Perot Systems Earns Prestigious BS 7799 Certification for Its India BPO Operations
Perot Systems (NYSE: PER) today announced that its business process solutions centers in Chennai, India received the prestigious BS 7799-2:2002 IT Security Certification on May 17. The award further expands Perot SystemsÂ’ record of numerous top-level quality and information security management certifications for all its operations in India.
Chennai, INDIA; Plano, TX (PRWEB) June 29, 2005
Perot Systems (NYSE: PER) today announced that its business process solutions centers in Chennai, India received the prestigious BS 7799-2:2002 IT Security Certification on May 17. The award further expands Perot SystemsÂ’ record of numerous top-level quality and information security management certifications for all its operations in India.
“Information security and compliance are key components of Perot Systems’ global delivery of BPO services from our Chennai centers,” said Anurag Jain, who leads Perot Systems Business Process Solutions group. “Earning the BS 7799 is significant recognition of our relentless focus on building technologies, tools and practices designed to help ensure that we keep customer data and patient healthcare information confidential and secure.”
Perot Systems has earned a reputation in the industry for its quality and security capabilities because of the numerous top-level accreditations the company has achieved in India and other global operations. All of Perot SystemsÂ’ operations in India are now ISO9001:2000 and BS 7799 certified. In addition, the companyÂ’s Technology Services unit in Bangalore and Noida achieved CMMI Level 5 in 2003 and People CMM Level 5 and BS 7799 in 2004. This latest BS 7799 certification covers the people, processes, technology, and facilities associated with information security management delivered from its three facilities in Chennai.
“BS 7799 is an important industry standard that we believe places Perot Systems in the elite level of quality information management and security among the world’s leading technology services providers,” said Padma Ravichander, Head of Perot Systems India/Asia-Pacific Operations. “The achievement further demonstrates Perot Systems’ commitment to the strength and depth and world class quality of its India resources.”
Additionally, Perot SystemsÂ’ infrastructure solutions group in Plano, Texas has achieved full ISO certification, and uses PMI-certified project management methodologies and ITIL-based service management and delivery processes. Perot SystemsÂ’ quality culture is further supported by the companyÂ’s advocacy of employee achievement of ITIL, PMI, MCSC and other quality standard certifications.
BS 7799-2: 2002 is an international standard for Information Security, which provides an excellent basis for organizations to protect information assets and deploy adequate effective controls. The standard incorporates elements of technical and procedural security covering 10 domains of the corporate environment. The focus is a methodological flow from risk identification to risk mitigation and management using technical and procedural controls which allow organizations to detect and prevent incidents from occurring. Compliance to BS 7799:2-2002 also helps organizations in complying with some of the major elements in parallel industry standards such as those required under HIPAA and in connection with SAS 70 audits.
For an organization to achieve BS 7799-2:2002 IT Security certification, external auditors must test whether their security systems comply with the ten domains prescribed by the standard. These include security policy; asset classification and control; access control; organizational, personnel, physical and environmental security; business continuity and compliance; operational management; and systems development and maintenance. The auditors also check the management systems to ensure there is ongoing monitoring, review, and improvement in the system.
The registration and certification audits, stretching over multiple days and shifts at Perot SystemsÂ’ Business Process Solutions centre in Chennai, were conducted by KPMG.
About Perot Systems
Perot Systems is a worldwide provider of information technology services and business solutions. Through its flexible and collaborative approach, Perot Systems integrates expertise from across the company to deliver custom solutions that enable clients to accelerate growth, streamline operations and create new levels of customer value. Headquartered in Plano, Texas, Perot Systems reported 2004 revenue of $1.8 billion. The company has more than 15,000 associates located in North America, Europe, and Asia. Additional information on Perot Systems is available at http://www. perotsystems. com (http://www. perotsystems. com) and http://www. perotsystems. com/processes (http://www. perotsystems. com/processes).
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