information security

        your information and network security needs taken care of

DATA PROTECTION ACT 1998

Why is this service required?

Over the last few years a number of potential and actual security breaches have been reported. When these are reported and investigated by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) their first port of call is to check on the governance arrangements for information security, including whether an organisation has a Senior Information Risk Owner (SIRO).

The Information Commissioner is now able to issue a fine of up to £500,000 for ‘a deliberate or malicious data breach’, this has led to organisations taking the issue of data loss much more seriously.

What is this service?

We provide:-

       Data Protection Compliance audits aimed to ensure that an organisation:-
    - Complies with the principles of the Act
    - Identify any gaps in compliance based on the Information Commissioner's Office

       Privacy Impact Assessments

       Assistance to management in formulating policies and good practice.

       Staff training and awareness programmes

We have provided guidance and auditing on some of the most sensitive personal databases held by the security agencies in the UK.

Customer Benefits

       Following personal data breaches, many organisations have signed formal undertaking to the ICO related to personal data losses which the Commissioner, and in some cases the media, then publish.

       Have technical measures in place to mitigate the risk

       Have policies and procedures to dictate how these should be used

       Training and awareness to staff to remind them of their responsibilities

       Provide the ICO evidence that Data Protection is given significant importance within the organisation.