atsec receives Chinese delegation in Stockholm
Staffan Persson (atsec) and Lou Zhiming (Chinese delegation) 2009-06-18
Stockholm, Sweden - atsec information security in Stockholm recently was very happy to host visitors from Zhejiang Province, China. The meeting with the delegation from Zhejiang province was very successful and focused on the deployment of an information security management system (ISMS). A framework cooperation agreement was made between atsec and the delegation representing the Information Industry Department of Zhejiang Province. The six members of the delegation are security experts from the Information Security Industry of Zhejiang Province.
atsec information security has always had a global view on IT security. atsec’s customers around the world appreciate the expertise of atsec’s security professionals, as well as the company’s truly independent approach to doing business.
atsec offers an advanced methodology in establishing information security management systems (ISMS) that integrates the requirements defined in other standards, for instance PCI DSS, with ISO/IEC 27001 best practices, and also may include risk assessment, penetration testing and other services. atsec itself is one of the few IT security consulting companies to be ISMS- and QMS-certified globally, which assures that the services provided by atsec offer both high quality and high security protection.
Since 2006, the atsec Beijing office has worked toward these goals:
- Achieve an understanding of the China IT security market;
- Participate in the development of emerging IT security standards in China;
- Work with Chinese interests to integrate their standards efforts with non-Chinese sponsored standards and schemes, for instance the Common Criteria (CC) certification schemes under German BSI, Swedish CSEC, and U.S. CCEVS;
- Work with other western companies who need to understand the emerging China IT security standards;
- Provide professional security consulting services in China;
- Help Chinese security vendors understand overseas markets, so that they can export their products to the U.S. or Europe.
About atsec information security
atsec information security is an independent, standards-based information technology security services company that combines a business-oriented approach to information security with in-depth technical knowledge and global experience. atsec was founded in Munich (Germany) in 2000 and has extensive international operations with offices in the U.S., Germany, Sweden and China.
atsec offers secure code review, ISO/IEC 27001 ISMS consulting, and penetration testing and scanning services as well as being a QSA and ASV.
atsec also offers evaluation and testing services leading to formal certification for IT security including evaluation under Common Criteria schemes in the U.S., Germany, and Sweden; cryptographic module and algorithm testing under the Cryptographic Module Validation Program of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the U.S. and Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC) in Canada.
atsec works with leading global companies such as Huawei, H3C, Unionpay Data, 99BiLL, IBM, Apple, Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, Oracle, Cray, BMW, SGI, Vodafone, Swisscom, RWE, and Wincor-Nixdorf.
