CBN To Receive ISO 27001 Certification

 
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is to receive the International Standard Organisation (ISO) 27001:2005 Certificate issued by the British Standards Institution Assurance UK Limited.
A statement by the bank on Wednesday said the ISO certification, the highest accreditation for information protection and security from the International Organisation for Standardisation, would be given to the apex bank on November 6.
The CBN would be the first regulatory body in Nigeria to be so certified, it added.
The scope of the certification, according to the CBN, covers the bank’s headquarters and all the services provided at the bank by all its departments.
The CBN commenced the process of certification last year July, it said, adding that the certificate, renewable every three years, would expire on August 30, 2016.