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[[File:Risk Management Elements.jpg|thumb|Plan-Do-Check-Act Cycle]]
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An '''information security management system'''<ref>{{cite web|title=Security management system’s usability key to easy adoption|url=http://www.sourcesecurity.com/news/articles/co-4108-ga.8554.html|publisher=sourcesecurity.com|accessdate=22 August 2013}}</ref>  (ISMS) is a set of policies concerned with [[information securi(contracted; show full)Under these circumstances, the development and implementation of a separate and independent management process - namely an ISMS - is the only alternative.<ref name=ENISAFULL/>

The development of an ISMS framework based on [[ISO/IEC 27001:2005]] entails the following six steps:<ref name=ENISAFULL/>
# Definition of security policy,
# Definition of ISMS scope,
# Risk assessment (as part of risk management),
# Risk management,
# Selection of appropriate [[security control|controls]] 
and
# Statement of applicability

== Critical success factors for ISMS ==
To be effective, the ISMS must:<ref name=ENISAFULL/>
* have the continuous, unshakeable and visible support and commitment of the organization’s top management;
* be managed centrally, based on a common strategy and policy across the entire organization;
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* [[WARP (information security)]]

== Notes and references ==
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