Kuwait Finance House-Bahrain’s data center received ISO270001 certification three months after it opened.

The infrastructure is based on an integrated rack, power and cooling solution complete with advanced management and monitoring hardware and software. The site will provide network redundancy, EMC storage and a VMware based virtualization environment.

Abdulhakeem Alkhayyat, CEO of KFH-Bahrain said: "We are delighted with this accreditation as it clearly demonstrates KFH-Bahrain's leadership in the information technology arena of Islamic banking and financial sector in Bahrain. With this certification, the bank will, Allah willing, be able to launch innovative electronic services for its retail and corporate customers. With the growing need for information security and IT Risk in the area of information technology, the importance of this achievement cannot be overstated."

"We have always been aware that the data center, network infrastructure and other associated services play a vital role in running banking services. We therefore decided to adopt global best practices and implement ISO controls in our main Data Centre and network to mitigate the risk of intrusions and disruptions," he said.