Friday 20 February 2015

Microsoft Achieves Privacy Standard

Microsoft has achieved the globally recognized ISO/IEC 27018 privacy standard for Azure, Office 365, and Dynamics CRM Online. And here is the BSI certificate to prove it! These services are now aligned with the standard’s code of practice for the protection of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) in the public cloud.

Further Information

Announcement last Monday by Microsoft's General Counsel & Executive Vice President, Legal and Corporate Affairs, Brad Smith:
http://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2015/02/16/microsoft-adopts-first-international-cloud-privacy-standard/
"With the Microsoft Cloud, you’re in control", he concludes, and it's hard to deny that's a step in a good direction.