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Ben Kwan

Ben Kwan is a Senior Associate with Schellman based in Los Angeles, CA. As a Senior Associate with Schellman, Ben is focused primarily on ISO audits across various industries.

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ISO 27001 and Why It Matters For Your Organization

By: Ben Kwan
June 28th, 2021

When I first began considering a career with Schellman, I began to dig through industry jargon to familiarize myself—my background was in nonprofits, and there was a lot of new information to parse through, including many, many acronyms. Among those that I discovered was ISO, an abbreviation that up to just a few months ago, was lost among others like NBA, NCAA, and TSLA that some might argue are more important. When I initially learned, more specifically, of ISO 27001, I had no clue what it meant, but I’d eventually discern that this certification was the one that potentially could change the course of my professional career. Throughout my extensive research, it was the unique nature of ISO 27001 that was among the important gems I discovered that would eventually draw me into the industry.

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