PRESS RELEASE
Karachi,
21st June, 2018: PTCL has become the country’s
first telecom operator to achieve two ISO certifications in parallel for its
cloud services ‘Infrastructure-as-a-Service’ (IaaS) offering. These are ISO/IEC 27001:2013 and ISO/IEC
27017:2015.
The International Standards
Organization (ISO) and International Electro technical Commission (IEC) are the
authorities for these standards. The ISO 27017 is a Cloud security-specific
standard, while ISO/IEC 27000 is a family of standards that helps organizations
keep information assets secure.
On this occasion, PTCL’s Chief
Technological Information Officer, Saad Muzaffar Waraich said, “These international
certifications clearly demonstrate PTCL’s recognition of the criticality of securing
cloud-based solutions. Our customers trust us with their data, and these
certifications ensure that proper controls are in place, not only to secure our
platforms, but also our customers’ data.”
PTCL’s cloud offering allows our
customers to utilize the amount of computing resources as per their
requirements on an OPEX model without having to invest in hardware themselves. Addressing
the specific needs of cloud security, ISO/IEC 27017 builds upon ISO/IEC 27001 –
providing additional controls and implementation guidance on architecture,
technology and processes to ensure information security is well protected in the
cloud.
Adil Rashid, Chief Digital Services
Officer, highlighted that, “PTCL has set the standard in providing safe and
secure solutions to our corporate customers with cloud services security. They
can safely utilize our platforms knowing that all their confidential data is
protected through multi-layer safety net as provided by international
certifications ensuring highest levels of customer satisfaction.”
Recently PTCL also announced Payment
Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS) Level -I certification v3.2 for
its Infrastructure-As-A-Service (IaaS)/ PTCL Smart Cloud offering, which
assures maximum security compliance as per international standards.
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About PTCL: Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited
(PTCL) is the largest integrated Information Communication Technology (ICT)
Company of Pakistan. With a humble start from a telephone and telegraph
department in 1947, it has evolved to offer latest digital and telecommunication
technologies today. It acts as the communication backbone for the country with
the largest fiber cable network that spans from Khyber to Karachi and submarine
cables connecting Pakistan to the world. For more information, visit www.ptcl.com.pk
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