Crossword Cybersecurity PLC CREST Penetration Testing Provider Approval
December 05 2019 - 2:01AM
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Crossword Cybersecurity PLC
05 December 2019
Crossword Consulting Approved as a CREST Penetration Testing
Provider
5 December 2019 - London, UK - Crossword Cybersecurity Plc
(AIM:CCS, "Crossword", the "Company" or the "Group"), is delighted
to announce that its Consulting division has received CREST
accreditation for its penetration testing services. This means that
the Company now holds certifications from CREST, IASME and Cyber
Essentials Plus.
CREST is an international not-for-profit certification body that
represents and supports the technical information security market.
CREST provides the buying community with a clear indication of the
quality of an organisation and the technical capability of their
staff. This aims to address the troublesome fact that currently
anyone with a computer and an internet connection can position
themselves as a service provider of penetration tests and cyber
incident response services. Potentially irresponsible organisations
that do not have in place policies, processes and procedures to
ensure quality of service could be let loose on sensitive client
information. This makes procurement of these important services
difficult and high-risk.
Buyers need to feel confident that they are procuring services
from trusted companies, with access to demonstrably professional
technical security staff. All CREST member companies have submitted
policies, processes and procedures relating to their service
provision, which have then been reviewed by CREST and deemed fit
for purpose. As a result, CREST only provides access to trusted
technical security service organisations that utilise highly
skilled, knowledgeable and competent individuals.
Crossword's Consulting team offer a full range of Consulting
services from Cyber Assurance and Auditing, Penetration testing,
Third Party Assurance and Virtual Chief Information Security
Officer (vCISO). Whatever an organisation's size or level of cyber
maturity, Crossword Consulting is able to offer a service tailored
to its needs.
Regarding the certification, Stuart Jubb, Managing Director of
Crossword Consulting, commented: "It is an excellent achievement
that Crossword have been recognised by CREST as a credible
organisation in the penetration test service marketplace. This
again highlights the high esteem in which our consultants are
perceived throughout the cyber security community. Commercially,
this will help the Company to retain existing clients and tap into
a new pool of potential clients who require this accreditation to
perform penetration test services. Via CREST, Crossword's
consultants will also benefit from being on the inside track of new
opportunities and developments in technical information assurance,
as well as having access to industry leading guidance, standards
and opportunities to share and enhance their knowledge."
Contacts
Crossword Cybersecurity plc - Tel: +44 (0) 20 3953 8460
Email: info@crosswordcybersecurity.com
Tom Ilube, Chief Executive Officer
Mary Dowd, Finance Director
Grant Thornton (Nominated Adviser) - Tel: +44 (0) 20 7383
5100
Colin Aaronson / Jamie Barklem /Niall McDonald
Hybridan LLP (Broker) - Tel: +44 (0)203 764 2341
Claire Louise Noyce
For media enquiries contact:
Lorena Duke, GingerPR
lorena@gingerpr.co.uk, 01932 485 300
About Crossword Cybersecurity plc
Crossword Cybersecurity plc focuses on the development and
commercialisation of university research- based cyber security
related software and cyber security consulting. The Group's
specialist cyber security product development and software
engineering teams work with its university partners to develop the
research concept into a fully-fledged commercial product that it
will then take to market. The Group's aim is to build up a
portfolio of revenue generating, intellectual property based, cyber
security products. Rizikon Assurance, Crossword's leading product,
is a SaaS platform that enables medium to large companies to assess
the cyber maturity and GDPR readiness of their suppliers. Nixer
CyberML, Crossword's most recently launched product, is a new tool
for businesses that want to solve advanced security and cybercrime
problems, such as detecting and dealing with compromised accounts,
fraud and in-application denial of service attacks. Crossword's
team of expert cyber security consultants leverages years of
experience in national security, defence and commercial cyber
intelligence and operations to provide bespoke advice tailored to
its clients' business needs.
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