Tuesday, October 21, 2008

BTA Bank pioneered information Security Management System in Kazakhstan

The FINANCIAL -- BTA Bank JSC is a sole bank in Kazakhstan to successfully introduce the Information Security Management System (ISMS) in compliance with ISO 27001 of the British Standards Institute (BSI).

ISMS covers BTA-Online system that provides entities with online banking services. Within this certification international experts have named BTA-Online the product with a highest level of protection.

ISO/IEC 27001:2005 certificate will enhance confidence of both investment companies and borrowers in BTA Bank to as regards its ability to protect information entrusted to it since the ISMS eliminates a risk of threat to information security.

ISO/IEC 27001:2005 specifies the requirements for establishing, implementing, operating, monitoring, reviewing, maintaining and improving a documented Information Security Management System. Only this standard can be used in a certification by an international standard that specifies requirements to the ISMS.

Development and introduction of the ISMS in compliance with ISO 27001 is a vital part of the IT strategy of Bank’s development and in general BTA strategy of turning into an international financial institution and raning among the major world’s banks.

Russia-based InformZaschita has designed the ISMS for BTA Bank JSC and introduced it.

Source: http://finchannel.com

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