A key challenge you face right now is ensuring compliance with the Government Connect Code of Connection security controls. Do you require assistance planning and implementing remediation plans to ensure compliance by your given deadline?
dns is a security specialist trusted by local authorities throughout the UK to guide them through Code of Connection compliance programmes and provide remediation services. Our services include:
- gap analysis
- compliance strategy
- non-compliance remediation
- project management
- costing and project prioritisation
- ongoing protective monitoring
We are currently working with many local authorities who have received feedback from the Government Connect Assessment Team highlighting areas of non-compliance in their Code of Connection submission in order to design and implement remediation plans. Common challenges our customers come across in gaining GSi code of connection compliance include:
- access control – the ability to uniquely identify all of your users, manage their access rights and ensure accountability of actions related to personal information.
- network design and segregation – design and implementation of security solutions including firewalls and intrusion detection devices as a managed and monitored security boundary between networks of different levels of trust and management control.
- protective monitoring and log retention – logging and auditing activity on your network and systems to support the ability to identify suspicious actions and security breaches.
- remote access – delivering a secure remote access solution to meet the HMG requirements for user authentication, client protection and communications security.
- penetration testing and vulnerability scanning – external vulnerability assessment of your external facing network hosts as well as quarterly internal testing of internal systems.
- incident response – setting up incident response and management procedures as well as adequate user awareness of security incident reporting requirements.
With a complete range of security services and a 10 year track record of delivering compliance and remediation projects for the public sector, our team of CLAS consultants have a complete understanding of the security challenges facing your organisation. dns consultants can also help you combine the Code of Connection controls with the Local Government Data Handling guidelines, ISO27001 and HMG accreditation requirements.
For immediate help with your Code of Connection project please contact dns on 0870 085 8555 or email info@dns.co.uk.
