United Recovery Systems, LP (URS), a privately held collection agency based in Houston, Texas announced today that it has achieved Information Security Management ISO/IEC 27001:2005 registration from BSI Global Americas. ?We are please to be recognized for our focus on building highly secure environments and operating procedures for debt collection,? said Douglas Schultz, CEO for URS. ?Because our clients are top-tier credit issuers, we have had the benefit of regular security audits by their security teams. Achieving compliance with Information Security Management ISO/IEC 27001:2005 is additional proof that we are fully aligned with our clients? goals of protecting sensitive consumer information during the debt collection process,? he said.
The scope of the ISO registration includes the management of information security operations at the Houston, TX and Tulsa, OK facilities including remote management of subsidiary locations in the areas of:
- Graham-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) adherence.
- Management of all IT networking technologies including local area networks and wide area networks.
- The protection of Confidential and Proprietary information; including but not limited to the capture, processing and relief of all such information.
- Compliance with client data security standards.
- Design, development and implementation of debt collection software.
This is in accordance with the Statement of Applicability SD0010 date 13 January 2006. URS uses proven policies, standards, and procedures to implement and maintain a world-class information security management system.