The document provides an introduction to information security, defining information as a valuable asset that requires protection. It outlines the information life cycle, associated risks, and key components of information security, including confidentiality, integrity, and availability (CIA). The course emphasizes a holistic approach to managing information security through technology, processes, and people.

1. ISMS Implementer CourseModule 1Introduction to Information Security

2. Introduction to Information SecurityWhat is Information?Information is stimuli that has meaning in some context for its receiver. When information is entered into and stored in a computer, it is generally referred to as data. After processing output data can again be perceived as information.(Source: SearchSQLServer.com Definitions)ISMS Implementer Course (V 1.0)© Infocounselors2

3. Introduction to Information SecurityWhat is Information?“Information” is an asset which, like other important business assets, has value to an organization and consequently needs to be suitably protected.(Source: ISO 27002)ISMS Implementer Course (V 1.0)© Infocounselors3

4. Information – Life CycleCreationStorageAccessModificationTransmissionPrintingProcessingDestructionIntroduction to Information Security© Infocounselors4ISMS Implementer Course (V 1.0)

5. Data storage devices

6. Hard disks

7. CDs / Floppies

8. Pen drives

9. Zip drives

10. Tapes / DATs ……

11. Physical copies

12. Printed reports, documents, graphs …

13. Accessed through

14. Desktop / Laptop