ISSUED: 01-Nov-2002    71 pages

DISPOSITION:  License

SCOPE & PURPOSE: This standard offers guidelines and voluntary directions for information security management. It provides a high level,  general description of the areas currently considered important when initiating, implementing or maintaining information security in an organization. In addition, the framework provides for controlling and improving these processes.

The standard covers the technical aspects of software development only lightly, providing guidance for management for policy and practices

USER: This standard is for all technology managers responsible for managing software technology

ISSUING ORGANIZATION:  International Standards Organization (ISO)

ORGINATING COMMITTEEE OR BODY: Software Engineering Standards Committee; IEEE Computer Society

CATEGORY: Information Security Standard

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