Groove Technology Has Successfully Renewed ISO 27001:2013 Certificate For Three Years

On March 15th, Groove Technology successfully achieved our 3-year maturity of ISO 27001:2013 compliance, which will result in several benefits for our customers and staff.

What is ISO 27001:2013 certificate? 

ISO 27001 is an international standard that specifies the requirements for implementing an information security management system (ISMS) and ISO 27001:2013 is the current version. The standard outlines the specifications for establishing, implementing, sustaining, and continuously improving an information security management system within an organization. It also contains requirements for assessing and treating information security threats that are specific to the organization's needs. These standards are standardized and intended to apply to all institutions, regardless of type, scale, or design.

What are benefits of ISO 27001 for software development business and Groove’s customers?

• Improve risk management and information security. This can be considered as the most important advantage of implementing ISO 27001. It standardizes how an organization's information protection is handled. It uses a top-down approach based on a solid risk management system, requiring that all staffs from the boardroom, project managers, software development team to the office administration, marketing, sale have proper information security expertise. ISO 27001 also requires a set of standard information security measures that explain how the company will enforce controls. These policies and controls tie together and standardize the behaviors and processes that the organization needs to promote in order to ensure good information security.
• Enhance customer’s confidence in winning new business: Having our ISO27001 certification assures our customers that our internal procedures are oriented toward keeping their information confidential by informing them that we are ISO 27001 accredited. Our current and potential customers when looking for partners to work with would also prefer the one with demonstrable commitment to data security.
• In compliance with business, contractual and legal requirements: In order to prevent the violation of any legal or contractual regulations related to information security, ISO 27001 comply with solid regulatory requirements such as GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), the NIS Directive (Directive on security of network and information systems) and other cyber security laws.
• Organizational reputation protection: In the situation that cyber attacks tend to increase, technology organizations and their reputation will be affected significantly. Therefore, it is crucial to protect organization’s reputation by a qualified certification.

Why does Groove maintain ISO 27001 compliance?  

Achieving ISO 27001 means that Groove has been qualified as an organization with systems, policies and processes to identify and mitigate any risks. Data security is one of the core strengths at Groove and attaining this certificate asserts ourselves in the industry as a reliable, secure technology partner. With the primary objective that “We build AMAZING software for your business” and the renewed ISO 27001 certification, Groove wants to ensure that our customers’ IP, data, code, processes and working results are safe and secure to the highest degree.

It is clear that maintaining ISO 27001 compliance results in a stable, reliable business model with less risks, longer lifespans, and a system of information security management that everyone at Groove can be proud of.

For more information, please contact us via: contact@groovetechnology.com