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Information Security In Muswell Hill

Security is often seen as a bolt-on, something to be added to, or overlaid onto your IT systems. This approach leads to security being talked about in terms of products and services – Network Security, Firewalls, Anti-virus etc.

Our approach to security starts with the belief that it runs throughout the entire organisation; it should be part of your organisational DNA. It’s often said that IT is about enabling people. If your approach to security is to add it to your IT systems as an afterthought, then it can often be disabling. If you build it into your organisation from the ground up, we believe it can empower people.

Is Security Really an IT Issue?

At Macnamara we believe that you’re not secure unless the idea of Security is embraced by the whole organisation.

Macnamara uses Cyber Essentials as the baseline for our standard Managed Service offering.

Cyber Essentials is the nationally recognised Government scheme developed by the NCSC that helps businesses protect themselves from fraud and Cyber Attacks.

It’s definitely the right place to start, but it’s a point in time snapshot and doesn’t mean that you’re now secure. This is because there’s no requirement for ongoing checks. By having Cyber Essentials as part of our Managed Service, we provide that continuity.

Cyber Essentials Plus is the next logical step.

Cyber Essentials Plus takes things further by requiring separate technical validation. Again, we can provide this, but we won’t put you forward for it unless we’re sure that you understand what it means and are willing to adhere to the guidelines.

This is why we only accredit and certify companies in Cyber Essentials that are already working with us. We don’t offer it as a separate stand-alone service.

Cyber Essentials is a good starting point, but it only addresses the technical aspects of security:

Are your machines properly patched?
Is your Firewall configured correctly?
Do you run Anti-virus?

All of these are important, but Security isn’t just the domain of IT.

IT Systems Business & Information Security

To make security integral to your business and move toward true business and information security, you need to implement:

Policies
Training
Awareness
Compliance

To take this approach is to recognise not only the importance of Information Security, but the fact that it’s not a product or solution that’s implemented once, it’s a process that is and should be on-going. Furthermore, it’s an ethos that runs throughout the organisation.

Our Approach To Cyber Security in Muswell Hill

Our approach mirrors the IASME Governance Model. The standard includes all five Cyber Essentials technical controls and adds additional topics that mostly relate to people and processes:

The starting point is a full assessment of your business. This helps us both to understand where we are, but perhaps more importantly, where you’d like to be.

The 5 Technical Controls
for Cyber Essentials

Not all businesses are the same and therefore not all businesses are required to be fully compliant to the highest level or standards. We need to understand what’s appropriate so that you’re not striving for ISO27001, when Cyber Essentials Plus is what’s needed.

The results of this assessment are then discussed, and a plan can then be agreed.

Creation of a single overarching Information Security policy is drawn up and signed by the MD or CEO. This will include a short clear statement about your commitment to information security and specify roles and responsibilities.

This policy is then be broken down into various areas, each with their own clear statements, for example:

Data retention
Business continuity
Data protection
Email and internet access
Home working
BYOD & mobile device management
Asset management
Password, encryption, and admin rights
Security incident response
Backup and archiving

These policies on their own will not achieve a significant improvement in your information security posture, but by accompanying each one with a clear set of procedural instructions on how to give effect to its objectives, a major improvement in security will be achieved.

For example, if the Password, Encryption and Admin Rights Policy specifies that all emails containing personal information must be encrypted, the accompanying procedure should point to the data protection policy for a definition of personal information and give clear precise instructions on how to encrypt an email.

Compliance & Baselines

This approach allows us to create a security baseline and a compliant framework under which your organisation operates. We can then extend this security baseline to include technical baselines for your IT assets. A good example of this is the devices you use to access your data. The policy may indicate that all devices must be encrypted, to protect against access to your information if they are lost or stolen. E.g.

Windows 11 – Enable BitLocker
Mac OS – Enable File Vault
Android and iOS Devices – Enable native encryption

Implementing security enabled technical baselines creates compliant systems and software, which in turn allows your staff to be productive. They can carry out their day-to-day tasks safe in the knowledge that they can securely access the right information, from the right sources, using the right devices, from any location.

This Is What We Mean by Information Security!

We realise that our approach isn’t for everyone. But if what we’re describing makes sense then it’s probably worth us exploring it further.

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