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eircom’s Clonshaugh Data Centre Receives Global Certification to ISO 27001

eircom's Clonshaugh Data Centre

eircom, Ireland’s leading Managed Services provider today announced it has been formally awarded ISO 27001 certification by Certification Europe.

The ISO 27001 certification was awarded to eircom following a rigorous auditing process conducted by Certification Europe. The certification means the Company has been independently certified and awarded the internationally recognised highestinformation security standard.

eircom achieved Ireland’s first data centre ISO 27001 certification with its Citywest facility.

Building on this successful track record, eircom has been working to achieve ISO 27001 certification for its Clonshaugh Datacentre.  Since its opening eircom has maintained the highest standards of information security and has now successful achieved ISO 27001 certification for the data centre. ISO (International Organisation for Standardisation) is the world's largest developer and publisher of international standards. Specifically, the ISO 27001 standard is a globally recognised information security management system (ISMS) standard. ISO 27001 specifies the requirements fora business to establish, implement, review, monitor, manage and maintain aneffective information security management system. Commenting on the certification,

Ronan Kneafsey, Director, eircom Business said, “We are delighted to have achieved ISO 27001 for our two largest data centres, as it represents independent confirmation of eircom’s world-class managed services credentials. We provide highly secure managed services to some of the largest enterprises in the world, including secure hosting, and we continue to work hard to ensure we not only meet the most stringent security requirements of our clients, but that we also foster a “security culture” within eircom. We have the largest team of security professionals in Ireland and ISO 27001 Certification is very important to us as it demonstrates our commitment to protecting our customers’ valuable information assets by maintaining the most stringent procedures governing security, resilience and business continuity. "

Ronan continued, “Increasingly companies are now required to achieve or maintain compliance with information and data security standards such as ISO/IEC 27001:2005 or the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). Many organisations are keen to do business with a service provider that has a certified security program already in place.  eircom is delighted to be in a position to offer our clients the highest security standards”.

Michael Brophy, CEO of Certification Europe, commenting on the certification said “We would like to congratulate eircom on this success. Achieving certification to ISO 27001 in the Clonshaugh Datacentre, and previously in the Citywest facility, demonstrates eircom’s commitment to improving and maintaining the very highest standards in information security.  eircom recognises the reassurance and added value that they give their clients by not only operating to recognised international standards, but having the confidence to submit themselves to independent assessment as proof of their achievement”.