Re: iso 17799

[George Capehart <capegeo () opengroup org>]

On Tuesday 13 July 2004 10:48, avraham shir-el (arthur sherman) 
allegedly wrote:
> i hope i'm not opening a pandora's box here, but-
>
> i'm following this list for ~ a year now and haven't seen any mention
> of iso 17799.
> it's defined on their website as
> "a comprehensive set of controls comprising best
> practices in IS"
>
> i've seen lots on this list about best practices w/o
> any refrences to 17799.
>
> any opinions on it?
> or does the extremely noticable lack of attention
> say it all?

Avraham,

A thoughtful perspective on 17799 can be found at:
http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/secpubs/otherpubs/reviso-faq.pdf

Regards,

George Capehart
--
George W. Capehart

"With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine."  -- RFC 1925

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