Information Security and BS-7799
Following a three month long period of audits-internal/external, policy rewriting, spot checks and rigorous network penetration tests, the Chennai BPS centers have been certified as BS799 compliant. The BS-7799 certification is a gold standard on information security which assures confidentiality, availability and integrity of the information. KPMG , the lead assessment agency camped in our
BS 7799 Learn more about our information security and compliance initiatives in this PDF
facilities for a period of over one month to conduct pre-audit tests, provide guidance on implementation and finally a four-day long random audits to ensure compliance to the policies and test if the procedures followed meet the norms prescribed. Raman Narasimhan, who leads our security and compliance initiatives led this exercise from the front and involved everyone from the senior leadership teams to administrative personnel.

 

BS 7799 defines information security as the preservation of:

Confidentiality
  • Ensuring that information is accessible only to those authorized to have access
Integrity
  • Safeguarding the accuracy and completeness of information and processing methods
Availability
  • Ensuring that authorized users have access to information and associated assets when required
Why BS-7799?

Companies doing e-business need to seek security assurance to protect information and give assurance to clients on data protection, Confidentiality, Integrity and availability - crux of information security.

Across industries, security concerns have led to the emergence of regulations specific to the needs of the industry. Amongst them are regulatory requirements like HIPAA, Sarbanes Oxley (SOX), GLBA, Data Protection Act, Digital Protection Acts etc. which requires specific IT controls and compliance to the same.

As an organization, Perot Systems is committed to providing the highest standard of information security assurance to its clients. In fact, Perot Systems Corporation has an information security services arm, which provides consultancy and implementation services to organizations in need of assuring information security compliance

At the BPS centers, we took a crosswalk through BS 7799 controls and International standards for Information Security and mapped it appropriately and aggressively to the compliance requirements of different industry regulations.

BS 7799 encompasses, over 10 major domains, specifies 36 major objectives and 127 major controls on information security, while also including several thousand pieces of guidance.

 
10 major domains of BS7799

Security Policy

Organizational Security

Asset Classification and Control

Personnel Security

Physical and Environmental Security

Communications and Operations Management

Access Control

Systems Development and Maintenance

Business Continuity Management

Compliance

 

For more information on BS-7799, information security and compliance, please feel free to get in touch with our information security expert Raman Narasimhan

 
 
   
 
   
 
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