Top 10 Critical Success Factors of Information Security Implementation

1. Information security policy, objectives, and activities that reflect business objectives;
2. An approach and framework to implementing, maintaining, monitoring, and improving information security that is consistent with the organizational culture;
3. Visible support and commitment from all levels of management;
4. A good understanding of the information security requirements, risk assessment, and risk management;
5. Effective marketing of information security to all managers, employees, and other parties to achieve awareness;
6. Distribution of guidance on information security policy and standards to all managers, employees and other parties;
7. Provision to fund information security management activities;
8. Providing appropriate awareness, training, and education;
9. Establishing an effective information security incident management process;
10. Implementation of a measurement 1 system that is used to evaluate performance in information security management and feedback suggestions for improvement.