By Jim Reavis

Neupart A/S sponsored an online survey of ISO 27001 and regulatory compliance trends in March and April of 2007.  Among the key findings were the following:

• 31% of organizations have more than 10 significant security-related regulations to comply with.
• The top regulatory area for spending in 2007-2008 is still anticipated to be Sarbanes Oxley.
• ISO 17799 is embedded in 85% of information security management systems to varying degrees.
• An equal percentage of respondents (35%) viewed the top reasons for ISO 27001 certification as asserting trust to business partners as well as a proxy for regulatory compliance.

The survey can be downloaded here.