Company Name Mayo County Council
Address
Website http://www.mayococo.ie
Certification Date 2007-01-12
Certification Expiry Date 2010-01-12
Scope IT Department
Client Reg Number 32
Certification Number 1206


ISO/IEC 27001 is an information security management system (ISMS) standard published in October 2005 by the International Organization for Standardization and the International Electrotechnical Commission. Its full name is ISO/IEC 27001:2005 - Information technology -- Security techniques -- Information security management systems -- Requirements, but it is commonly known as "ISO 27001".

The standard  is intended to be used in conjunction with ISO 17799, the Code of Practice for Information Security Management, which lists security control objectives and recommends a range of specific security controls. 

The above organization has had their ISMS (Information Security Management System) independently audited by certified auditors against "ISO 27001" with the above scope. The audit was performed  in line with guidelines outlined in document EA-7/03 (www.european-accreditation.org). The organization has successfully reached a suitable criteria and a certificate of conformity has been issued for three years with  continual assessments during that period.