BSI has launched BS 16000:2015, ‘Security management. Strategic and operational guidelines’. This new British Standard provides a generic, security management framework , provides the vocabulary and basic principles of security management, demonstrates how security can be embedded in an organization, and discusses security solutions: including physical, technical, information, procedural and personnel solutions.
The new standard includes guidance on:
- Developing a security framework;
- Risk assessment;
- Understanding your organization's context;
- Implementing and monitoring the security programme.
BS 16000 complements existing management standards including ISO 22301, ISO 27001, ISO 14001, ISO 22313, ISO 31000 and ISO 9001.
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