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SunTrust Bank Nigeria Limited has been
awarded ISO 2007:2013 and Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard
(PCI DSS) Certification by the PECB Canada, one of the leading
organisations in audit management systems and processes.
The bank was awarded the ISO/IEC
27001:2013 Certification yesterday in Lagos after undergoing series of
intense implementation exercise and audit processes which began in
October 2017 last year.
Speaking at the certificate
presentation, the Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer, Mr.
Muhammad Jibrin said the certification was a proof of the bank’s
commitment to provide all its customers with maximum protection.
Jubrin said: “When we opened our office for business in 2015, we actually promised that we would be technology-based banking.
“Our commitment has been that we would ensure that we give priority to cyber security and even to physical security.
“We also want to ensure that they are very efficient and more importantly, they must be highly secured.”
“We believe to a large extent that our
systems are the simplest and efficient across the industry. And today we
are celebrating the certification of one of the most secured systems
you can have across the industry.”
He further pointed out that the feat
could not have been achieved without the support from Digital Jewels
Limited, which is an indigenous consulting firm that focuses on IT
security, risk management governance and the rest.
He further added: “These standards are
required for anyone who wants to make payments with cards and without
these two certifications you would not be able to say you are highly
secured in what you are doing.
“This is the foundation and we believe
we would ensure that our customers are protected from cyber-attack and
the same time, we would ensure that this certification continues and we
are committed to that ad we would continue to do that,” he added.
On her part, the Managing Director
Digital Jewels, Mrs. Adedoyin Odunfa said: “This is a real milestone and
it is important to note that these milestones are not easy to achieve
especially for such a young bank and clearly it demonstrates that
SunTrust Bank understands that IT is the game changer today especially
for financial services industry.”
ISO 27001 Information Security
Management Systems is the international best practice standard for
information security. ISO 27001:2013, the current version of the
standard, provides a set of standardised requirements for an information
security management system (ISMS).
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