PwC gets BS25999 certified

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP has announced that it has become the first major professional services firm to gain certification to BS25999. The certification covers all 41 of the firm’s locations in the UK.

Roger Reeves, partner, infrastructure, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, said:
“Achieving certification to BS25999 is extremely important for us as a business. Our clients expect us to demonstrate that we have resilience within our business to a major disruption and certification by an independent third party provides clear evidence of that.

“The assessment process was very stringent with seven of our sites actively audited, as well as our national business continuity team and central business continuity management system. To maintain our certification, we shall be subject to an ongoing assessment each year, ensuring that our business continuity programme remains compliant with the standard.”

Marco Amitrano, head of risk assurance services, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, added: “Lessons learned from the economic crisis have placed business resilience much higher on the board agenda. At PwC we believe passionately in good risk management and business continuity planning and are very aware that, to be credible advisers to our clients in this area, we have to practice what we preach. We are investing heavily and expanding our team to further build our capability in all aspects of business continuity management to help our clients embed greater resilience into their own business operations.”

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•Date: 16th Dec 2009• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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