Jamshedpur: The corporate IT systems of Tata Steel have been certified under the BS7799 standard for 'information security management system' (ISMS) by Software Testing and Quality Control (STQC), ministry of information technology, Government of India. STQC is the first accredited BS7799 ISMS certification body in India; it offers certification services under accreditation from RvA, Netherlands.

BS7799 is the most widely recognised standard in the world for information security management systems. This standard provides a comprehensive set of 127 controls, comprising best practices for managing information security.

Information security has assumed greater importance recently with the increased usage and dependence on IT, the growing complexity of IT infrastructure, and increasing threats and recent instances of security incidents in different organisations.

The benefits of this certification are:

• Improved credibility and enhanced customer confidence.

• Confidence of customers in international trade / business.

• Assured capability of the organisation to meet the changing requirements of information security.

Thirteen organisations, mostly software houses, have obtained this certification in India. Tata Steel is the first organisation in the Tata group to receive this certification.