Importance of Information Security Management

Today, most of the organizations are highly dependent on information systems to manage business and deliver products or services. Businesses rely on information technology services for development, production and delivery in various internal applications. Those internal applications such as financial databases, time-booking of employees, offering help-desk and customer care services, giving remote access to customers and employees and remote access for client systems, interactions through e-mail,  internet, mobile phones and other gadgets.

What’s Information Security Management?

The information security management (ISM) comprises of set of policies and procedures for systematically managing an organization's sensitive data. The aim of ISM is to minimize risk and ensure business continuity by pro-actively limiting the impact of a security breach.

As far as information security management system is concerned, this is the part of overall management system, basing on business risk approach to establish, operate, monitor, implement, review, maintain and improve information security. The management system is a combination of things like organizational structure, policies, planning activities, responsibilities, practices, procedures, processes and resources.

Three Aspects of information Security

Confidentiality: Protection of information from unauthorized disclosure to competitors or to press.

Integrity: Protection of information from unauthorized modification, ensuring that information like price list, is accurate and complete.

Availability: Making sure information is available when you need it.

The confidentiality, integrity and availability of information are important for competitive edge, cash flow, profitability, and legal compliance and branding.

Networks are interconnected and dependent and they require most effective security systems to avoid any intrusions. We at Qadit, since our inception in 2001, we have been providing world-class end-to-end information security solutions to clients. Having proven methodologies in place, in-house expertise and customized approach of partnering with clients to understand and mitigate their information security risks have helped us to be one of the market leaders in IT Security Consulting.