How to get ISO 27001:2022 certified in
Singapore?
If you are considering implementing ISO 27001:2022 and getting ISO 27001:2022 certified in Singapore. You must be wondering how do you go about doing it and getting your organization certified, you may ask?
In a nutshell, ISO 27001 is an Information Security Management System (ISMS) developed by ISO for organization of any sizes and type to adopt best practices to manage information security in their organization and having them certified by a certification body. The ISMS typically consist of setting up of policies (e.g. information security policy), procedures, processes, risk assessment and risk treatment, people (e.g. employees, Internal auditor), technology (e.g. IT operations, IT management, servers, network) and implementing the controls in place to manage, monitor and continuously improving them.
Can we implement ISMS ourselves?
Yes, if your organization have members who are experience and aware of the ISMS requirements Typically, to start off, you and your team need to have a fairly good understanding of what is required from the ISO 27001 management system so that you can assess what is missing and needed to include to get start with the implementation journey, in essence, this is the gap analysis phase.
What if we don’t have experienced person who knows ISO 27001 ISMS?
Not to worry, that’s where we the ISO 27001 consultants can help in the entire journey of getting your organization certified for the ISO 27001 standard. There are typically 3 phases where we adopt to help organization ready for the certification.
Phase 1: Gap assessment, Risk assessment & Vulnerability Assessment
Phase 2: Security policies, controls selections and program development
Phase 3: Internal audit, remediations and getting ready for certification
The implementation duration typically last for 3 months – 8 months depending on scope, organization sizes, compliance, and regulatory requirements the organization operates in.
What are the cost of the implementation and getting certified?
There are typically 2 main components of cost for implementation:
- * ISO 27001 Consultant cost to implement ISMS
- * Cost of certification by certification body
*Cost is claimable if apply for ESG (Enterprise Singapore Grant – Standard Adoption)
Enterprise Singapore provides grant of up to 50% for standard adoption and ISO 27001 is a standard where grant will be offered if organization meet the requirements for the standard adoption grant. The eligible claim for this grant consists of ISO 27001 consultant cost and certification cost. To qualify for this claim, company must be Small Medium Enterprise and at least 30% owned by local resident. To find out more information about this you can refer to the ESG portal.
“Getting ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certified is not about getting a certificate, but the commitment from management and organization to continuously improve on information security”
Implementing and achieving ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification demonstrates commitment of organization to uphold and continuously improve information security and protecting their customer’s information assets. The organization also put in place the controls required to improve its security postures and they are audited on yearly basis by certification body on yearly basis
We are information security consultant that can help your organization to implement Information Security Framework based on ISO/IEC 27001:2022, do reach out to us via email at [email protected]
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