We're delighted to congratulate SmartSourcing PLC on achieving Cyber Essentials certification with Mitigate Cyber Security earlier in the year. SmartSourcing are an internationally recognised resourcing and recruitment organisation, dedicated to the provision of sustainable services, consultancy and cloud based governance. Cyber Essentials checks that the company's IT infrastructure is safe in the following areas: Boundary […]

McGregor Boyall Associates, global recruitment agency recently gained accreditation to Cyber Essentials for their central London office. We would like to send our congratulations and thanks for certifying with us. McGregor Boyall have satisfactorily demonstrated that their IT system meets the criteria of the Cyber Essentials standard, which covers the following five areas: Boundary Firewalls and

We'd like to extend our congratulations to Dee Recruitment for meeting the criteria of Cyber Essentials and gaining certification with Mitigate. This means that Dee Recruitment have satisfactorily demonstrated the security of their IT system, mitigating the most common cyber security risks to the business. Cyber Essentials is the government scheme for businesses to demonstrate

As we mentioned in a previous news story, from October 1st Cyber Essentials will be a requirement of all suppliers bidding for certain personal and sensitive information-handling on behalf of the Government. Cyber Essentials certification is awarded to businesses that can demonstrate they have implemented measures to reduce the cyber risk. QG Management Standards, based

Ministry of Justice have been issued a £180,000 fine for losing a hard disk containing details of just under 3000 prisoners at HMP Erlestoke prison in May 2013. The hard drive contained confidential information relating to organised crime, health information, history of drug misuse and material about victims and visitors of each inmate.  The hard

Investigations of hundreds of police officers have been launched over the potential misuse of social media guidelines over a 5 year period, highlighting the rising importance of staff training and awareness around information security policies. Research shows that out of 828 cases reported from 2009 to February this year, 14% of investigations led to no