Meridian History
Following are the milestones in the history of Meridian Services International.
2008
February 2008 - New Audit Team member
Meridian announces that Richard Douglas, formerly "MasterCard Global Certification Program European Director" has joined the Meridian Audit team in the position of "Senior Physical Security Auditor".
January 2008 - Number of Logical Security Audits again continues to grow
Meridian announces that it has now completed in excess of 350 Logical Security Audit globally.
2007
December 2007
Meridian adds Physical Security Auditing to its portfolio of services
October 2007 - Meridian Presents Training at Vendors Conference
At the MasterCard Vendor training meeting in Brussels Meridian presents a training module on Network Security, Compliance and Governance.
June 2007
Meridian adds "Other payment scheme" audits to its portfolio of services.
March 2007 - Strategic Partnership signed with Horizon
In March, Mr. Paul Johnson, Managing Director of Meridian Services, outlined his vision of the future of the Logical Security Auditing process. In a bold move, Mr. Johnson has signed a new Strategic Partnership with Horizon Consultancy Limited.
With Horizon's extensive consultancy experience in the Logical Security and Card Payments Industry, and Meridian's extensive auditing experience, Mr. Johnson believes that Meridian customers can now benefit from the highest standards of both the Auditing and Consultancy arenas.
"Our aim is to provide our clients with access to the wealth of consultancy experience within Horizon, and to assist them in their preparation to comply with the new Logical Security requirements. It is my belief that no other company in the market today will be able to match the professional service which Meridian and Horizon are now in a position to jointly offer; and at no time has such a service been more important than now, as we find ourselves awaiting the imminent release of the new more focused MasterCard Logical Security requirements." For more information regarding Horizon, please visit http://www.horizonuk.net/
January 2007 - Number of Logical Security Audits continues to grow
Meridian announces that it has now completed in excess of 250 Logical Security Audit.
2006
June 2006 - Synchronised MasterCard & ISO27001 Audit
Meridian performed its first synchronised MasterCard Logical Security Audit & ISO27001 certification audit at Axalto Canada Inc.
January 2006 - Meridian Services executes our First ISO27001 Audit
Meridian Services on behalf of La Sécurité des Technologies de l'Information (LSTI) successfully executed its first ISMS BS7799/IS27001 certification, (formally known as BS7799).
2005
2005
December 2005 - Number of Logical Security Audits continues to grow
At the end of 2005 Meridian Services is pleased to announce that we have executed in excess of one hundred and thirty (130) logical security audits on behalf of MasterCard clients, and this number is growing month on month.
June 2005 - Meridian Presents Training at MasterCard Vendors Conference
At the MasterCard Vendor conference in Brussels Mr. Paul Johnson of Meridian presented an update to the Logical Security Programme on behalf of MasterCard.
March 2005 - Meridian Services implements a "Dedicated Support Service" approach to handling client requests in the World to become MasterCard International approved for Logical Security Auditing.
The Meridian Services support team adapts a new "Managed Service approach" for all services provided by the company. From a clients initial contact with Meridian our dedicated support team manages all communication and information provided to clients, this improves the overall service provided as in there is a single point of contact that can always be contacted by the client as and when required throughout the year. Paul Johnson, Managing Director of Meridian commented, "At Meridian we feel that client support is of the utmost importance as we wish to create a long term relationship with our clients, with the implementation of the 'dedicated support service' we can ensure that the client requests are managed in a more effective manner. To give an example, we like to have communication with our clients not only on an annual basis but throughout the year providing support as and when required. The majority of our auditing assignment are for MasterCard facilities around the world, the requirement from MasterCard is that a renewal audit is to be conducted on an annual basis, our support team manages this annual activity, advising client in a timely manner that a renewal audit is due - usually ten weeks before the previous year's anniversary, by doing this we can ensure that our clients receives the best support in their preparation for the audit and remain accredited by MasterCard".
2004
June 2004 - Meridian Presents Training at 'Security Masters Payment Systems Fraud Conference' hosted by MasterCard.
At the Security Masters Conference in San Diego USA, Mr. Paul Johnson of Meridian conducted a Logical Security Workshop for US Vendors advising on logical security issues and concerns facing the payment systems industry.
June 2004 - Meridian Services moves office into a new purpose built office in Warrington which is in the northwest of England.
The relocation has allowed the company more room to expand over the coming years. The office is now away from the city centre, however is still ideally located only 15 minutes away from Manchester International Airport.
May 2004 - Meridian Services becomes the first company in the World to become accredited by La Sécurité des Technologies de l'information to perform ISMS BS7799/IS27001 certification audits.
Meridian successfully executed the first ever ISMS BS7799 audit in France which was completed on 13 May 2005. Armelle Trotin - President of La Sécurité des Technologies de l'Information (LSTI) made the following statement following Meridian's appointment as BS7799/IS27001 auditors: "Meridian Services is now LSTI approved for conformity assessment. Auditors approved by LSTI are proved to be independent and competent as defined in the international standard IS 19011. LSTI is an independent certification body specialized in IT security: ISMS BS7799/IS27001 certification, certification authorities against TS 101 456 for electronic signature, and trusted third parties according to national rules."
2002
February 2002 - Meridian Services becomes the first company in the World to become MasterCard International approved for Logical Security Auditing.
In February 2002 Meridian Services executed the very first MasterCard International Logical Security Audit against the version 1.0 requirements document. Upon completion of the audit Meridian Services (UK) Limited was granted a global license to perform audits on behalf of MasterCard.
