Rack Centre’s global certification boosts companies’ confidence

ICT stakeholders say that Rack Center, an indigenous data centre’s attainment of the global ISO/IEC 27001: 2013 certification for information security management system will boost companies’ confidence in Nigerian data centres and encourage them to host data in the country.

Being the most rigorous global standard for information security, the attainment of an ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certification confirms that an organisation has put in place best practices for information security processes and is ensuring data integrity, confidentiality and customer asset safety.

Rack centre is Nigeria’s second data centre to be ISO certified after Mainone’s Tier III data centre MXD-I got the ISO 27001 security certification which ensures the right information security management environment, procedures and policies to ensure that it is able to provide a high degree of security and assurance to customers.

Ayotunde Coker, Managing Director, Rack Centre, said “achieving certification of this standard shows that Rack Centre is committed to assessing and managing security risks and managing sensitive data. Our ISO/IEIC 27001:2013 certification is enterprise wide and was achieved after a seamless process as indicated by the Assessors. We are delighted with the formal certification to this global standard which affirms that Rack Centre stands for excellence and industry leadership in all its activities”.

Working in conjunction with Deloitte, Rack Centre was certified after a rigorous auditing of the facility and entire business operations by the British Standards Institution (BSI), the Global Standards Body. Deloitte, the leading professional services network, provided consulting, implementation and certification advisory to Rack Centre during the meticulous ISO/IEC 27001:2013 audit with BSI.