The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) on Tuesday received the ISO 27001: 2013 Certificate award, attaining the milestone as the first government organisation in the country to attain such certification.
TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) form the specialized system for worldwide standardization.
National bodies that are members of ISO or IEC participate in the development of International Standards through technical committees established by the respective organization to deal with particular fields of technical activity.
The ISO/IEC 27000 family of standards helps organizations keep information assets secure.
Using this family of standards helps an organization to manage the security of assets such as financial information, intellectual property, employee details or information entrusted by third parties.
ISO/IEC 27001 is the best-known standard in the family providing requirements for an information security management system (ISMS).
There are more than a dozen standards in the 27000 family, including the ISO 27001: 2013, which the NITDA has achieved.
This International Standard has been prepared to provide requirements for establishing, implementing, maintaining and continually improving an information security management system.
According to Mr Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, Director General of NITDA, at the ISO 27001: 2013 Certificate award presentation, the Agency passed through 7 processes before attaining the ISO 27001: 2013 Certification.
“We have documented all our processes to set standards for other MDAs in Nigeria. The Agency passed through 7 processes before attaining the ISO 27001: 2013 Certification.
“This is the first Government organisation in the country to attain such Certification. The operational standard you find in NITDA is exactly what you will find in other countries around the globe,” Inuwa said.
Also, Acting Director, Cybersecurity Unit of NITDA, Dr Dimie Wariowei, at the event, made known that 20 staff of NITDA went through the ISO auditing training process and were now certified auditors.