) implementation. A risk assessment exercise for an ISMS implementation requires human expertise with comprehensive understanding and considerable knowledge in information security. A common risk assessment exercise is based on three sub-processes, namely, risk identification, risk analysis and risk evaluation. The lack of tools especially in the automation of risk identification emphasized the need of experienced personnel and this becomes a challenge for organizations seeking compliance with the ISMS standard. This paper proposes a relationship concept in asset and threat identification which is part of the risk identification sub-process. The concept provides a foundation to automate the risk assessment process for an identified scope of an ISMS implementation.

Pages: 57 to 61

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2012

Publication date: August 19, 2012

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2162-2116

ISBN: 978-1-61208-209-7

Location: Rome, Italy

Dates: from August 19, 2012 to August 24, 2012