Cyber Essentials Certification for Chord UK

Keeping our clients’ and our own data secure has always been a top priority.

Achieving Cyber Essentials certification means we can:

• reassure clients that we have put measures in place to secure our IT against cyber attacks
• attract new business with the promise we have independently verified cyber security measures in place
• have a clear picture of our cyber security level, and
• apply for some government contracts which require Cyber Essentials certification.

Clients, suppliers and partners can rest assured that we take cyber security seriously and will continue to review our compliance and apply best practices.

What is Cyber Essentials?

Cyber Essentials advises the use of five technical controls, specifically designed to prevent cyber attacks. These include malware, ransomware and phishing. Addressing these ensures that Chord:

1. Secures our internet connection
2. Secures our devices and software
3. Controls access to our data and services
4. Protects against viruses and other malware
5. Keeps our devices and software up to date.

Chord’s Managing Director, Amanda Gilmer said “We are delighted to achieve Cyber Essentials certification. It shows our long-standing commitment to best practices for IT and cyber security. I’d like to thank Glo Networks, our proactive and professional IT services partner, for their help with our external certification and ongoing support.”

Chord has also recently implemented:

• SharePoint as a secure place to store, organise, share and access information from any device, and
• A new file transfer tool that enables the secure sharing of personal data files with clients has been a success.

Chord uses 100% UK-based servers and backups for all processing of our clients’ and our own personal data.

Visit: National Cyber Security Centre website for more information about Cyber Essentials certification.

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