In today’s fast-paced, digitally driven world, information is a critical resource, and the protection of information assets is a major concern for businesses and public-sector authorities alike. Increased threats from criminals and state actors, together with a growing dependence on digital storage and processing systems, mean that information security has never been more important.

Over recent months, our internal teams have been working hard to develop and implement additional controls to assure the continued security of our information assets and those entrusted to us by our customers and partners. Existing good practice has been refined and expanded, with new procedures introduced to further strengthen our information security capabilities.

At the end of October, we hosted auditors from ISOQAR, who spent time with our teams in Manchester and Birmingham assessing compliance with the ISO 27001 standard. The audit was successful, and as a result ISOQAR have now awarded 4way certification under the standard. Certificate Number: 11359.

Ian Pengelly, Technical Director for Digital, 4way Consulting, said:
“This has been an aspiration of 4way for some time, and it is monumental to finally achieve it. This is a testament to the team that have led the development of our ISMS, and senior level sponsorship it has received. Finally, we couldn’t have made the final hurdle without the willingness of our colleagues across the company to embrace change”.

ISO 27001 certification marks an important achievement for 4way and together with our existing ISO 9001 certification, underlining our continued commitment to delivering the highest quality services while protecting our customers sensitive information.