At the outset TSS Ltd chose ERS Consultancy
Ltd to help with its ISO/IEC 27001
implementation. “ERS Consultancy has
provided a service not only very efficiently,
but within the agreed costs of which I am
extremely grateful,” says Mark Treadwell.
“ERS is a member of BSI’s Associate
Consultant Programme and has considerable
experience in implementing the information
management system security standard."
To put the standard in place, ERS began
by conducting an initial information risk
assessment to help identify the actions
and priorities for managing information
security risks. This highlighted some major
gaps and other areas for improvements.
It also confirmed that formal information
security policies and procedures needed to
be introduced to enable better documented
and structured processes. Sonia Sooch,
Senior Consultant of ERS Consultancy Ltd,
explains: “As well as identifying gaps within
an existing system, the advantage of the
ISO/IEC 27001 standard is that it permits
continuous monitoring and review, which
then enables the management system to be
continually improved”.
Another key factor was to ensure that
the risk assessment methodology was
customised to fit the precise needs of TSS Ltd
and its operations. ERS Consultancy sees this
as an essential step in the implementation
process – if the risk assessment methods do
not fit with how the business is run, staff
are unable to follow the methodology, thus
resulting in a potential breakdown of the
ISMS longer term.
Rajesh Shah, Managing Director of ERS
Consultancy, comments: “The commitment
and involvement of both the ERS