What are the benefits?

Key benefits include:

  • A visible and tangible way of displaying to customers, business partners and auditors that you are taking proactive measures to ensure the security of their data;
  • Retention of clients and increased sales through a better marketing and sales campaign highlighting the extensive security measures being taken;
  • Independence – The assurance that we give is truly independent and you can be confident in the integrity of our results;
  • Improved security of key applications and infrastructure;
  • Potential reduction in Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of security through outsourced vulnerability monitoring;
  • Peace of mind – You can focus on your core business, safe in the knowledge that the security, availability and performance of web site(s) and key application(s) is being monitored on your behalf. You will only be alerted when you have a potential problem;
  • Improved response times to potential security breaches through proactive, immediate notification of critical vulnerabilities and advice on remediation;
  • Cost effectiveness – By bringing together the vital areas of information security, availability and web site performance assurance as a single managed service, we are able to ensure that the return on your investment is maximised.

The support programme is available to all organisations that have achieved, at minimum, provisional 365 Secure or 365 performance certification. It is designed to provide significant added value and assist in helping promote the organisation's proven best practice.

The support programme encompasses the following areas:

  • Web partnership – We will provide a certification mark for your web site and an associated "click through" page, describing the programme and promoting the enhanced security measures being taken.
  • Marketing material – We will work with you to promote your certification with co-branded marketing collateral, development of case studies, quotes and other certification information for internal and external communication.
  • Sales support – We offer sales support to help you sell the benefits of your certification and explain the best practice standards behind it.