Good Information Security practices are one of the few improvements a company can make that will actually provide a positive Security Return on Investment (SROI). The costs that a business spends on preventative Information Security practices can dramatically reduce expenses throughout the company.
Cost Savings Benefits
The benefits of Information Security for Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs) are many:
Decreased IT support costs;
Less virus outbreaks;
Less wasted time from opening spam e-mail;
Reduced downtime from data lost;
You will be able to prove documented due care and due diligence;
Documentation can be the difference between being compliant or negligent;
Insurance will cover data breach costs if you are able to prove you were compliant at the time of the breach;
Insurance will not cover data breach costs if you were non-compliant at the time of the breach;
Improved productivity with decreased distractions; and
Good Information Security policies reduces distractions from common issues:
Block inappropriate web sites;
Reduce or limit personal use (wasted time);
Operations are more efficient with better performing network & computers;
You can hold employees liable for what they do and fail to do on your network at with company assets;
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ISO 27001 & 27002 Policy Template UPDATED FOR ISO 27001:2022 & 27002:2022
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This release includes a total of 1,189 controls, organized into 20 families:
Access Control
Awareness & Training
Audit & Accountability
Assessment, Authorization & Monitoring
Configuration Management
Contingency Planning
Identification & Authentication
Incident Response
Maintenance
Media Protection
Physical & Environmental Protection
Planning
Program Management
Personnel Security
Personally Identifiable Information (PII) Processing & Transparency
Risk Assessment
System & Services Acquisition
System & Communications Protection
System & Information Integrity
Supply Chain Risk Management
This count includes deprecated controls that have been removed or folded into others. Some controls are not categorized under baselines—low, moderate, high, or privacy—per NIST SP 800‑53B.
ComplianceForge provides full 1:1 mapping of all 20 families and their controls in its CDPP documentation.