AISP - ITSC Information Security Standards - ISO 27001 Series: Talk #2 - Information Security Risk Management - How detailed should it go?

About ISO 27001 Series:
Information Technology Standards Committee (ITSC) and Association of Information Security Professionals (AISP) are co-organising a series of ISO 27001 talks to raise information security professionals' awareness of ISO 27000 series of standards and provide practical insights on the implementation strategies and issues of ISO 27001. The ISO 27001 talks will be held once every month from April 2010 to September 2010.

Talk #2 - Information Security Risk Management - How detailed should it go? by Mr You Cheng Hwee, Managing Director, Maximus Consulting

Synopsis: ISO/IEC 27001 ISMS has set some requirements on performing risk management for information security. There are many ways of implementation; how far should the Organization go to ensure the reliability of the risk management results? This session helps audience to understand the ISMS risk management requirements and explore the various ways of implementation such a risk management program and lastly, defining the fundamental principles for building a robust risk management program.

Speaker Biography: Mr You Cheng Hwee has been a security practitioner for more than 15 years and is the founder and Managing Director of Maximus Consulting, a pioneer and leading company specialized in providing ISO/IEC 27001 Information Security Management System (ISMS) and Business Continuity Management System (BCMS) consultancy services. He is also the trainer for ISO/IEC 27001 ISMS related trainings. He has consulted various Global 2000 companies for ISMS including Reuters, General Motors, Hewlett-Packard, YKK, Fuji Xerox and Singapore Telecommunications and has consulting experience in more than 10 countries over 4 continents. With his in-depth knowledge of information security, Mr You has patented a revolutionary risk assessment methodology that has been accepted and globally adopted in some of the Global 2000 companies.