Cool Waters Cyber has attainted Information Assurance for Small and Medium Enterprises (IASME) Certification Body status.
The company, which is based in Penryn, Cornwall, will be able to help organisations gain and retain the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) backed Cyber Essentials scheme and the IASME Cyber Assured scheme. Both of which help organisations to improve their cyber security and protect their business and their customer data from cyber crime and ransomware.
The NCSC recently revealed that firms that have implemented Cyber Essentials are 80% less likely to need to make a claim on their cyber insurance.
Cool Waters Cyber is Cornwall's first and only Certification Body for Cyber Essentials and Cyber Assured, and has outposts in Nottingham, Wales and Wiltshire. The firm serves clients across UK, Europe and the Americas.
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Founder and chief, Mark Faithfull, said: "I’m delighted and proud we have achieved certification body status. It’s a rigorous process that assess the whole firm to validate that we are able to provide the best advice and support to firms who want to protect their business and achieve Cyber Essentials or Cyber Assured certifications."
Cyber Essentials helps firms protect themselves from cyber crime and ransomware, and is a requirement to bid on many public sector contracts. Starting at £300 a year for a micro business, Cyber Essentials comes with £25,000 of cyber insurance.
Cyber Assured builds on Cyber Essentials and provides assurance that an organisation has put into place a range of important cyber security, privacy and data protection measures, including compliance with GDPR and the UK Data Protection Act.
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