For lottery companies trust is of the essence. Security is crucial and the need to demonstrate that internal processes measure up to the industry’s best practice is growing. Rogue lottery operations by unserious companies is eroding the public’s trust in lotteries, damaging the regulated gambling industry in the process.

Purpose

In a business where integrity and trust is key, risk management of security issues is vital. A security system is a logical, physical, and procedural approach to protecting your lottery company’s corporate assets, and securing the operations of your games.

An efficient security system improves the quality and efficiency of your procedures and routines related to the security of your operations.

A security system is a tool that helps you identify your critical assets and protect them. Implementing a systematic approach to security issues increases your ability to manage, measure, and improve internal security processes.

Such a security system should secure the following areas of your operations:
• design
• development
• marketing
• sales
• operations
• support services

The security system targets your operational risk and efficiency, and assisting you in implementing processes and procedures that can help you manage the operational risks in the areas mentioned above.

Benefits

Lotteries regardless of size face security demands from various stakeholders. In the wake of deregulation and the penetration of the internet, lottery fraud by unserious actors is becoming more prevalent.

The World Lottery Association (WLA) is working to protect the integrity and promote the role of state-licensed lotteries as generators of funds for good causes. By turning the focus on security systems, WLA wishes to underscore the importance of procedural security and visibility in lottery operations.

WLA has developed the WLA Security Control Standards©, which are security standards tailor made for lottery operations. Certification of your operations according to this standard can help you demonstrate to your stakeholders that your lottery’s security system measures up to the best practice in the industry.

Process

Click here if you want third party certification of your security system to the WLA Security Control Standards©.

The World Lottery Association (WLA) standards are tailored made for the security systems of lottery operations. To be eligible for certification, you have to be a member of WLA.
The road to certification will help you prepare for an independent audit.

If you are interested in security system certification but are not a member of WLA, the generic information security standard ISO/IEC 27001 might be of interest. Please go to our Information Security Management System homepage for more information.

DNV offers certification worldwide, and holds a wide range of national accreditations. With our global network of local resources, we can provide you with the certification most suitable to your needs, type of business, and company location. Wherever you are, our auditors make it a point to know the business you are in.