ISLAMABAD – PTCL has become the country’s first telecom operator to achievetwo ISO certifications in parallel for its cloud services‘Infrastructure-as-a-Service’ (IaaS) offering. These are ISO/IEC 27001:2013and ISO/IEC 27017:2015.
The International Standards Organization (ISO) and International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) are the authorities for these standards. The ISO27017 is a Cloud security-specific standard, while ISO/IEC 27000 is afamily of standards that helps organizations keep information assets secure.
On this occasion, PTCL’s Chief Technical Information Officer, Saad MuzaffarWaraich said, “These international certifications clearly demonstratePTCL’s recognition of the criticality of securing cloud-based solutions.Our customers trust us with their data, and these certifications ensurethat proper controls are in place, not only to secure our platforms, butalso our customers’ data.”
PTCL’s cloud offering allows our customers to utilize the amount ofcomputing resources as per their requirements on an OPEX model withouthaving to invest in hardware themselves. Addressing the specific needs ofcloud security, ISO/IEC 27017 builds upon ISO/IEC 27001 – providingadditional controls and implementation guidance on architecture, technologyand processes to ensure information security is well protected in the cloud.
Adil Rashid, Chief Digital Services Officer, highlighted that, “PTCL hasset the standard in providing safe and secure solutions to our corporatecustomers with cloud services security. They can safely utilize ourplatforms knowing that all their confidential data is protected throughmulti-layer safety net as provided by international certifications ensuringhighest 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 securitycompliance as per international standards.