BBK awarded ISO 27001: 2013
BK has achieved ISO 27001: 2013 for its Information Security Management System (ISMS). The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is the world’s largest developer of voluntary International Standards, and ISO 27001 is the international standards describing best practices for an ISMS.
The certification process was conducted by Bureau Veritas on all of the bank’s Information Security Management
BBK’s Chief Executive, Abdukarim Bucheery, received the ISO 27001:2013 certificate from the Bureau Veritas Chief Executive for Bahrain, Zulfiqar Haider, at an official ceremony held at BBK headquarters on November, 18 2015. The ceremony was also attended from BBK by Dr. Jamal Hijres General Manager Shared Services and Jamal Al Sabbagh, Assistant General Manager – Information Technology. Representatives from the various teams that contributed towards the achievement of the certification were also present.
Speaking at the ceremony, Bucheery said: “The fact that BBK has received the ISO 27001:2013 certification confirms that we are operating in strict accordance with international standards. This means that BBK customers, and our regulator, can have considerable confidence in the quality of the bank’s IT and IT security, as well as in our ability to manage our data and our IT assets.”
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