Author Sieuwert van Otterloo
Dr. Sieuwert van Otterloo is a court-certified IT expert with interests in agile, security, software research and IT-contracts. He is a also an ISO 27001 and NEN 7510 auditor and AI researcher.
A summary of ISO 27001 requirements for information security
ISO / IEC 27001 is an official standard for the information security of organisations. Regrettably the standard is not freely available, making it harder than necessary to look up what is actually required by ISO 27001. This has led to some misconceptions. While we still recommend you to read the full standard, we decided to create a good summary to…
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Information security and PDCA (Plan-Do-Check-Act)
Standards such as ISO 27001 require you to use a method for continuous improvement in your information security policy. PDCA or Plan-Do-Check-Act is the preferred method for most information security teams and we recommend you to use this method, described in this article.
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Information security – Cryptographic controls policy example
Using cryptographic controls such as encryption can help with information security, but only if it is applied correctly. To make sure it is used in the right way, it is recommended by standards such as ISO 27002 have a data encryption policy. In this article we share the ICT Institute data encryption policy, that is…
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2016 in review and drinks on January 12
2016 was a very interesting and successful year for ICT Institute and we would like to thank everyone involved with a New Year’s reception on January. Interested? Read about the highlights in this review article and mail us for an invitation for the drinks.
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DevOps explained : The Phoenix project
DevOps is an important IT concept that is often misunderstood. DevOps is not just a better collaboration between development and operations. It is a new way of working between marketing, product management, development, test, operations and IT security. One of the few books that explain this well is The Phoenix Project. In this article we…
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