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Implementing ISO 14001
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First, it would be better to implement ISO 14001:2015 because in this way you will avoid the transition process within next two years.
The first step in implementation of ISO 14001 is to conduct GAP analysis to determine to what extent the organization already meets the requirements of the standard. The next step is to develop project plan with defined activities and documents to be created in order to achieve full compliance with the standard. Then you need to create documents and update your processes so they align with the standard.
After the implementation, you need to conduct internal audit and management review to ensure that your EMS (Environmental Management System) is compliant with the standard and finally you can hire certification body to conduct certification audit and issue your company the certificate.
For more information, see:
- ISO 14001 Implementation diagram https://info.advisera.com/14001academy/free-download/iso-14001-2015-implementation-diagram
- 5 elements o f a successful ISO 14001 project https://advisera.com/14001academy/blog/2015/03/23/5-elements-of-a-successful-iso-14001-project/ -
Process owners
The process owners are defined usually in the prat of the procedure that describes purpose, scope and users. In our documentation, it is the section 1 of each procedure. -
OHSAS 18001 and transition to ISO 45001
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Purpose of both ISO 45001 and OHSAS 18001 is to help organization establish occupational health and safety management system. Currently, only OHSAS 18001 is published while ISO 45001 is in development, so at this point organizations can only implement OHSAS 18001.
Once ISO 45001 is published (and this is expected in September 2017) organization will be able to choose between those two standards and tailor their system according to one or both of them. If you decide to implement OHSAS 18001 and later to make transition to ISO 45001, you will have to update your system in order to make it ISO 45001 compliant.
In this way you will do most of the work during implementation of OHSAS 18001 and later you will have to update the system and this wouldn't take too much time but it is hard to say at this point since the ISO 45001 is not published yet and we are n ot certain how much will it differ from OHSAS 18001. Given the experience with transition of ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 the changes between OHSAS 18001 and ISO 45001 will be between 10 and 30% so the transition wouldn't require some big effort.
For more information, see: First glance at ISO/DIS 45001 – How different is it from OHSAS 18001?https://advisera.com/18001academy/blog/2016/01/20/first-glance-at-isodis-45001-how-different-is-it-from-ohsas-18001/ -
Aspects and risks
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First difference is in fact that environmental aspects must be documented while risks and opportunities don't. Regarding environmental aspects the company must define methodology for their evaluation and criteria for determining their significance. The process of identification and evaluation of environmental aspects is focused primarily on processes and their environmental impacts while risks can emerge from any part of context of the organization.
Addressing risks and opportunities according to ISO 14001 does not require documented procedure, established methodology or even a registry of records, it only requires to take actions to address them and to monitor effectiveness of these actions.
For more information, see: ISO 14001 risks and opportunities vs. environmental aspects https://advisera.com/14001academy/blog/2016/06/06/iso-14001-risks-and-opportunities-vs-environmental-aspects/ -
Guide for the implementation of ISO 27001
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Of course! We have an easy method to implement the standard, composed by 16 steps. This method is applicable for any company, including a medium size insurance company:
1.- Obtain management support
2.- Treat is as a project
3.- Define the scope
4.- Write an ISMS Policy
5.- Define the Risk Assessment methodology
6.- Perform the risk assessment & risk treatment
7.- Write the Statement of Applicability
8.- Write the Risk Treatment Plan
9.- Define how to measure the effectiveness of controls
10.- Implement the controls & mandatory procedures
11.- Implement training and awareness programs
12.- Operate the ISMS
13.- Monitor the ISMS
14.- Internal audit
15.- Management review
16.- Corrective and preventive actions
For more information about these steps, please read this article “ISO 27001 implementation checklist” : https://advisera.com/27001academy/knowledgebase/iso-27001-implementation-checklist/
And this diagram can help you to start the implementation of the standard in your organization “Diagram of ISO 27001:2013 Implementation (PDF)” : https://advisera.com/27001academy/iso-management/begin-the-implementation/
Finally, these materials will help you to know more about how to implement the standard:
- free online training ISO 27001 Foundations Course https://advisera.com/training/iso-27001-foundations-course/
- book Secure & Simple: A Small-Business Guide to Implementing ISO 27001 On Your Own https://advisera.com/books/secure-and-simple-a-small-business-guide-to-implementing-iso-27001-on-your-own/ -
Approving the security policies
Answer: ISO 27001 specifically calls these documents "policies", so if you select those controls as applicable then you should call them this way; of course, you can write also additional guidelines which would be much more detailed whereas you can leave policies rather general.
The reason I ask is because our Board has to endorse all policies and for just ISMS, these are becoming quite heavy. As you can imagine, yearly endorsements of all policies within the company is a tremendous job anyway. Any advice would be helpful & appreciated.
Answer: I'm not sure why would your board need to approve all the policies - you can define a rule by which they need to approve only the top-level documents like the Information Security Policy, implementation s trategy or the budget; you can specify in that rule that detailed policies can be approved by someone else in your organization.
These articles might also help you:
- How to structure the documents for ISO 27001 Annex A controls https://advisera.com/27001academy/blog/2014/11/03/how-to-structure-the-documents-for-iso-27001-annex-a-controls/
- 8 criteria to decide which ISO 27001 policies and procedures to write https://advisera.com/27001academy/blog/2014/07/28/8-criteria-to-decide-which-iso-27001-policies-and-procedures-to-write/
- Seven steps for implementing policies and procedures https://advisera.com/27001academy/knowledgebase/seven-steps-for-implementing-policies-and-procedures// -
Methodology for risk assessment in ISO 27001
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ISO 27001:2013 do not define risk methodology, only requirements on risk assessment and risk treatment process. There are many examples for risk methodologies, I would only generally divide them in quantitative and qualitative (or combine) risk assessment.
This article give you couple of examples of qualitative methodology: How to write ISO 27001 risk assessment methodology https://advisera.com/27001academy/knowledgebase/write-iso-27001-risk-assessment-methodology/
These materials will also teach you how to define the risk assessment methodology:
- free online training ISO 27001 Foundations Course https://advisera.com/training/iso-27001-foundations-course/
- book Secure & Simple: A Small-Business Guide to Implementing ISO 27001 On Your Own https://advisera.com/books/secure-and-simple-a-small-business-guide-to-implementing-iso-27001-on-your-own/ -
Question on List of legal, regulatory, contractual and other requirements
Should we list these contracts with partners in the “List of Legal regulatory contractual and other requirements”?
Answer: You should list them only if in those contracts there are some clauses where you have the responsibilities to protect the information.
When selling our product to a company coming from another country, it’s not clear to me if we should list these country’s laws and regulations…
Answer: Only if those regulations are applicable to your company - for example, if you are selling some consumer products to other countries, then you probably need to comply with their local legislation; if you are selling some business-to-business products, then the chances are you do not need to comply with local legislation in foreign countries.
We have an helpdesk system h osted by another company were we store confidential information about our customers. Should the contract between us and this helpdesk company be listed too?
Answer: I assume in this contract there are some security obligations for the hosting company, but not for you - if this is the case, then you do not need to list this contract in the List of legal, contractual and other requirements.
By the way, did you know we have a free online course that explains all the important elements of ISO 27001? It is called ISO 27001 Foundations Course https://advisera.com/training/iso-27001-foundations-course/ -
IO 9001:2015 and production process
Thanks for the reply Strahinja.. That helped..
coming to pt 2 ; No it is not using wrong equipment.. But a fixture that is now obsolete but has not been identified properly & hence stands chance of being used by mistake. So which ISO clause is applicable ??