BIW’s solution is entirely hosted at managed services provider Attenda, which on 10 January 2006 became one of the first UK businesses to be certified by the British Standards Institution (BSI) as compliant with the standard. ISO/IEC27001 was adopted by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) on 15 October 2005 and replaces the previous British Standard, BS 7799 Part 2.
“Attenda was an early adopter of the original standard and one of the first to achieve certification when it was launched. Through our partnership with Attenda, BIW customers and end-users could be reassured about the confidentiality, integrity and availability of BIW Information Channel,” says BIW chief executive Colin Smith. “This latest landmark means that reassurance can now be even stronger.”
“The security of information needs to be a core attribute of any business. Adoption of the ISO27001 standard is an important benchmark that demonstrates this and builds confidence amongst clients, partners and suppliers,” said Mark Fowle, chief executive officer at Attenda. “This certification is an indicator of the quality of our Information Management Systems and the importance we place in providing a secure environment for our clients’ vital applications.”
As at 19 February 2006, there were more than 54,500 registered users of BIW Information Channel, drawn from over 5,700 organisations, working on over 3,800 projects worth an estimated £23 billion. Collectively, BIW users logged in almost two million times in 2005, publishing over 443,000 CAD files, 255,000 other document files, and over 1.4 million other items.
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- Project collaboration services from BIW Technologies (www.biwtech.com) were first employed in 1999 on UK construction projects for Sainsbury’s. BIW believes it is the European leader in web-based collaboration systems for the construction and property industry, measured by numbers of users, usage and volume of data.
- BIW Information Channel is a sophisticated web-based supply chain integration technology, designed specifically for construction projects or programmes. Each client is provided with a unique, project or programme-specific website created around a knowledge database. With this, data can be made available securely to every team member – from the earliest concepts, through detailed design, buildability studies, pre-fabrication, construction, maintenance, operation and improvement to the eventual demolition or dismantling of the facility.
- BIW customers include United Utilities, Sainsbury’s, BAA, housebuilders Crest Nicholson and the Peabody Trust, Marks & Spencer, the Ministry of Defence, the Wellcome Trust, O2, Mace, Bovis Lend Lease, Kajima, Gleeds and developers Land Securities, Ballymore and Garbe.
- A UK-based competitor to BIW also claims to be compliant with ISO27001, but its certificate relates to BS7799-2:2002, not the latest and more extensive ISO/IEC27001:2005.
- BIW and BIW Information Channel are registered trademarks or trademarks of BIW Technologies Ltd.
