Verizon Business Gets BSI Designation for Information Security Management

BALTIMORE, Jul 24, 2008 (ASCRIBE NEWS via COMTEX) -- MGSY | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- Verizon Business announced that it has been recognized by BSI Management Systems -- an international standards, testing, registration and certification organization -- as a provider of information security management.

BSI has inducted Verizon Business into its Associate Consultant Program (ACP) for ISO/IEC 27001, an internationally recognized and publicly vetted information security standard utilized in the development of information security management systems. Acceptance into the program denotes that Verizon Business passed a rigorous review of its comprehensive security portfolio and professional security capabilities, the company said.

Verizon Business said that its security experts are among the best in the industry -- and the world -- when it comes to security and risk management. Many of these experts hold the Holistic Information Security Practitioner (HISP) certification, which educates practitioners on best practices for implementing multiple industry standards and regulatory requirements for information security and privacy, as well as how to integrate the ISO 27000 Series of Information Security Standards with these security standards and requirements.

"We've heard time and again from security executives around the world that the ISO Information Security Standard is the pre-eminent standard against which they measure their security programs," said Kerry Bailey, vice president of Verizon Business Security Solutions. "As such, Verizon Business is pleased to further embrace this critical global standard. The synergy between our holistic approach to security and the ISO Information Security Standard makes us a natural fit to join the BSI Associated Consultant Program."

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