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Reread the short section entitled ‘Benefits of an information security management system? at the end of Chapter 1 of IT Governance: A Manager's Guide to Data Security & BS 7799/ISO 177799 (the Set Book). In light of your reading, write down, in your own words, the benefits of an information security management system for your organisation.
We identified the following benefits for the Open University.
As a public-sector organisation, the OU must meet students' expectations of continuity, confidentiality and privacy of information. Taking information security seriously helps the OU fulfil its obligations to its wider community.
If the OU can demonstrate that it takes information security seriously, this may help it to foster academic and commercial relationships with other organisations that give priority to information security. For instance, in research relationships with commercial organisations, the OU would be given access to commercially sensitive information, such as business rules, critical systems, etc. The ability of the OU to take information security seriously means that such partnerships are easier to establish, and will endure.
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