Satyam BPO receives ISO 27001 Certification for four Centers

Another global certification for Satyam’s BPO Arm

Hyderabad (India), March 27, 2007: Satyam BPO Ltd., Satyam’s BPO subsidiary and the world’s first eSCM capability level 4 service provider, today announced its successful achievement of ISO 27001 : 2005 (including HIPPA Act, 1996) certification for its India centers of Hyderabad and Bangalore.

ISO 27001 standards provide the best practice guidance on protecting the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the information. ISO 27001 is a revised and enhanced version of BS 7799 standard. The standard provides an ISMS model for adequate security controls to protect information assets (including people, process and technology).

Speaking about the certification, Venkatesh Roddam, CEO, Satyam BPO Limited said, “The achievement of this certificate demonstrates our commitment towards effective implementation of information security across the organization.”

“Satyam BPO has been working towards the certification process since September 2006. All our centers have always maintained the highest quality standards, both in infrastructure and services. This certification is a further validation of our standards” added Debashis Singh, vice president, Network and Systems.

“We assessed Satyam BPO centers at Hyderabad and Bangalore for ISO 27001 certification. We are impressed with the level of commitment demonstrated by Satyam BPO and extremely satisfied with the effectiveness of information security controls implemented in all the processes under the scope of ISO 27001:2005. BSI is proud to have Satyam BPO as our valued customer,” said Mr. Venkataram Arabolu, Managing Director BSI India, who was the certification body.

About ISO 27001
ISO 27001 is the formal standard against which organizations may seek independent certification of their Information Security Management Systems (meaning their frameworks to design, implement, manage, maintain and enforce information security processes and controls systematically and consistently throughout the organizations). The standard covers all types of organizations (e.g. commercial enterprises, government agencies and non-profit organizations). It specifies the requirements for establishing, implementing, operating, monitoring, reviewing, maintaining and improving a documented Information Security Management System (ISMS) within the context of the organization’s overall risk management processes. It specifies requirements for the implementation of security controls customized to the needs of individual organizations or parts thereof. More information is available at www.iso.org.

For more information, please contact :

Abhishek Saxena
Head - Global Marketing and Communications (GM&C)
Satyam BPO Limited
Phone: +91 986-677-4087
abhishek_saxena@mahindrasatyambpo.com

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