UrbaCon emphasises data security with top IT ISO Qatari contractor achieves information management certification in push for

best practice UrbaCon Trading & Contracting (UCC) has secured ISO: 27001 as it presses ahead with accreditation of its systems and procedures to ensure that all of its work in Qatar not only conforms to the highest standards but leads the way in the country in terms of best practice. Mohammed Moutaz Khayyat, CEO of UCC, says: We achieved the ISO 9001 in a very short period of time, just three months - a very big achievement - and similarly with ISOs 14001 and 10001 for the safety in the environment. Once we had achieved all of these, we set our sights on ISO 27001. ISO 27001:2005 is part of the family of standards developed between ISO and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) to inform information security management systems. Khayyat explains: This one is for the IT department, because we consider our clients information to be of the utmost importance to ensure that there are no leakages and that it is all secured. Now that we have this certificate the issue of data security should be of no concern to any client. According to Walid Kharbat, UCCs quality manager and management representative, the process of accreditation is being supported by the entire management, including the managing director, Ramez Khayyat, as well as the deputy managing director, the COO and each of the heads of the departments. I can tell that we are improving our quality system changes are being made on a daily basis but it is also our job to make sure we always maintain the highest standards across all sectors of our business, he emphasises. Ramez Khayyat, sums: When UCC announced its ISO 9000 certification, we always said this was just the beginning. We must aspire to ever higher standards and best practice in all aspects of our work.