Support tool for verifying the compliance of standards and regulations in implementations of strategies for information security

Abstract

Organizations are increasingly concerned about ensuring the security of their information. In addition, government regulations and the market itself are demanding compliance with appropriate levels to remain in operation. This article presents a support tool to the process of gap analysis on the current state of the company and the specifications of the most recognized referents in the Colombian scope in the subject of information security. The tool allows for the evaluation of an organization’s level of compliance with regard to the ISO 27001 and ISO 27002 standards in their 2013 versions and Notices 038 and 042 of the financial regulatory authority of Colombia (Superintendencia Financiera de Colombia). The tool conceives a data model that incorporates the results of a comparative analysis between the ISO 27001:2013 and ISO 27002:2013 standards and the Notices 038 and 042, and allows the inclusion of new referents and relates them to the existing ones. Several evaluation scenarios were created to validate the functional completeness and precision of the implemented prototype.