Wilken data center ISO/IEC 27001 certified
The Wilken data centre in Ulm, which customers also use from the cloud via the Swiss Wilken branch, has successfully completed ISO/IEC 27001 certification. This makes it one of the very few service data centres between Stuttgart, Munich and Lake Constance to hold both this certificate and the TÜV Level 3 certificate.
The Wilken new building "Ulmerflieger" in Ulm. (Image: pressnrelations)
The certification of the Wilken data centre itself ran smoothly for the most part. Within the scope of the effectiveness audit, during which the auditor from TÜV Saarland e.V. closely examined all processes on site, no notable deficits were identified and only minor suggestions for improvement were made. "Such a precision landing is extremely rare, because there are usually discrepancies between the requirements and the lived processes. However, the Wilken computer centre has already internalised security thinking to a very large extent," is the verdict of Holger Heimann, Managing Director of the Ulm-based IT security specialist it.sec, which acted as consultant throughout the certification process.
Comprehensive testing
The certification process comprises two steps. In "Stage 1", the auditor checks whether the required documentation of all measures and processes is complete and sufficient. In Stage 2, the auditor then verifies on site whether the written descriptions correspond to the actual reality. This is then checked again in annual re-audits. While ISO/IEC 27001 primarily focuses on organizational measures, the TÜV Level 3 audit concentrates on the structural and technical measures required for the highest level of IT security.
As a participant in UP KRITIS (KRITIS Implementation Plan), the public-private cooperation for the protection of "critical infrastructures", Wilken is also involved in the implementation and further development of measures to improve cyber and IT security.
