Imagine you’ve been asked to renovate two kitchens. At the end, each of your two customers want to have a fully functioning room so you roll up your sleeves.

When I first began considering a career with Schellman, I began to dig through industry jargon to familiarize myself—my background was in nonprofits, and there was a lot of new information to parse through, including many, many acronyms. Among those that I discovered was ISO, an abbreviation that up to just a few months ago, was lost among others like NBA, NCAA, and TSLA that some might argue are more important. When I initially learned, more specifically, of ISO 27001, I had no clue what it meant, but I’d eventually discern that this certification was the one that potentially could change the course of my professional career. Throughout my extensive research, it was the unique nature of ISO 27001 that was among the important gems I discovered that would eventually draw me into the industry.

“Where do we draw the line?”

As a holistic security standard that has become popular worldwide, ISO 27001 can help any organization seeking to prove their cybersecurity measures are sound while also providing a market differentiator among other gained advantages. But the comprehensive nature of the standard—and the heavy lift it requires—can also put off organizations considering it, especially those in sectors that have yet to really be affected, like law firms.

Cloud computing technologies have revolutionized the way organizations manage and store their information. Where companies used to house and maintain their own data, a host of organizations have now made the switch to a cloud-based model due to the ease of use and cost-saving benefits promised by the cloud.

NOTE: Schellman has since updated and expanded this information in an article found here.