ISMS Certification to AMI
American Megatrends India Pvt. Ltd. (AMI India) has announced that its Information Security Management System (ISMS) has been assessed and certified, as per ISO 27001:2005 standards by Vincotte International India Assessment Services Pvt. Ltd.
The objective of ISO 27001 is to provide organizations with a standard for maintaining information security and to enable secure sharing of information within organizations. ISMS certification ensures that the certified organization has undertaken a risk assessment and has identified and implemented controls appropriate to the information security needs of the business.
Speaking on the assessment, Sridharan Mani, Director & CEO, American Megatrends India Pvt. Ltd., said, "AMI India values its customers' Intellectual Properties. Being a customer-focussed organization, AMI India has implemented several best practices to safeguard information at various levels in the organization. This certification will help AMI India to equivalently maintain and improve confidentiality, integrity and availability of its information assets. During the assessment process, we were much complimented by Vincotte on our (management's) commitment and best practices."
The process of the ISO 27001:2005 certification was implemented according to the ISMS policies and procedures. As a first stage, an internal audit was carried out by trained internal ISMS auditors. Stage I of the external audit was done by Vincotte International India during which all the ISMS controls implemented were validated along with the policies and procedures adopted. Based on the audit, necessary actions were taken for improvements. Finally, Stage II of the audit was undertaken to declare the ISO 27001:2005 certification. The certification is valid for 3 years with external audits to be conducted once every year during the validity period.
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