'compliance means secure'
Compliance frequently improves baseline controls and does not mean you are secure.
The standard defines a minimum that applies across every organisation of that type, so it cannot address what is specific about yours. Plenty of certified organisations have been breached through something entirely outside the scope of their certification, and the certificate was accurate throughout. It answers a narrower question than people hear.
Checked against the primary source.
More on Governance and risk
- Risk is about uncertain impact, not merely bad thingsWhere it might land
- A risk register is a decision queue, not a museumNot a display case
- Risk acceptance spends organisational toleranceSigned, and spent
- Control effectiveness is separate from control existenceTicked, and still empty
- Risk owners need authority over the consequenceThe name, not the lever
- Risk aggregation can reveal concentrationAll on one leg