International certification company Inspecta Sertification confirmed the validity of the information security standard ISO 27001 certificate for the Baltic Data Center, a leader in the management of data centers and information systems in the Baltic States.

Baltic Data Center belonging to TEO LT, AB Group was the first IT services management company in the Baltic States to receive the certificate and the only company in Lithuania to have the validity of the certificate confirmed for three years in a row by now.

During the audit of the company, 11 fields related with effective operation and information security were inspected: security policies, human resources, physical and environmental protection, purchases, design and maintenance of information systems, access management, management of commercial activity continuity, legal compliance and others.

According to Saulius Markunas, Director of Baltic Data Center, international security standard is one of the most important prerequisites for successful development of the company in Lithuania and foreign countries.  “Lithuanian and international corporations co-operating with us can be confident regarding observation of all information security requirements in our company in Lithuania in the same way, as for example, they are observed in similar companies in Finland or Germany. Therefore, the companies from the above-mentioned countries can entrust their information to us without any worries”, said Mr. Markunas.

The strictest information security requirements are observed by Baltic Data Center when providing all complex IT management services – from hardware maintenance to design and management of complex systems – to the clients.

ISO/IEC 27001 is an information security management system standard approved by the International Standardisation Organisation (ISO) and International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) in 2005.   It replaced and broadened the Great Britain standard BS 7799-2 which was used for seven years before its replacement.

About Baltic Data Center

Baltic Data Center, a company belonging to TEO LT, AB Group of companies, is a leader in the management of data centers and information systems in the Baltic States. The company provides professional data center, computer workstation and business management system support and development services.
 
Having equipped the data center facility, which is one of the most modern ones in Eastern Europe, recently Baltic Data Center has been expanding its activities extremely fast – over the last three years the company allocated more than LTL 20 million for investments in technologies and in the knowledge of its specialists.  During this period, the number of employees has almost doubled and at the moment more than 180 specialists work for the company.
 
Baltic Data Center is the first company in its sector in the Baltic States the activities of which have been evaluated with the international certificate of compliance with the ISO 27001 standard confirming that the company’s activities comply with the strictest requirements for information security.
 
For more information, please contact:

Antanas Bubnelis, Press Officer, TEO LT, AB
Tel. +370 5 236 7537,
Mob. tel. +370 615 83 854
E-mail: antanas.bubnelis@teo.lt