Central Credit Services Completes ISO Certification

Jacksonville, Fla. — Central Credit Services, Inc. (www.ccscollect.com – CCS), an accounts receivable management solutions provider headquartered in Jacksonville, FL, today announced it has completed the ISO 27001:2005 certification process.

ISO (International Organization for Standardization) is the world’s largest developer and publisher of international standards, with a network to include the national standards institutes of 163 countries, one member per country, and a Central Secretariat in Geneva, Switzerland, that coordinates the system.

This particular certification program has information security as its focus.  According to an abstract on the ISO website, ISO 27001:2005, “specifies the requirements for establishing, implementing, operating, monitoring, reviewing, maintaining and improving a documented Information Security Management System within the context of the organization’s overall business risks. It specifies requirements for the implementation of security controls customized to the needs of individual organizations or parts thereof.”  ISO recommends the 27001:2005 program for various uses, including:

• As a way to ensure that security risks are cost-effectively managed.
• To ensure compliance with laws and regulations.
• To determine the status of information security management activities within an organization.
• By internal and external auditors of organizations to determine the degree of compliance with the policies, directives and standards adopted by an organization.
• To provide relevant information about information security to customers by the organization.

Commenting on the certification, Chairman James J. Eccleston, noted, “We are pleased to be able to offer our partners the additional trust and confidence we are able to provide through this certification, while reducing our overall risk profile, enhancing compliance, and reinforcing our commitment to be the best we can be.  I appreciate the efforts of our team to accomplish this milestone and look forward to discussing its benefits with partners in the weeks and months to come.”