Information Assurance

Why is Information Assurance so important?

Information is a valuable asset that must be safeguarded. Corporates want to be certain (and their clients expect) that the information and data they have is held securely, maintained accurately, available when necessary and used appropriately. Information and communication technology is changing the way that the public sector, the private sector and the third-party supplier sector deliver services, allowing organisations and individuals to connect in more varied ways than ever before.

As cyber criminals move from targeting credit card details to targeting entire corporations with cyber attacks, then organisations, and the companies with whom they do business, need to have confidence that the information security systems they have in place will protect the data they handle and will function as they need to, when they need to, and always under the control of legitimate users.

Also as we move out of Covid-19 can you be sure your Information Security policies are now still fit-for-purpose? You can read our blog about that exact question here.

“75 percent of intellectual property thefts are perpetrated by employees”

U.S. Secret Service

Our Information Assurance Consultancy Services

We help to determine the products and procedures to achieve Information Assurance.

We specialise in working with clients to develop and implement effective and practical policies, procedures and working arrangements to manage their information security, which is so fundamental to the effective governance of their organisation.

Using standards for information security management such as ISO 27001, the international Information Security Management standard and HMG Information Assurance Maturity Model as benchmarks, we consider all aspects of your physical and network security – including personnel, systems access control, systems development and maintenance.

The audits also include current legislation and compliance issues e.g., Data Protection, Computer Misuse, Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), Public Services Network (PSN), Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), etc.

What are the benefits of Information Assurance?

Information and information systems are essential to the effective operation of any business. For a business to be successful, the risks to these assets need to be managed effectively in line with the risks, and the appetite for those risks, of the business. You can find out more about our Risk Management services here.

Our Information Assurance Services Include:

Complete Information Assurance is achieved through:

Aston Information Security’s consultants have wide experience in local government, police, NHS, banking, information management, financial services, computer services and data centres.

We understand the practical side of information security, the vulnerability of systems and of the available security technologies. Our consultants have many years’ experience of developing security policies and designing cost effective and realistic solutions to comply with them.