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BSI Issues 1,000th Information Security Certificate in Japan

January 17, 2008 // Published as a news service by IHS

 
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BSI Management Systems Japan issued its 1,000th information security management system (ISMS) certificate in December 2007.

"This is a great milestone," said Mitsumasa Tokunaga, managing director of BSI Management Systems Japan.

In addition to being a technology matter, BSI said information security is a governance issue that can affect an organization's reputation and survival.

According to BSI, in today's competitive business environment, information is under threat from internal, external, accidental or malicious sources.

With the increased use of new technology to store, transmit and retrieve information, the numbers and types of threats have increased.

One way an organization can protect its information assets is by adopting an ISMS, which meets the requirements of International Organization for Standardization/International Electrotechnical Commission (ISO/IEC) 27001, BSI said.

BSI Management Systems has participated in the global ISMS certification market since BSI published BS 7799, the predecessor to ISO/IEC 27001.

BSI Management Systems Japan launched an accredited BS 7799 certification service in 2002. Since then, the company said it has issued more than 1,000 certificates to organizations from various sectors, including telecommunications and IT.

"… We are pleased to continue to help organizations protect one of their most critical assets, and we will not rest on our laurels since our efforts to enhance the quality of our ISMS certification service continues," Tokunaga said.

Source: BSI Group.

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