Crossword Cybersecurity partners with BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
Partnership
to support BCS members with cybersecurity and cyber supply chain resilience
19th January 2023 – London, UK – Crossword
Cybersecurity Plc (AIM:CCS, “Crossword”, the “Company” or the
“Group”), the cybersecurity solutions company focused on cyber strategy and
risk, today announces it has partnered with BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
(“BCS”). BCS has over 60,000 members in 150 countries with a mission to ensure
everyone’s experience with technology is positive.
The partnership will support BCS members with
cybersecurity awareness training along with providing freemium access to Rizikon
Assurance. Rizikon is Crossword’s secure, encrypted portal which puts an
organisation in control of managing its supply chain risks. Crossword will also
be providing BCS members with additional support through masterclass webinars,
content and exclusive member-only offers and assistance.
Third-party cyberattack incidents in the supply
chain were the most costly enterprise data breaches to remedy in 2021. Rizikon
automates the laborious supplier risk assessment and management process,
providing instant status reporting and 360 degree visibility of cyber risks.
Ben Turner, Head of Membership, BCS, said: “BCS is delighted to form this new partnership with
Crossword Cybersecurity. BCS supports our Organisational Members to attract,
develop and retain IT professionals, ensuring they achieve the ethical,
competent, accountable and inclusive benchmarks. We are also keen to add value
to our customers, giving them access and insight into key technologies that
assist their workforce. Businesses face significant threat from data breaches,
so the inclusion of Rizikon Assurance as part of our offering will enable our
customers to assess supply chain cybersecurity risks, alongside other support,
practical tools and access to a wealth of resources through their organisational
membership.”
Alice Carney, Associate Director of
Partnerships at Crossword Cybersecurity Plc, said:
“Cybersecurity incidents initiated through a third party represent
approximately 60% of data breaches, so it is more important than ever for
businesses to ensure they have a strong third party assessment framework in
place. We are delighted to be partnering with BCS and support its members to
manage cyber risks, build resilient supply chains and have a better overall
cybersecurity framework through access to Rizikon and Crossword’s cybersecurity
experts. Rizikon makes the building of resilient supply chain partnerships more
streamlined, as well as more cost and time efficient.”
BCS members will be able to register for
Rizikon access through the members’ area on the BCS website and through the
access link provided by Crossword.
About Crossword Cybersecurity plc
Crossword offers a range of cyber security solutions
to help companies understand and reduce cyber security risk. We do this through
a combination of people and technology, in the form of SaaS and software
products, consulting, and managed services. Crossword’s areas of emphasis are
cyber security strategy and risk, supply chain cyber, threat detection and
response, and digital identity and the aim is to build up a portfolio of cyber
security products and services with recurring revenue models in these four
areas. We work closely with UK universities and our products and services are
often powered by academic research-driven insights. In the area of
cybersecurity strategy and risk our consulting services include cyber maturity
assessments, industry certifications, and virtual chief information security
officer (vCISO) managed services.
Crossword’s end-to-end supply chain cyber
standard operating model (SCC SOM) is supported by our best-selling SaaS
platform, Rizikon Assurance, along with cost-effective cyber audits, security
testing services and complete managed services for supply chain cyber risk
management. Threat detection and response services include our Nightingale
AI-based network monitoring, Nixer to protect against application layer DDoS
attacks, our Trillion and Arc breached credentials tracking platforms, and
incident response. Crossword’s work in digital identity is based on the World
Wide Web Consortium W3C verifiable credentials standard and our current
solution, Identiproof, enables secure digital verification of individuals to
prevent fraud.
Crossword serves medium and large clients
including FTSE 100, FTSE 250 and S&P listed companies in various sectors,
such as defence, insurance, investment and retail banks, private equity,
education, technology and manufacturing and has offices in the UK, Poland and
Oman. Crossword is traded on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange.
Visit Crossword at https://www.
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