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October 1st Government Suppliers

will be required to have
Cyber Essentials
From 1 October 2014, Government will require all suppliers bidding for certain contracts which
are assessed as higher risk to be Cyber Essentials certified. The suppliers and contracts affected
are likely to be from the following sectors: IT managed or outsourced services, commercial
services, financial services, legal services, HR services and business services. This will not be
mandatory for suppliers through G-Cloud or the Digital Services Framework. Further guidance
for suppliers will be issued later this year. (GOV.UK)
Regular readers of this blog will know that not only have we recently gained
Cyber Essentials certification, we have also been mentoring clients through the process to
enable a painless and swift certification. Whilst we dont normally sell via the blog, given the
tight deadline and the apparent confusion around this Government requirement, we thought
it would be a good idea to provide a link to our Cyber Essentials consulting in case readers
need it. You may require a little you may require a lot or you may want to do most of it yourself
and just want some reassurance from a consultant that your submission is right. If you have
ISO27001 you will be well prepared, if you havent then you may well already have a lot of
what you need but dont yet realise it.
Dont worry, just ask. http://www.advent-im.co.uk/cyber_essentials.aspx
www.advent-im.co.uk
Head Office: 0121 559 6699
London Office: 0207 100 1124
Email: bestpractice@advent-im.co.uk
Advent IM is the UK's leading independent information security and physical security
consultancy. We specialise in holistic security management solutions for Information Security,
HMG Information Assurance, Business Continuity, PCI-DSS and Physical Security and have a
proven track record of successful certifications.
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