A service provided to Isle of Man Government by Manx Telecom has won an award for high standards of information security. The Department of Economic Development’s Information Systems Division (ISD) now has Lloyds Register Quality Assurance (LRQA) accreditation for the Connect Mann service, which is provided by Manx Telecom. The ISO/IEC 27001:2005 award was originally granted to Connect Man in January 2005 and the current certificate of accreditation runs until January 2014. Lloyds of London assessors carry out a rigorous audit of processes and procedures in order to determine whether an organisation merits an LRQA certificate. Since 2004 Connect Mann has supplied all of the network and telephony services used by the Isle of Man Government which includes fixed lines, mobiles and internet services. Connect Mann won the CISCO IP Network of the Year Award in 2005 and was also a Gold Medal Winner in the 2006 British Computer Society Awards. Manx Telecom also has ISO 27001 accreditation. Mike Dee, Manx Telecom CEO and Managing Director, said: “We understand the need to provide the highest levels of security for our clients and this award is an endorsement of the standards achieved by ISD, Connect Mann and Manx Telecom” Allan Paterson, Director of the Department of Economic Development’s Information Systems Division, commented: “Quality of service is all-important to us, even more so where information security is concerned. The provision of Connect Mann as a managed service by Manx Telecom continues to meet and exceed the service level criteria we set. The external assessment processes we go through to get and maintain our ISO accreditation provides demonstrable proof of that.” - ENDS -