Press Release for the ISM Top Ten List:
ISM-Community Releases Top Ten for IT Security Management
Worldwide community of information security managers cuts
through the FUD to offer the fundamentals
Washington, DC June 28th, 2007 —
The Non-Profit Information Security Management Community (http:
//www.ism-community.org/) today announced its ISM-Community Top Ten list, an awareness
document that describes a series of key issues that effect today’s information security
managers.
Taking a refreshing break from the typical
fear, uncertainty, and doubt that information security managers are deluged
with on a daily basis, the ISM-Community presents a simple, easily-understood,
pragmatic approach towards managing information security.
"The ISM Community Top 10 will provide security management and
professionals with guiding principles to build a solid program within any
organization. It also serves as a great reminder to managers of existing
programs to focus on the fundamentals."--Ed Bellis, CISO Orbitz Worldwide,
ISM-Community Top Ten Contributor
The Top Ten
list describes key concepts that should be part of any effective information
security program. Organizations can
quickly compare their current information security program against the Top Ten
list and determine if and whether they need to improve.
“The ISM-Community Top Ten offers invaluable insight into how to get
security management embedded into your organization – advice from some of the
top InfoSec people in the industry.” --Tim Smith, Director Bridge Point
Communication, Top Ten Main Author
The Top Ten list is released under a
Creative Commons license and can be downloaded for free from the ISM-Community
website at http://www.ism-community.org/files/
.
"The Chief Security Officers and Chief Information Security
Officers that I’ve talked to about the ISM
Top Ten have told me, ‘Finally, some home truths and straight-talking
advice from real world security people and not thinly disguised marketing or
spin from people wanting you to buy products’" –Mark Curphey,
ISM-Community Founder
The ISM-Community is developing other
projects along the lines of the Top Ten to be released throughout the upcoming
months touching on 5 key focus areas: identity and privacy, risk management,
policies and standards, training and awareness, and information security
management commons.
"If the Top Ten is an indicator, the ISM-Community shows real
promise to become the thought leaders in information security management. The Top Ten is an excellent starting point,
and future projects will only build upon the foundation that the Top Ten
provides.”—Michael Smith, ISM-Community Leader
For additional information or inquiries contact:
Michael Smith at 703.855.0890 (Not for Publication), info.ismcommunity@gmail.com or http://www.ism-community.org/ .
About ISM-Community:
The ISM-Community, founded in 2006 by a
group of information security managers, is a “Community of Practice” where people can
collaborate on information security both online and in person, creating and
sharing things that improve everyone’s collective working life and that
everyone can use for free, without conditions.
We don’t want the baggage of formal organizations, politics or hidden
agendas but do want a sensible amount of organization and structure. More information can be found on our website
at http://www.ism-community.org/aboutus.aspx
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