Cyber

It has never been more important to ensure your cyber arrangements are fit for purpose.

We can undertake an in-depth review and provide a clear report of your organisation’s cyber security health; including the identification of potential vulnerabilities and recommendations to minimise risk. Areas covered align to NCSC and NIST guidelines and include:

• IT and Information Assets – Failure to adequately identify and protect IT and information assets negatively impacts the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data that the organisation collects, transmits, processes and stores and puts the organisation’s IT systems and information at risk

• Governance - Staff are unaware of their responsibilities regarding the administration of roles and responsibilities. Policies/procedures are out of date or not relevant, leading to the administration of identity and access management being ineffective

• Risk Management – Likelihood that an unauthorised user will negatively impact the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data that the organisation collects, transmits, processes and stores

• Identity & Access Management - Inability to apply consistency in the provision and management of user access rights that could result in a data breach.

Potential for new employees to be given excessive or insufficient access rights:

1. Insufficient rights may lead to staff being unable to perform their required roles and responsibilities.

2. Excessive rights could lead to unauthorised access to confidential information leading to a potential data breach.

Data Security & Protection –

1. Failure to ensure that only safe and necessary network services can be accessed from the Internet.

2. Failure to ensure that computers and network devices are properly configured to reduce the level of inherent vulnerabilities and provide only the services required to fulfil their role.

3. Failure to ensure that devices and software are not vulnerable to known security issues for which fixes are available.

Monitoring – Failure to adequately protect and proactively monitor the IT estate for unauthorised access both physical and logical can lead to an avoidable data breach and/or loss of service.

Incident Management & Data Breaches – Failure to identify and manage IT incidents and data breaches can lead to financial loss and damage to the brand.

User Education & Awareness - Failure to ensure that an adequate user education and awareness programme has been established to make sure employees are aware of their personal security responsibilities and the requirement to comply with corporate security policies.