We are delighted to announce that AMS has been awarded the highest level of Cyber Essentials, Cyber Essentials Plus certification, with a huge thank you to local Cyber Security Specialists, Predatech.
What is Cyber Essentials Plus?
Our certification now means that we can show our customers, domestically and international, that we are fully committed on data security. We know how important data security is, especially with our line of work being very much data focused.
Cyber Essentials is a government funded scheme that can provide help and understanding for businesses into cyber attacks and how to best equip yourselves with the tools to mitigate them.
Cyber Essentials is a self-assessed review which asks the user to perform as a self-auditor for the company, whereas Cyber Essentials Plus is much more hands on approach from a third party who perform the checks following the initial Cyber Essentials work, and into more detail and checks on machines and equipment used within the business.
Why Cyber Essentials Plus?
- Provide further security assurances to customers and employees.
- Become more aware of potential threats to loss of data and security availability.
- Further government contracts, such as the MOD, require Cyber Essentials certification, Cyber Essentials Plus is the more advanced version of this.
Okay, I’m interested in getting certified, where do I start?
It’s simple, first I’d recommend going to the National Cyber Security Centre website. and having a general read through the documentation and pages. If you’re interested in getting Cyber Essentials Plus certification, we cannot recommend Predatech enough. The assessment process was incredibly flexible to our timeframes, easy to understand (thanks to the staff at Predatech!), and we even saved a bit of money on some other companies who had offered their services to us.
