Engaging communities Solutions (ECS), awarded Cyber Essentials accreditation.
Engaging communities Solutions (ECS), has achieved the leading UK Govt endorsed Security industry certification – Cyber Essentials certification – awarded after a rigorous technical review of our company’s security processes, platform and successfully providing evidence and demonstrating our security compliance against different risk and threat vulnerabilities.
To obtain this important certification, our organisations was assessed against five basic security controls. The controls explain how to:
· Secure our internet connection
· Secure our devices and software
· Control access to our data and services
· Protect from viruses and other malware
· Keep your devices and software up to date
“Cyber Essentials is a cyber security standard that uses independent third party assessment parties to identify the IT security controls that an organisation needs to have in place to have confidence that they are addressing cyber security effectively and mitigating the risk from internet-borne threats.” Cyber Essentials
By achieving Cyber Essentials certification ECS are recognised as dedicated to cyber security and our organisation complies with the government-back cyber security standard, offering reassurance to both customers and colleagues alike, the fact that they are working with a company that takes cybersecurity seriously.
In response to the certification, our Managing Director, Elizabeth Learoyd said,
“Cyber Essentials is an important certification for us to given rate at which crime related to cyber-related activities is increasing and as such, is becoming a paramount concern for UK businesses and everything going on in the world, linked to the Covid-19 and news surrounding scams and attacks on social media sites/apps. It is with great pleasure that Engaging communities Solutions are pleased to announce that we have passed our Cyber Essentials Certification. Whilst working in a secure and safe digital environment, Engaging communities Solutions can undertake public sector contracts under the Cyber Essentials certification as these contracts often require the handling of private and personal data which needs to be managed under the proper practice. I am pleased with the commitment of the team to security in everything we do”
Elizabeth Learoyd added; “This is proof of our ongoing commitment to always making sure that cyber security is at the forefront to everything we do and applying them across the board. Security is key to everything that we do and achieving this standard is proof that the whole company fully applies that ethos.”