Ribose Achieves World’s Most Extensive Integrated Management System Compliant to PAS 99
08 July 2015 - 09:30AM
Business Wire
Certified Integration of Seven Management
Systems
Cloud collaboration platform provider Ribose has achieved the
world’s most extensive integrated management system (IMS) certified
to the PAS 99 standard.
Certified by BSI (British Standards Institution), Ribose’s IMS
covers all seven of the company’s management systems, each already
compliant to a separate management system standard (MSS)
including:
- ISO 9001:2008 Quality management
systems – Requirements, the international standard for quality
management systems (QMS)
- ISO 14001:2004 Environmental management
systems – Requirements with guidance for use, the international
standard for environmental management systems (EMS)
- BS OHSAS 18001:2007 Occupational health
and safety management systems – Requirements, the internationally
applied British Standard for occupational health and
safety management systems (OHSMS)
- ISO/IEC 20000-1:2011 Information
technology – Service management – Part 1: Service management system
requirements, the international standard for IT service management
systems (SMS)
- ISO 22301:2012 Societal security –
Business continuity management systems – Requirements, the
international standard for business continuity management systems
(BCMS)
- ISO/IEC 27001:2013 Information
technology – Security techniques – Information security management
systems – Requirements, the international standard for information
security management systems (ISMS)
- ISO 50001:2011 Energy management
systems – Requirements with guidance for use, the international
standard for energy management systems (EnMS)
PAS 99 is the world’s first framework for integrating management
systems built on different management systems standards (MSS),
specifying requirements for streamlining MSSs, allowing for
improved business focus, a more universal approach to risk
mitigation and improved operational efficiency.
Created to align with the ISO Directive Annex SL, the PAS
99:2012 standard goes a step further by ensuring the results of
streamlining management systems work effectively and as intended.
At present, PAS 99 certification is the only impartial way to
determine if an IMS has achieved its intention of integrating
operating systems efficiently and effectively, providing a common
bar on how an integrated management system should function and
continuously improve through certification.
According to Ribose’s founder Ronald Tse, “Ribose chose to build
a streamlined, integrated management system right from the
beginning. As a small company with a limited number of staff, we
wanted to manage all aspects of the company as efficiently as
possible. Streamlining our IMS through PAS 99 certification helped
us avoid overlapping elements and duplicated effort across our
different management systems.”
“Taking our commitment to holistic, comprehensive collaboration
to heart, we have integrated our information security, business
continuity, quality, IT services, environmental, energy and
occupational health and safety management systems into a whole –
allowing us to effectively manage these aspects of our operations
without the typical overhead that can bog down non-integrated
systems,” explained Mr. Tse. “Our highly dynamic information
security management system, which has continuously received the
highest security ratings and certified to the most stringent
security standards including CSA STAR, CSA C-STAR, MTCS and AICPA
SOC, also operates as part of this IMS.”
Mr. Tse concluded, “PAS 99 certification confirms that Ribose
has integrated its management systems correctly, and that the IMS
performs effectively – providing better oversight and control for
our management team, while ensuring the highest level of service
for our users.”
Emmanuel Herve, Managing Director of BSI Hong Kong and VP of
Standards, remarked, “We commend Ribose for its commitment to the
highest levels of corporate governance. Standards are designed to
level the playing field, and Ribose’s numerous achievements in
certification attest that smaller businesses can indeed compete
against larger organizations by building upon standards.”
Mr. Herve added, “Management systems help companies get more
from their business, and integrating these management systems
allows them to realize even greater benefits without additional
investment of time or money. PAS 99 provides a framework for the
most streamlined method to achieve this goal. We congratulate
Ribose on being the first company to integrate seven management
systems under PAS 99, setting a strong example for the industry to
follow.”
About Ribose
Ribose is a cloud collaboration platform that makes working
together easy and fun while keeping your data safe. As the world’s
first cloud service provider certified to MTCS (Multi-Tier Cloud
Security), CSA STAR Attestation, CSA STAR Certification (Cloud
Controls Matrix, CCM 3.0.1) and the first Software-as-a-Service
platform to complete the CSA C-STAR Assessment, Ribose has been
consistently awarded the industry's highest cloud security ratings
year after year: the highest security tier, Level 3, in MTCS and
the highest maturity level, Gold, in STAR Certification.
Ribose is also certified to ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001,
ISO/IEC 20000, ISO 22301, ISO/IEC 27001, ISO 50001, PAS 99, Cyber
Essentials Plus, CDSA Content Protection Security (CPS) and AICPA
Service Organization Control (SOC) standards, and approved by the
UK Government’s G-Cloud program for government use.
Ribose is free to use: ribose.com.
About BSI
BSI (British Standards Institution) equips businesses with the
necessary solutions to turn standards of best practice into habits
of excellence. As the world’s first National Standards Body and a
founding member of the International Organization for
Standardization (ISO), BSI is responsible for originating many of
the world’s most commonly used management systems standards and
publishes over 2,700 standards annually.
Independently assessed and accredited globally by ANAB (ANSI-ASQ
National Accreditation Board) and by over 26 other accreditation
bodies around the world including UKAS (United Kingdom
Accreditation Service), BSI is globally recognized as a champion of
best practice.
For more information, please visit: bsigroup.com.
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