OREANDA-NEWS. November 13, 2012. Reliance Infrastructure Limited (RInfra) Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) - PS Toll Road Pvt. Ltd., has been accredited with ISO 27001 certification for its Pune-Satara Road Project. RInfra is the first road company in India to receive such prestigious ISO 27001 accreditation, for its robust Information Security practices.

Global firm British Standards Institute (BSI) has awarded this prestigious certification to RInfra after conducting stringent audits of various IT Security Systems, established by the Company. The certification will be valid till 2015.

Reliance Infrastructure Ltd. will soon be undergoing certification process for its Metro rail business. Recently, RInfra’s power distribution business was re-accredited with ISO 27001 certification, which was also the first ever among Indian power utilities.

Commenting on this development, Mr. Sudhir Hoshing, CEO (Roads), Reliance Infrastructure Limited, said, “We are pleased to receive this prestigious ISO 27001 Certification for our Pune-Satara Road. This is a testimony to our commitment towards maintaining highest level of information security and Risk Management for our customers and stakeholders. We are also proud to be the first road concessionaire in India to be accredited with such certification. Our other road projects are also in the process of getting similar certification.

ISO 27001 is an Information Security Management System (ISMS) which is the most widely recognized information security standard in the world. It provides a robust model for implementing the principles and guidelines for governing risk, security design and implementation, security management and reassessment. Further, it also ensures the security of information, which is the most valuable asset of any organization and is quite comprehensive in its scope and strives to maintain privacy, reliability and availability of data to all stakeholders. It helps organizations to better address its risks and protect information.

Reliance Infrastructure Ltd (RInfra) is the largest infrastructure company developing projects, through various Special Purpose Vehicles, in several high growth areas in Infrastructure sector i.e. Roads, Metro rail, Airports, etc. The Company is also the leading utility company having presence across the value chain of power, businesses i.e. Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) and Trading.

The Company is developing two metro rail projects in Mumbai and operating Airport Metro Express in Delhi; awarded eleven road projects with total length of 1,000 Kms; operate and maintain five airports in Maharashtra and developing 2 cement plants of 5 Million tons each in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh.

RInfra generates 940 MW of power through its five power stations; distributes power to 57 lakh consumers in Mumbai and Delhi; developing five transmission projects including the first Independent Private Transmission project in India.

RInfra also provides Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) for developing power and road projects and currently have an order book of Rs.15,560 crore.