Loss of personal data not only has a detrimental effect on the individual concerned, but also can have a highly damaging impact on the organisation holding the data.
So says the LPCB, which has launched LPS 1224:Issue 3 ‘Requirements for Secure Database Register’, which specifies requirements for companies providing third party secure asset registration services within the UK.
The new issue of the standard, which replaces LPS 1224:Issue 2, is based the body says on the latest best practice regarding information security. The updated standard now encompasses services that use internet, email, postal and fax-based information transfer.
The minimum requirements defined in the standard are designed to prevent unauthorised viewing, manipulation or destruction of information registered on secure asset registers, whilst also ensuring that information is suitably accessible to approved registered keepers of assets and those legally entitled to verify details of the registered keeper (e.g. law enforcement officers investigating loss or theft).
LPS 1224 requires service providers to undergo thorough assessments of their facilities, systems and processes before approval is granted and regular auditing to ensure those stringent standards of compliance required to achieve approval are maintained. A full list of approved asset registration services will appear in the Red Book list of approved fire and security services. Published free in paperback, CD and web formats, the Red Book is used by fire and security specifiers.
Copies of the standard are available to view and download for free by visiting –
