Given ISO 17799:2005 certification which ensures customer data safety, establishes guidelines and principles for security management in an organization.

C I Host, a web hosting and Internet solutions provider, yesterday announced that it has received the ISO 17799:2005 Certification from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).

The certification according to the ISO, establishes guidelines and general principles for initiating, implementing, maintaining, and improving information security management in an organization. The company says that ISO/IEC 17799:2005 contains the best practices of control objectives and controls in the areas of information security management like security policy, organization of information security, asset management, human resources security, physical and environmental security, communications and operations management, access control and business continuity management.

"We provide a service that is critical to hundreds of thousands of businesses throughout the world, so information security is paramount," said Christopher Faulkner, CEO of C I Host. "Receiving this certificate solidifies our attention to risk management, service delivery and customer service."

"After working to improve our organization, both internally and on the production networks in our four U.S. data centers, we received the green light on the certification," Faulkner said. "We feel it is important to analyze every aspect of our organization and continually make whatever improvements we can."