UK businesses unaware of BS7799 and ISO 17799 ignoring standards. (Security News and Products).Ignoring 8S7799, a standard for information security management, and ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 17799, the precursor to BS accreditation, could have a detrimental effect on both customer and shareholder confidence warns Nexor. The warning comes after a recently published DTI Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) A refinement of magnetic resonance imaging that allows the doctor to measure the flow of water and track the pathways of white matter in the brain. survey' highlighted that only 15 per cent of those responsible for IT security were aware of the British Standard's requirements, suggesting widespread complacency and a trend amongst UK business to focus on security hardware rather than usage policies and the protection of information. Comment IS017799 and BS7799 are intended to serve as a single reference point for the security of both physical and electronic information used within industry and commerce. The standards define several areas of importance, from access control (preventing unauthorised access of confidential information Noun 1. confidential information - an indication of potential opportunity; "he got a tip on the stock market"; "a good lead for a job" steer, tip, wind, hint, lead ) through to the implementation of security policies and asset classification. Within today's competitive environment, business critical information is constantly under threat. With more and more of this information being carried electronically there is a strong need to control its exchange in line with standards such as BS7799. Simply investing in the latest security solutions is not enough. Nexor's SIMIME Security solution, which acts as a plug-in for Microsoft Outlook For the e-mail and news client bundled with certain versions of Microsoft Windows, see . Microsoft Outlook or Outlook (full name Microsoft Office Outlook 2000, uses security labelling to allow organisations to better classify the importance of emails and assign the appropriate level of security. Traditionally used within military massaging infrastructures to classify the level of security assigned to a particular communication, Nexor now offers security labelling to the enterprise market, allowing organisations to treat information as a tangible asset Tangible Asset An asset that has a physical form such as machinery, buildings and land. Notes: This is the opposite of an intangible asset such as a patent or trademark. Whether an asset is tangible or intangible isn't inherently good or bad. and consider its relative value. In line with BS7799 requirements, Nexor SIMIME Security allows companies to distinguish between low-level communications, such as staff memos, and high-value communications such as sales forecasts Sales forecast A key input to a firm's financial planning process. External sales forecasts are based on historical experience, statistical analysis, and consideration of various macroeconomic factors. or interest rate changes. By tagging the email in Microsoft Outlook with a security label, Nexor SIMIME Security is then able to automatically apply the relevant security policies, including access control rights, digital signatures and encryption The reversible transformation of data from the original (the plaintext) to a difficult-to-interpret format (the ciphertext) as a mechanism for protecting its confidentiality, integrity and sometimes its authenticity. Encryption uses an encryption algorithm and one or more encryption keys. . www.nexor.com. |
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