Dashboard Technology achieves Cyber Essentials Plus Certification

Cyber Essentials is a Government-backed cyber security certification scheme, developed by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and delivered by the IASME Consortium (IASME), with the goal of helping organisations protect against the majority of the most prevalent cyber attacks.  Cyber Essentials certification is considered to be a fundamental step organisations can take in strengthening their cyber security posture, and allows an organisation to demonstrate their commitment to maintaining the security of their operations and their clients’ and partners’ information.

There are two levels of certification available within the Scheme – Cyber Essentials, and Cyber Essentials Plus, the higher-level certificate.

Dashboard Technology is proud to announce that we have achieved Cyber Essentials Plus certification.  To do so, we underwent a comprehensive audit of our in-scope systems to verify our compliance with the scheme and effective implementation of the five technical control areas (access control, secure configuration, patch management, malware protection and firewalls).  We were assessed by accredited certification body, URM Consulting Services, which also performed a full vulnerability scan.

URM’s assessor commented: “Dashboard Technology demonstrated an overall very good alignment with the Cyber Essentials security requirements.

In particular, URM identified stronger than average security update management and user access controls to be in place across the systems assessed. Dashboard Technology also showed great operational agility by quickly rectifying identified security issues, showcasing their commitment to security. Overall Dashboard’s dedication to following the Cyber Essentials security principles sets a strong example for others in their industry”.

Having certified against Cyber Essentials Plus, Dashboard Technology is now listed on IASME’s directory of certified organisations, which can be found on their website.