BTA Bank (Kazakhstan) informs on introduction of the information safety management system in compliance with the ISO 27001 international standard

/KASE, October 20, 08/ - BTA Bank (Almaty), securities of which are traded in Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) official list, provided to KASE the press release on the following: Quotation start BTA Bank is the only Kazakhstan bank, which completed introduction of the Information Safety Management System (ISMS) in compliance with the ISO 27001 international standard, developed by British Standards Institute (BSI). The ISMS area covers the system of distance banking services provision to legal entities "BTA-Online", which after certification was acknowledged by the international experts as the highest protection level product. The receipt of ISO/IEC 27001:2005 certificate will allow BTA Bank increasing the confidence in investment companies, and strengthen confidence in debtors that the bank is able to keep entrusted information, as ISMS excludes the risk of information safety threat. The ISO/IEC 27001:2005 standard establishes requirements for determination, implementation, management, monitoring, evaluation, maintenance and continuous improvement of documented ISMS. This standard is the only applicable for certification standard, determining requirements for ISMS. ISMS development and introduction in compliance with the ISO 27001 standard is the important part of the bank's IT-strategy development and BTA strategy in whole to become the international financial institution and enter the number of largest banks of the world. ISMS of BTA Bank was drafted and introduced by the Russian company "Informzashita". For Media contacts: Adil Dossymov, BTA Bank Press Secretary 8 (727) 266 47 97, e-mail: dosymov@bta.kz Quotation end [2008-10-20]