UNWE - the First University That Obtained the Information Security Certificate ISO 27001:2022
The Rector of the UNWE Prof. Dr. Dimitar Dimitrov officially obtained the ISO 27001:2022 Certificate for Information Security from Stanimir Smilkov CEO of Bureau Veritas Bulgaria Ltd.
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Prof. Dr. Dimitar Dimitrov and Stanimir Smilkov /from the right to left/ |
UNWE is the first Bulgarian higher education institution certified on this international standard,which ensures that the University meets all legal requirements regarding information security as well as the best global practices in this field.
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"Obtaining the Certificate is a long process that has taken 2 years of very hard work. This hard work to incorporate these standards has been done due to Assoc. Prof. Dr. Rosen Kirillov, Vice Rector for Digitalization and Cybersecurity, as well as due to the other Vice-Rectors who present at this important event not by a coincidence, due to the Secretaries General and the Information Technology Directorate. Many organizational, technical and technological measures have been taken in different parts of the IT services at the UNWE", said the Rector.
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Mr. Stanimir Smilkov, CEO of Bureau Veritas Bulgaria, greeted the entire Rector's Managing Body for the efforts they have undertaken to incorporate the information security standards. You should be proud of this Certificate not only because you are the first university in Bulgaria to obtain it but also because it guarantees that your information can be protected. This type of information becomes an increasingly sensitive subject and can truly be the reason for the organization to work well or not work well. Organizations that handle large amounts of personal data have to think like you and take the necessary measures. These are important steps in the digitization and electronization of work", said Mr. Smilkov.
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The signing of the document was attended by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Rosen Kirilov, Vice-Rector for Digitalization and Cybersecurity, Prof. Dr. Matilda Alexandrova Vice-Rector for Educational Activity, Prof. Dr. Dimitar Dimitrov, Rector of UNWE, Stanimir Smilkov, CEO of Bureau Veritas Bulgaria Ltd., Tane Tanev, Industrial Services Coordinator at Bureau Veritas Bulgaria Ltd., and Assoc. Prof. D.Sc. Michail Musov, Vice-Rector for Research and International Affairs /from the right to the left/ |
At this stage the processes related to information security have been improved at the UNWE. Eight people have been trained and certified as internal auditors who have the responsibility to act as correctors of the system and audit to what extent the information security management system meets the requirements over a period of time. Such an internal audit was carried out in November 2023 and the system was then subject to an external audit by Bureau Veritas.
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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Rosen Kirilov, Prof. Dr. Dimitar Dimitrov, Prof. Dr. Matilda Alexandrova, Assoc. Prof. D.Sc. Michail Musov and Mrs. Gergana Kirilova, Director of the Rector's Office |
"This Certificate is not only a reason of pride but it is also very binding. From now on we must continue to work in the field of information security and continue to implement measures to strengthen our position in this area. It is useful that we have this Certificate because in the current year we have also started educating the first class of the joint programmes in Cybersecurity. Based on this standard, the main documents for cybersecurity - the Regulation on Minimum Requirements for Network Information Security - have been developed and the UNWE, as a public organization, is obliged to comply with the requirements of this Regulation. Our plans for the future include linking the Certificate ISO 27001:2022 with ISO 9001 Certificate for Quality Management which the UNWE has already held for ten years. It is good to integrate and coordinate them because they have points of contact", said Assoc. Prof. Kirilov, the major figure in driving the process of incorporating the new standard.
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Bureau Veritas Ltd. is a global leader in accreditation with an extensive international presence in over 140 countries, 1 500 offices and laboratories and over 80 000 highly qualified experts in its fields.
It offers a wide range of services in the areas of inspection, accreditation and notification, independent inspections and conformity assessments.
The company's shares are traded on the Euronext Paris stock exchange.
ISO 27001:2022 certification refers to the established information security system. There are 2 versions:
- First version from 2013 - ISO 27001:2013;
- Second version from 2022 - ISO 27001:2022.
This standard is an international standard for information security. It requires availability, confidentiality and integrity of information and relatively defines mechanisms to achieve this through rules. The standard also includes risk assessment, prediction of possibilities for incidents and their prevention, business continuity, assessment of the need for resources - technology, software, expertise. This standard ensures that this information can be protected.
