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Redpalm Technology Services

At Redpalm, we pride ourselves on our technical expertise, our friendly customer service, and our role as a trusted cyber-security partner.

We offer friendly, professional service.

We’re looking for long-standing relationships with our customers, so we appoint a dedicated client manager who works with you over the long term. We pride ourselves on being efficient and structured – aiming to answer your call quickly and get you through to someone who can help.

Reasons To Work With Redpalm

We’re technical experts

Technically we’re very strong, and we think that sets us apart from most. It means we’re not just a managed service provider (MSP) – we also offer professional services, including advice on products and solutions. We’re a leading Microsoft partner, so all our engineers are Microsoft-certified.

We’re trusted with security

We’re a certification body for Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus, and a Tier 1 partner within the National Cyber Resilience Centre Group – so you can trust us to help keep you secure. See also our range of cyber-security services and our accreditations.

We have the partnerships you need

Our vendor partnerships are key to the services we offer. Of course, we aim to provide unbiased advice, and we’re not interested in selling you solutions that aren’t a good fit for you.

Our reach is wide

We’ve helped hundreds of organisations in the private, public and not-for-profit sectors – most of whom are from the UK. And our partner networks extend across a large part of the world – from international shipping services to a network of IT engineers.

Get In touch

Redpalm Technology Services

Head Office 12 Moulton Park Office Village Northampton United Kingdom NN3 6AP

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As a leading digital agency, Ultimedia prioritises clients' security by obtaining the Cyber Essentials certification and implementing robust security measures.

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Is the lack of a Cyber Essentials certificate losing you business?

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What Is Cyber Essentials Plus And Why You Need It?

What is Cyber Essentials?

The Cyber Essentials scheme was endorsed by the UK government to ensure data protection, and for organizations to comprehend how data can be used, secured or compromised. Cyber Essentials provides data protection against widely known Cyber crimes.

Cyber Essentials scheme has 2 levels of Certification;

Cyber Essentials

Cyber Essentials Plus

What is Cyber Essentials Plus?

Cyber criminals not only target larger corporations, but even smaller firms are at risk on an industrial scale as the intruders exploit vulnerabilities or loopholes in their IT Security & Infrastructure.

Cyber Essential Plus guarantees a higher assurance rate. Cyber Essential Plus requires an independent assessment of any organization’s security screening to validate that the 5 technical security checkpoints are in effect.

What are the Technical Security Controls of Cyber Essentials Plus?

To complete the self-assessment checklist, there are 5 Technical security controls to comply with any organization.

They are;

Firewalls & Internet Gateways

Secure Configuration

User Access Control

Malware Protection

Patch Management

Firewalls & Internet Gateways

Firewalls & Internet Gateways determines who has approval from the Internet to access your system or the network and controls the user’s accessibility. It ensures that access from the internet seems to be feasible only to secure and necessary network services. A firewall helps in preventing hackers from accessing the network and from external threats.

Secure Configuration

Application server configuration and the web server configuration are crucial in Cyber security. Secure configuration helps in protecting the computers and network devices to reduce the impact of inherent vulnerabilities.

User Access Control

It is vital to make sure that only authorized individuals are granted access to those applications required to perform their tasks. The user accounts for any sort of special privileges to be assigned to only limited users and to be managed efficiently. Minimal access to vital information in the system or networks shall prevent an intruder from accessing crucial and sensitive data.

Malware Protection

Protecting the business from an untrusted software product on the internet which could be liable to access the files and data on the system. Constrain the execution of known malware and untrusted software to prevent access to sensitive data through malicious code.

Patch Management

A software is prone to technical vulnerabilities. Hackers exploit known vulnerabilities in operating systems and the third-party applications if they are not up-to-date. Making sure devices and software are not vulnerable to known security vulnerabilities that are liable for updates or fixes.

Why Cyber Essentials Plus is needed?

Cyber Essentials is a certification scheme endorsed by the UK Government to minimize cyber threats throughout the supply chain. Cyber Essentials Plus protects an organization against 80% of cyber-threats. This assurance is advantageous to their business to prove that their working environment is very secure.

Also, attaining the Cyber Essentials Plus certification qualifies an organization to bid for key Government contracts or projects as the certification is likely to be made mandatory.

How to get Cyber Essentials Plus certified?

To get Cyber Essentials Plus certified, the following steps to be followed;

Select an Accredited certification body

Validate that your IT is adequately secure and meets the Cyber Essentials technical standards

Upon completion of the Self-assessment questionnaire, the accredited certification body will evaluate the answers

When passed successfully, the Cyber Essentials Certification will be rewarded

What Cyber Essentials Plus Certification offers?

Cyber Essentials Plus certification badge is an approval for an organization to be officially portrayed as a secure work environment and that your organization have met the Government requirements to respond to cyber threats.

A comprehensive evaluation of the 5 technical inspections of security

Internal & External technical vulnerability scan

Review of inconsistencies in the analysis

Highly crafted framework for the enhancement

Analysis for risk re-evaluation

Cyber Essential Plus certification

Why Teceze for Cyber Essentials?

Our cyber security technical experts are CREST certified. We assess the Cyber Essentials 5 technical controls and evaluate your organization’s security perimeters. When our technical consultants are satisfied with your security measures and the assessment is a success, then we issue the Cyber Essentials certificate. We aim in helping many more organizations to achieve the Cyber Essentials certification.

