King Fahad Specialist Hospital Obtains ISO 27001 Certificate
King Fahad Specialist Hospital in Dammam obtained the international ISO 27001 certification for global information security management. The united registrar of Systems Limited Company tested all policies and standards applied in the IT Management Service & Support Department at the hospital and evaluated its compliance with the requirements and specifications of ISO 27001.
Talal Al-Juhani, head of the IT Management Service & Support Department, said, "The expansion in the use of digital technology in the hospital must be accompanied by an improvement in the quality of services and the application of all security and protection methods. This new achievement reflects the constant enrichment of our management system as per international standards with the ultimate aim of providing the best quality IT infrastructure services to our patients and staff."
It took four months of hard work to obtain this certificate, starting with designing and implementing a system for information security controls and other forms of risk treatment, said Al-Juhani
Al-Juhani indicated that King Fahad Specialist Hospital in Dammam is the second hospital in the Kingdom and the first hospital under the umbrella of the Ministry of Health to obtain this international certification. The assessment for the certification was conducted into two phases. The first phase was reviewing the ways and precautions applied for information security, while the second phase was a detailed review of the procedures and policies that preserve the security of information and alternative plans for risk management.
The international ISO 27001 certification for information security management is a recent achievement, one of the series achievements of the IT Administration in KFSH-D, the latest one was ISO 9001 certification in the field of Quality Management Systems granted by the British company Intertek.
Saeed Al-Asmari - Arab News
