Dorset’s C3IA Solutions completes Government Security Group pilot

C3IA, the Dorset-based cybersecurity company has completed a three month pilot for the Government Security Group (GSG).

The Poole-based company delivered a pilot for GovAssure, the government’s new cybersecurity assurance regime, which provides new and enhanced cybersecurity measures to improve protection of its IT systems.

Jim Hawkins from C3IA Solutions said: “We have a long and very positive track record of providing support to government departments and other public sector organisations. For more than a decade we have also provided our services to private companies, from SMEs upwards.

“This recent work for the GSG was delivering a pilot for GovAssure, which is a regime that will mean all government departments and other related bodies having their cyber-security reviewed under more stringent measures. It is run by the Cabinet Office with input from the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC).

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“The government itself has acknowledged the ‘growing cyber threats’ and our task was to conduct an assessment, using the NCSC Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF), on a government department and to help the Cabinet Office refine the process in preparation of it going live.

“It was a rewarding contract that allowed us to work in collaboration with the GSG, NCSC and government department to achieve the desired outcome.GovAssure introduces a number of changes in the way government protects itself from cyber threats.

“As we were one of only two companies involved with the GovAssure pilot, we have gained a detailed insight of the process, and based on this knowledge and experience we are now able to assist other government departments and organisations as they go through the same process.

“What we learned can also be applied to business. Hostile hackers won’t just target government agencies, but companies too – and not just big businesses, but any business.

“Cyber Essentials should be a starting point for companies, and this Government-backed scheme gives a basic level of protection. But cyber-security is an ongoing task and it should be as important as physical security.”

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