Pictured above: (l-r) Steve Brown (technical director),
Nigel Redwood (managing director)
Managed service provider e-know.net has announced that it has
been awarded ISO27001 accreditation. The standard is the
internationally recognised benchmark for an Information Security
Management System (ISMS) where 'Security' is defined as anything
that affects 'Confidentiality', 'Integrity' or 'Availability' of
information within a business
The company began a dedicated compliance project in the New
Year, appointing support analyst Stephen Peak to head up the
initiative internally. Consultants provided a gap analysis and
Stephen then developed and drove through the programme to its
successful conclusion. e-know.net was assessed in mid-July,
demonstrating conformance with over 100 separate controls relevant
to the delivery of hosted managed services; these ranged from the
physical protection of the building to network security, from
document shredding to the marketing approvals process.
The certification lasts for three years during which time
e-know.net will be subject to six monthly surveillance audits to
ensure continued compliance.
Commenting on the award of ISO27001, Nigel Redwood, e-know.net's
managing director, said: "We are naturally delighted to have been
awarded accreditation for our ISMS - it is the defining quality
mark particularly for those companies entrusted with customer data.
While stringent procedures as regards data protection and
security have long been embedded in the organisation, it provides
extra reassurance to clients that these have now been validated by
a tough ISO standard."