Risks of Implementing ISMS

Objective

It is always a good practice to identify the risks involved in any implementation process. This is pertaining to the ISMS implementation and Mr. Vinod has highlighted 5 points that is critical to this subject. These are based out of his experience and if there is anything more, please feel free to share it with the community.

Risks

Management Commitment: Management has one of the key roles in the implementation of ISMS practices. The management should have the thirst, drive and understanding for the requirement of ISMS practices in the organization.

Availability of internal resources: This is a very common problem that everyone faces. We will require the participation of other team members, right from the initial phase until implementation is completed and further to practice the implementation. To address certain areas like, asset inventory, risk assessment etc, it will difficult to get some of the resources, since they will also be busy with their routine tasks.

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