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The ISO 27000 Family of Standards

We’re back!! And this time we’re jumping from NIST to ISO, to be precise, it will be the ISO 27000 family, welcome to the family!!!

5 min readSep 11, 2023

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The ISO 27000 Family of Standards

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ISO 27001 Standard: A Bite-Sized Guide to the Standard

ISO 27001, also known as ISO/IEC 27001, is an international standard that sets the framework for an Information Security Management System…

8 min readSep 15, 2023

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ISO 27001 Standard: A Bite-Sized Guide to the Standard

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BREAKING IN……to the Cybersecurity Industry: A Guide

The cybersecurity industry is a rapidly growing field, with global spending on cybersecurity projected to reach $170 billion in 2022…

6 min readJan 31, 2023

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BREAKING IN……to the Cybersecurity Industry: A Guide

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The Cybersecurity Levy from the CBN: What you need to know

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has mandated banks and financial institutions to implement a 0.5% cybersecurity levy on all banking…

5 min readMay 7, 2024

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The Cybersecurity Levy from the CBN: What you need to know

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ISO 27001 Series: Risk Work Begins, Requirements and Finding Gaps at DevEngineers

Hello there! We’re back with the ISO Series and will be continuing fresh off the project kickoff meeting. The newly formed ISO project team…

9 min readMay 7, 2024

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ISO 27001 Series: Risk Work Begins, Requirements and Finding Gaps at DevEngineers

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NIST has Changed the game again……

Some great news came out of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). They would be offering four introductory courses…

6 min readMay 1, 2024

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NIST has Changed the game again……

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ISO 27001 Lab Series: Project Kick-Off and Building a Winning Team

We now understand the areas of DevEngineers that are relevant to the establishment, implementation, and continuous monitoring of the ISMS…

8 min readFeb 23, 2024

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ISO 27001 Lab Series: Project Kick-Off and Building a Winning Team

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ISO 27001 Lab Series: Documenting the Scope of An Organization’s ISMS

Welcome back to the series. So far, we have established some context for our use case. The next activity would be to understand the scope…

6 min readFeb 19, 2024

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ISO 27001 Lab Series: Documenting the Scope of An Organization’s ISMS

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ISO 27001 Lab Series: Establishing the Context of a Software Development Company.

So far in the ISO 27001 series, we have been familiarizing ourselves with the various clauses found in the main section of the standard. As…

9 min readFeb 2, 2024

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ISO 27001 Lab Series: Establishing the Context of a Software Development Company.

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Turning Missteps into Milestones: How Clauses 9 and 10 Drive ISMS Optimization

Clauses 9 and 10: Performance Evaluation and Continual Improvement

5 min readJan 20, 2024

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Turning Missteps into Milestones: How Clauses 9 and 10 Drive ISMS Optimization

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Umar Farouk

Umar Farouk

Welcome to my Medium!! I am an Aspiring Cybersecurity leader. Interested in writing about GRC and InfoSec. Don't forget to subscribe to support my writing.

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