Providing some helpful and constructive feedback on the UK's Cyber Essentials scheme, a set of controls to ensure organisation have a base level of IT security.
That's right kids, full disk encryption for laptops in not considered a bare minimum of #infosec for #CyberEssentials.
Only 14% of UK businesses have reviewed the cyber security risks posed by their immediate suppliers in the past year.
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Supply Chain Cyber Risk: The Threat You Can't Afford to Ignore: https://lttr.ai/An1P2
In this webinar, we’ll show you how to use Cyber Essentials as the backbone of a supply chain programme that’s realistic for SMEs, but still credible for larger organisations with tougher expectations.
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Supply chain security isn’t just about having a policy — it’s about having a scalable method to raise standards across dozens (or hundreds) of suppliers without creating a procurement traffic jam.
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If you’re tired of supply chain security being a vague worry, a painful spreadsheet exercise, or a contractual panic at tender time — this webinar will give you a practical, modern way to take control.
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Webinar: Secure your supply chain with Cyber Essentials and Cyber Swift
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To all my UK infosec fedi-friends, I've been thinking of upgrading my company's Cyber Essentials certification to the Plus version.
The auditing company I reached out to would be expecting us to install a proprietary end-point monitoring application, which I'm really not keen to do.
Anyone knows of a company that would carry out the auditing in any different way, e.g. via an open source app?
I've been enquiring about upgrading my company's #CyberEssentials certification to CE Plus, which would involve undergoing an actual audit by a third-party organisation. The auditing company I spoke to said I would need to install a proprietary endpoint detection thingy (from Qualys...?), which I would be extremely reluctant to do. I wonder if I could use an open-source alternative instead, perhaps one of the Greenbone open-source products...
Many organisations give little or no thought to the cyber resilience of the suppliers they depend on every day
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Security questionnaires, if they exist at all, are often treated as a tick-box exercise — or based entirely on what the supplier says about themselves
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When supermarket tills went down and factory lines halted, it wasn’t a software glitch — it was a cyber crisis.
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Through our managed services, certification support, and our Cyber Swift supply-chain portal, we help businesses take control of their cyber security and compliance with confidence.
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Every year, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) publishes its annual review — part state-of-the-nation report, part wake-up call.
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At Cool Waters Cyber, we’re helping UK businesses take that next step — from awareness to action.
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The NCSC says this as “the new normal” — a world where cyber attacks don’t just hit individual companies, but cascade through the suppliers and service providers that keep them running.
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As the NCSC points out, the government is now calling on large organisations to lead by example — improving the adoption of Cyber Essentials throughout their supply chains.
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If your IT support provider is compromised, the attacker may gain a pathway straight into your network — effectively breaching your defences from the inside.
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@BergerodeCyber are at the Lancaster District Business Support Expo 2025 hosted at the Platform in Morecambe via Lancaster City Council & Lancaster and Morecambe District Chamber of Commerce
Come & see us & our new banners & get some free swag
Your cyber security is only as strong as your weakest supplier.
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