New certification program provides assurance that the company’s
storage and tape backup services are compliant with all information
protection regulations
BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Iron
Mountain Incorporated®, the global leader in storage and information
management services, today announced it has achieved the Privacy+
certification sponsored by Professional Records & Information
Services Management (PRISM) International, a nonprofit trade association
for the commercial information management industry. With this
certification, Iron Mountain is making a public commitment to protect
the privacy of information – physical and electronic – that they store
and manage for its customers.
The Privacy+ certification is owned and administered by PRISM
International and applicable to participating companies’ physical
storage and handling of hard-copy records and off-line removable
computer media. In completing this certification, Iron Mountain joins a
group of companies in the records and information management industry in
publicly demonstrating their commitment to ensuring the privacy of
information in their custody; additionally, they pledge to help the
industry by:
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Sharing resources and best practices to help other companies reducing
risks in their businesses;
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Reducing the number of privacy breach incidents caused by members of
the industry to both preserve the industry’s reputation and trusted
status and reduce the likelihood and severity of government-imposed
legislation on our industry.
“With Iron Mountain completing Privacy+ certification, there is yet more
evidence that Privacy+ is an essential criterion for customers searching
for a reliable partner to manage their important information, data and
documents,” said Dave Bergeson PhD, CAE, executive director of PRISM.
“We are proud to have Iron Mountain join the ranks of Privacy+ certified
companies.”
Iron Mountain also was a leader in the development of Privacy+, working
alongside other PRISM International member organizations create a
meaningful program that addressed all aspects of information storage and
protection. Iron Mountain also solicited the input of its customers,
partners, thought leaders and other information management providers to
ensure it was compliant with current industry, national and
international standards for protecting private information.
“Protecting private, personally identifiable information is one of the
top priorities for the records and information management industry,”
said Mike Holland, director of Industry Relations for Iron Mountain.
“This type of information is the most vulnerable and valuable to ‘bad
guys’ and at the heart of every breach, whether it be physical or
electronic. Achieving this certification not only provides reassurance
that we are committed to protecting this information, but also
challenges us as an organization to maintain that commitment. We take
the protection of this information very seriously, and want our
customers, partners and industry peers to both understand, and embrace,
our commitment.”
About Iron Mountain
Iron Mountain Incorporated® (NYSE: IRM)
is the global leader for storage and information management services.
Trusted by more than 220,000 organizations around the world, Iron
Mountain’s real estate network comprises more than 85 million square
feet across more than 1,400 facilities in 45 countries dedicated to
protecting and preserving what matters most for its customers. Iron
Mountain’s solutions portfolio includes records
management, data
management, document
management, data
centers, art
storage and logistics, and secure
shredding, helping organizations to lower storage costs, comply with
regulations, recover from disaster, and better use their information.
Founded in 1951, Iron Mountain stores and protects billions of
information assets, including critical business documents, electronic
information, medical data and cultural and historical artifacts. Visit www.ironmountain.com for
more information.
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