Benefits of ISMS
87% of all survey respondents stated that implementing ISO/IEC 27001 for business management had a positive or very positive outcome.
Erasmus research results on the business impact of ISO/IEC 27001 demonstrate that a wide range of internal and external benefits were delivered following the adoption of ISO/IEC 27001 and implementation of an information security management system (ISMS):

“Although we have only recently gained certification toISO/IEC 27001, there are at least three recent incidences where we have won contracts as a result of certification.”
Internal and external customer satisfaction increased:
ROI and sales increased despite a rise in the cost to develop and support IT:
Senior management support is key to success:
Respondents were located across the globe and represented the full spectrum of organization size and industry:
This data is a summary of responses from 645 organizations that had implemented the international standard for information security ISO/IEC 27001. Respondents completed an online questionnaire during early 2011.