From the course: ISO 27001:2013-Compliant Cybersecurity: Getting Started

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Leadership and commitment (Clause 5.1)

Leadership and commitment (Clause 5.1)

From the course: ISO 27001:2013-Compliant Cybersecurity: Getting Started

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Leadership and commitment (Clause 5.1)

- [Instructor] Can your organization successfully implement the ISO 27001 standard if its leadership isn't committed to getting it done? The answer, of course, is no, but it goes beyond the reasons you might expect. Any new effort is bound to fail if leadership isn't behind it, but the ISO 27001 standard actually requires leadership to formally commit. In this video, you'll learn why leadership commitment is so important and how it can be demonstrated for purposes of complying with ISO 27001. Clause 5.1 of the ISO 27001 standard is called leadership and commitment. It requires top management of your organization to demonstrate their leadership and commitment to building and maintaining an effective Information Security Management System, or ISMS. There are eight specific requirements that leadership must follow. They need to ensure that the information security policy and security objectives are established and that…

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