iomart Adopts First International Standard on Cloud Privacy
17 February 2015 - 11:45PM
Business Wire
Cloud service provider protects personal
information in the public cloud
iomart (AIM:IOM) has become one of the first UK cloud providers
to adopt the new international standard on cloud privacy which has
been created to establish a uniform worldwide approach to
protecting personal data in the public cloud.
ISO/IEC 27018 is a code of practice that has been developed by
the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). iomart
will incorporate the new international standard into its
Information Management System and work with customers to keep
Personally Identifiable Information (PII) private and secure
by delivering its services in a way that allows both parties
to meet the requirements of applicable legislation and regulations
covering the protection of PII.
Angus MacSween, CEO of iomart, said: “iomart works to the very
highest standards in delivering hosting solutions for our
customers. For many of them data security, privacy and legal
compliance is of the utmost importance. We have therefore worked
hard to become one of the first adopters of this new international
data security standard. Not only can we can tell our customers
exactly where there data is, we can ensure there is no unauthorised
access to it and that the way it is handled meets all relevant
privacy obligations.”
iomart provides a range of public, private and hybrid cloud
solutions to a range of customers from a network of data centres
across the UK and a series of international Points of Presence. Its
customers are increasingly looking to cloud backup and disaster
recovery as part of their data storage strategies which involves
protecting many petabytes of data for them away from their business
premises.
Bill Strain, CTO of iomart, added: “Microsoft is one of the
first global cloud providers to announce that it has adopted
ISO/IEC 27018 and as a Tier 1 member of the Microsoft Cloud
Solution Provider Program iomart is proud to be operating to the
same high standards. Privacy is still a key issue for businesses
looking to move to the cloud so being able to offer our services
with this level of confidence in how we protect data for our
customers is an important step.”
The new international standard focuses on protecting personal
data in the cloud by specifying minimum security measures that must
be implemented for customers including encryption and access
controls and security awareness policies for staff.
iomart has also adopted two other international cloud
computing standards, ISO/IEC 17788 and ISO/IEC 17789, which were
published late in 2014. These standards draw on the knowledge
of experts from over 30 countries and lay down the basic
terminology and architectural framework for the delivery of
Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS) and
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS).
Since 2008 iomart has gained accreditation by the
United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) for the following
standards: ISO 27001:2013 (Information Security Management); ISO
20000-1:2011 (Information Technology Service Management); ISO
22301:2012 (Business Continuity Management); ISO 14001:2004
(Environmental Management); and ISO 9001:2008 (Quality
Management).
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About iomart
Award winning cloud company iomart Group PLC (AIM:IOM)
enables businesses and organisations to operate their online data
and IT environments safely and securely. Headquartered in Glasgow,
Scotland, iomart partners with leading vendors such as VMware,
Amazon, EMC, Microsoft, Asigra, Arbor and Dell to offer customers a
centrally managed, controlled and completely agnostic set of
hybrid, private and public cloud platforms. By owning a global
network and datacentre infrastructure, iomart can support any
customer who wishes to move seamlessly between any and all of these
platforms with a consultative level of knowledge and expertise,
delivering cloud services to meet exact business needs. For more
information visit www.iomart.com
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