Sony Life Receives ISO27001 Information Security Management System Certification
June 23, 2006
Sony Life, a wholly-owned life insurance subsidiary of Sony Financial Holdings, today announced that as of June 22, 2006, the company had received ISO27001 certification for its insurance administration-related divisions. On June 27, 2003, Sony Life became Japan's first life insurance company to be accredited according to Information Security Management Systems (ISMS) certification criteria (Ver. 2.0) and BS7799-Part 2:2002. The shift from BS7799-Part 2:2002 to ISO27001, an international standard issued on October 15, 2005, led to Sony Life's certification under the new ISO27001 standard.
Going forward, Sony Life aims to continue strengthening its information security, including the protection of policyholders' personal information.
Note: This is an English-language summary of a Japanese announcement made by Sony Life on June 23, 2006. The summary was prepared by Sony Financial Holdings Inc. solely for the convenience of non-Japanese readers.
