ISO 27001 Data Security Certification

All the statistics say the same: the number and sophistication of cyber-attacks has grown exponentially and so has their success. This is why it’s important to work with a company that has an active approach to security and risk mitigation.

At Packimpex, we wanted to act and mitigate risks rather than tackle their effects. This is why we became one of the first relocation companies in Europe to obtain the ISO 27001 data security certification. Thanks to ISO 27001 our clients, partners and our employees can rest assured that their personal and financial information remains secure.

Let us explain more about why this certification is crucial to us and how it benefits our clients.

The ISO 27001 certification underlines the commitment to treat data in a secure and confidential manner. ISO 27001 provides the methodology for companies of all sizes to discover which types of attacks they are most vulnerable to and a framework to mitigate these risks.

But this certification offers more than risk discovery. It also offers a roadmap to define procedures for how to change employee and stakeholder behaviour in order to prevent cyber incidents from happening.

When you work with an ISO 27 001-certified company like Packimpex, you can rest assured that:

Your information is protected and will not get into unauthorized hands. This includes all the information that you shared throughout the business relationship.

Rules and best practices are enforced to ensure that all the information you share is kept accurate and that it can only be edited or modified by authorized users. This way, you are always in control of the data you share.

Risks of a breach are being constantly evaluated and are action will be taken to mitigate the risk of such an attack happening.

The company's information security policy is independently assessed and constantly being held to international standards and industry best practices.

Briefly put, the ISO 27001 certification proves that the holder of the certification has  identified the risks, assessed their implications, and created processes and system controls designed to limit any damage in case of a successful attack.

This means that our customers’ data is always kept safe. You can rest assured that the way we use, store, and share your data is closely monitored by independent regulatory bodies. In other words: your information couldn’t be in better hands.

Would you like to know more about ISO 27001 and the certification process? We’ve explained the theory behind it, so read on!

ISO 27001 (by its full name: ISO/IEC 27001 — Information technology — Security techniques — Information security management systems — Requirements) is the leading international standard focusing on information security. It is part of a set of standards developed to handle information security: the ISO/IEC 27000 series.

ISO 27001 was published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), in partnership with the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), international organizations whose main purpose is to develop similar standards.

The standard was developed to help organizations of various sizes and in various fields of activity protect their data in a systematic way and with cost-efficient means.

ISO 27001 is often associated with companies in the IT and tech fields and it is wrongly assumed that they are the only ones that need to implement it. This couldn’t be farther from the truth.

The myth stems from the fact that it is, indeed IT companies that typically work with large volumes of data or with sensitive data (as it happens, for instance, in the fintech industry). However, any company that works with customer data can benefit from implementing this standard.

Why?

Because, most often, it’s not the IT department or an IT company that acts as the key element in protecting sensitive data. Insider attacks are becoming more and more prevalent across countries and across industries. Firewalls, backups, or antiviruses can do very little to protect against them.

This is where ISO 27001 comes in.

Without getting too technical and because we're incredibly proud to have obtained this certification, we just want to paint a clear picture of how the ISO 27001 certification works to protect both Packimpex and all our customers and partners.

These are a few of the stages any organization has to go through to obtain the certification:

Assessing the potential risks to our business. This meant a thorough evaluation of all our systems and processes.

Identifying the areas that are most vulnerable. These were prioritized for risk management and attack prevention.

Implementing an organization-wide management system that helps control where and how information is used and stored. This is a very important phase since it allows us to get a bird’s-eye-view over all the data that flows within the company and outside of it.

Creating and maintaining processes that manage our current and future information/data security policy.

Training for employees and third-party contractors. The training was designed to make everyone aware of potential risks and involve them in incident spotting and reporting.

Close monitoring of system activities and logging of user activities to spot potential gaps in our security.

Regular updates of all our IT systems to ensure that protection software is kept up-to-date.

Various access control system evaluations and more.

As the cyber-security landscape keeps changing, let us assure you once again of our commitment to protect our clients' data according the latest international standards.