Unily is a leading digital workplace platform designed by BrightStarr to improve engagement, productivity, and efficiency for global enterprises. Unily is also a SaaS solution. That is, it’s served up via the cloud. Meaning that—with more than a million users, including the likes of Shell, Hershey’s, Microsoft, and many other leading brands—information security is of utmost importance for BrightStarr.

Quality Digest recently had the opportunity to speak with Sam Hassani, chief technology officer at BrightStarr, to discuss his company’s challenges and opportunities in securing its recent ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certification. ISO/IEC 27001:2013 is an internationally recognized security standard that specifies requirements for establishing, implementing, maintaining, and continually improving an information security management system (ISMS) within an organization. It also includes requirements for the assessment and treatment of information security risks.

Quality Digest: BrightStarr recently obtained ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certification. Can you share some insight as to why this certification was important to the company?

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