A recently report from PwC found that insider incidents were more costly than incidents perpetrated by outsiders.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, October 7, 2014 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Cyber crime continues to be a major issue for companies throughout the Asia-Pacific region. A recently released report from PwC found that employees were the most-cited culprits of security incidents and that insider incidents – whether deliberate or unwitting – were more costly than incidents perpetrated by outsiders. In Australia in 2013, there was a 5% rise in the number of cyber incidents caused by current employees.

IT Governance Ltd, the global provider of cyber security expertise, says all APAC organisations – whatever their location or sector – should therefore implement information security management systems (ISMSs), as set out in the international standard for best-practice information security management, ISO27001, to protect themselves from cyber attack.

Founder and Executive Chairman of IT Governance, Alan Calder, offers a solution for Australian organisations, “An ISO27001-compliant ISMS provides a holistic approach to information security management that addresses the whole organisation, and encompasses people, process and technology. Hardware and software solutions alone are not enough to protect APAC organisations from cyber threats: staff awareness is essential to effective cyber security”.

“Accredited certification to the Standard offers globally acknowledged proof that information security best practice has been adopted. As customers increasingly expect businesses to be able to prove their information security credentials, it comes as no surprise that certification to ISO27001 increased by 22% in Australia last year” says Calder.

Implementing the Standard can be a daunting drain on time and resources, but IT Governance’s ISO27001 Do It Yourself package makes it easy for organisations that already have substantial management system expertise (with, for example, ISO9001 or ISO20000), the available internal resources, and an understanding of information security management to implement an ISMS.

Containing the relevant official standards as well as two of IT Governance’s essential bestselling implementation guides, the ISO27001 Do It Yourself package offers a low-cost route to ISO27001 implementation with no hidden expenses or unpleasant surprises.

Find out more: www.itgovernance.asia/p-1029.aspx

The Do It Yourself option is part of IT Governance’s ISO27001 packaged solutions. For different levels of help and support when implementing ISO27001, please see our ‘Get A Little Help’, ‘Get A Lot Of Help’ and ‘We’ll Do It For You’ packages.

Alternatively, organisations can call IT Governance 00 800 48 484 484 or email servicecentre@itgovernance.asia for more information on how IT Governance can help protect their information security.

Melanie Watson
IT Governance Ltd
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