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Ensure that Business Data is both Secure and Legal

Information is the lifeblood of any business; whether its essential accounting transactions or client records all businesses rely on data in one form or another.

As reliance on electronic data stored on computers has increased so have the opportunities and threats. Key opportunities include being able mitigate against risks such as fire by storing multiple copies of the data and securing this in multiple locations along with being able to share the data or collaborate with colleagues or service providers.

Unfortunately, electronic data also brings its own set of risks and threats. To help businesses deal with these threats the UK and EU parliaments have provided guidelines supported by regulations.

Recent cyber-attacks on organisations such as the NHS are a reminder that cyber criminals can wreak havoc, and it’s not just high-profile businesses that are at risk. Cyber criminals are not picky – they will go after any target from which they believe they can extract a ransom.

It was recently reported GCHQ has identified that around 54% of attacks could have been prevented if the subject of the attacks had complied with the basic cyber security practices advocated by the Cyber Essentials assessment. The policies and procedures required to pass the Cyber Essentials Assessment are generally good practice in managing an IT system regardless of their other benefits and an increasing number of supply contracts now specify Cyber Essentials as a requirement.

Many organisations will also need to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) by May 2018 which requires many similar policies and procedures to Cyber Essentials.

So now is the time for businesses to take action and review their Cyber security and readiness for GDPR. To find out more go to www.logiplex.co.uk/cyberessentials or call 01989 769990.

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5 best practices for getting Cyber Essentials certified

This guide explains the role of password policy and password security in achieving Cyber Essentials accreditation. It focuses on five key areas vital to passing the scheme:

Secure Configuration and passwords

Access Control and passwords

Account lockouts to defend against brute-force attacks

Using a password blacklist

Expiring passwords…

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How do you protect your business against cyber threats with cyber essentials?

Cyber Essentials

Cybersecurity threats always put a business at risk. IT systems are the core of most enterprises – be it an email system for a local business owner or sophisticated systems managing millions of transactions in your bank.

The increasing reliance of many companies on IT systems provides bigger opportunities for each of them. Increased risk comes with increased opportunity. The systems that are operated on a daily basis to perform our jobs are very vital targets for cybercriminals.

Nowadays, the risk of deliberate cyber-attacks on businesses is higher than ever before, and it is the lawful duty to protect your organization and the data you hold.

One may wonder if the cybercriminals have a secret hideout to carry out the cyber-attacks. Not necessarily though, cyber-attacks can be executed from a coffee place or a restaurant or even from a living room depends on the hacker’s mindset. Age isn’t a factor for an individual to become a hacker. There is multiple news across the globe that involves a teenager performing hacks from anywhere and anytime. Therefore, be it state-sponsored hacking groups or teens, your cybersecurity could be prone.

Protecting you & your business from Cyber risks

We provide cybersecurity services to businesses or firms to mitigate cyber risks. We understand our clients by working alongside to know how they use their IT services, assess the cyber risks to their business and customers.

Using recent cloud-based technologies, Teceze helps in making your business more efficient, productive, and cost-effective. Our technologies and expertise join hands in keeping your business safe. We offer to consult services to assist organizations in achieving Cyber Essentials or Cyber Essentials Plus certifications. Tecez consulting services help organizations not only meet the basic requirements of the Cyber Essentials scheme but exceed them with expert advice from our cybersecurity professionals. We work closely with you and your team to assist in helping you achieve certification, also provide expert advice, and provide support as to how you can safeguard your business’ data. This involves your system reviewing, software, IT infrastructure and IT management, and IT policies.

Cyber Essentials offers enterprises/businesses with a baseline level of assurance for the protection of their cybersecurity. It is a mandatory requirement for firms who are willing to work with public sector firms.

Cyber Essentials Plus offers an advanced level of assurance which includes external testing of your company’s approach to cybersecurity.

What is Cyber Essentials?

Cyber Essentials is a Government supported and industry-backed scheme to help businesses protect and prevent themselves from cyber threats. The chances for cybercriminals and hackers to commit fraud or theft, industrial espionage, and to steal intellectual property is rapidly increasing due to the businesses relying solely on the evolving digital technologies.

Cyber Essentials defines a set of 5 key security controls – which if properly implemented then will protect businesses of any size from cyberattacks.

Cyber Essentials or Cyber Essentials Plus?

Cyber Essentials offers 2 levels of certification; They are

Level 1: Cyber Essentials

This is a basic level of certification. It is provided on the basis of completing a self-assessment questionnaire that is verified by Teceze.

Level 2: Essentials Plus

This is an advanced level of Cyber Essentials. The companies will be working closely with us to assess the 5 key controls in practice with phishing attacks and hacking.

Why to consider Cyber Essentials?

To prevent attacks, that utilise the software and techniques which are freely available on the internet nowadays, by implementing the Cyber Essentials 5 controls.

Identifying the areas for improvement, even if your company has a good track record of security, by taking the internal assessment.

Obtaining the Cyber Essentials badge and accreditation is an indication that you and your organization take cybersecurity very seriously by abiding to Government standards.

What are the Cyber Essentials 5 key controls?

Boundary Firewalls and Gateways –

Use devices designed to prevent unauthorized access to or from private networks.

Secure Configuration –

Ensure that systems are configured in the most secure way for the need of the organisation.

Access Control –

Ensure only those who should have access to systems are provided access at an appropriate level.

Malware Protection –

Protection Ensure that virus and malware protection is installed and up to date.

Patch Management –

Ensure the latest, supported version of applications are used and all patches and updates applied.

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