{"id":83306,"date":"2026-07-28T13:14:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T03:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/?p=83306"},"modified":"2026-07-28T15:55:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T05:55:51","slug":"iextend-awarded-security-management-accreditation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/2026\/07\/28\/iextend-awarded-security-management-accreditation\/","title":{"rendered":"iExtend Awarded Security Management Accreditation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>iExtend has achieved ISO\/IEC 27001 certification, the internationally recognised standard for information security management.<\/p>\n<p>The certification, states the firm, provides a comprehensive, risk-based approach to identifying, assessing and managing information security risks across people, processes and technology \u201c\u2026providing policy owners, advisers and industry partners with further assurance on how the business manages information security\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>iExtend CEO <strong>David Sarkis<\/strong> said as financial advisers increasingly rely on connected technology and exchange growing volumes of sensitive client information, robust information security is fundamental to earning and maintaining trust.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Certification is an important milestone, but it isn&#8217;t the finish line&#8230;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-61125\" src=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/David-Sarkis-e1654039207207.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/David-Sarkis-e1654039207207.jpg 447w, https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/David-Sarkis-e1654039207207-250x300.jpg 250w, https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2022\/05\/David-Sarkis-e1654039207207-350x420.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe certification reflects our long-term commitment to protecting the highly sensitive information entrusted to us,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is about embedding information security into our culture and ensuring every member of our team understands their responsibility.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said the ISO framework also supports iExtend\u2019s approach to responsible innovation by requiring security risks to be considered when new systems and technologies are assessed, integrated and monitored.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Certification is an important milestone, but it isn&#8217;t the finish line,&#8221; Sarkis said. \u201cWe will continue to strengthen our approach through regular risk assessments, staff education, independent audits and the ongoing review of our security controls.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>iExtend has achieved ISO\/IEC 27001 certification, the internationally recognised standard for information security management. The certification, states the firm, provides a comprehensive, risk-based approach to identifying, assessing and managing information security risks across people, processes and technology \u201c\u2026providing policy owners, advisers and industry partners with further assurance on how the business manages information security\u201d. iExtend [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":83308,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-company-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83306"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83324,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83306\/revisions\/83324"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}