PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (USA) – (February 6, 2012) – GTECH Corporation has received a scope extension to its current ISO/IEC 27001:2005 certification and the World Lottery Association (WLA) Security Control Standard:2006 certification to include its corporate office in Belgium. GTECH’s corporate-based application of these standards is unique to the lottery industry as the Company works to follow to the certification processes of leading multi-national businesses.
GTECH Corporation previously achieved extensions in support of the Company’s worldwide corporate security initiative at its corporate headquarters in Providence, Rhode Island; its technology headquarters in West Greenwich, Rhode Island; its Cranston, Rhode Island facility; the Development Hub in the United Kingdom; and GTECH’s printing facility in Lakeland, Florida. GTECH’s goal is to leverage the many information security management system (ISMS) and standard industry certifications to provide its worldwide customers with a common set of criteria for measuring the maturity and effectiveness of GTECH’s information security practices.
“The ISO 27001 and WLA SCS certifications are significant milestones in a larger information security effort,” said Michael Prescott, GTECH Senior Vice President and General Counsel, who also oversees global security. “These most recent achievements mark the validation of applying a global ISMS to corporate, development, and management locations.”
The team at GTECH’s office in Belgium has worked diligently to provide secure, effective security controls. With the achievement of these information security certifications, they have demonstrated their high level of commitment to the Company’s customers.
“Belgium is pleased to have received ISO 27001 and WLA:2006 information security certifications,” said Frank Cecchini, GTECH Regional Vice President of Central Europe. “We are dedicated to the Company’s worldwide corporate security initiative to instill confidence in our customers. Looking forward, our team will continue to exceed customer expectations by maintaining our commitment to security, efficiency, and reliability. The achievement of these certifications is an important milestone for Belgium and we are very proud of the hard work that our employees dedicated to this process.”
“The achievement of these certifications provides a high level of security assurance and compliance for our customers,” said Kevin DeLange, GTECH Senior Director of Information Security. ”GTECH has always put the security of our solutions at the forefront of our development and delivery efforts. The continuous addition of GTECH sites to our centralized certification effort shows the level of commitment that GTECH seeks to achieve in its ongoing promise to always put the Customer First.”
ISO/IEC 27001 comprises information security standards published jointly by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). The ISO/IEC 27001 is an international standard that 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 business risks. The ISMS is designed to ensure the selection of adequate and proportionate security controls that protect information assets and give confidence to interested parties.
The WLA Security Control Standard is a comprehensive set of controls and standards for lottery operators, including compliance with the ISO/IEC 27001 Standard, for information security management systems. Certification to this standard verifies an organization’s risk management strategies and processes and clearly demonstrates to stakeholders that there is effective security that they can trust and to national and state regulators that the organization is committed to measurable security, integrity and compliance with independent accreditation.
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GTECH is a leading gaming technology and services company. With 7,700 people in approximately 60 countries when combined with Lottomatica Group, GTECH provides innovative technology, creative content, and superior service delivery to effectively manage and grow today’s evolving gaming markets. GTECH is a subsidiary of Lottomatica Group, one of the world’s largest commercial lottery operators and a market leader in the Italian gaming industry. For more information about GTECH, please visit www.gtech.com.
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