Cyber Security

Since the start of the Covid pandemic, there has been an enormous increase in the use of internet-based services and electronic communication for client services.

This has been a material shift to an ever increasing use of Cloud services and SaaS solutions. Occasional remote working has been replaced with continuous hybrid working. This rapid digital transformation has brought about an increase in both the prevalence and complexity of cybercrime.

Cyber attacks can disrupt your systems and network, compromise accounts, and cause data protection breaches. These reduce your ability to deliver for your clients, damage your reputation and undermine client confidence. Significant financial fines are also now imposed for GDPR data breaches.

How AJC can help

AJC helps clients from a broad range of organisations, in many different sectors, assess and manage risk, build resilience to maximise outcomes and together address contemporary challenges, like cybercrime.

We are trusted by our clients to work with them to make important decisions quickly and proportionately. Our team of experienced professionals will understand the intricacies of each situation and have the insights and expertise to deliver a solution that has meaning, substance and offers value for money.

Every situation is tackled with AJC’s honest, clear and practical approach. We guide our clients with clarity and confidence, empowering them to make the decisions and take the steps to protect and strengthen their organisations.

AJC's Services

Virtual-CISO
ISO 27001
Cyber Essentials (PLUS)
Cyber Health Check
SWIFT CSP Auditing

Virtual-CISO

AJC can act as your Chief Information Security Officer, on a part-time basis. Known as virtual CISO or CISO as a service (CISO-aaS), we can:

Provide independent reviews of your cyber safeguards
Undertake independent Cyber Security Plan reviews
Undertake roles such as Data Protection Officer
Provide expert comment
Help manage cyber security incidents if they arise
Providing cyber security documentation and policies
Offer cost-effective service cheaper than a full-time employee

ISO 27001

This international standard is designed to demonstrate that an organisation is implementing, maintaining, and continually improving its information security management system. The ultimate aim is to make sure that all your information is held securely. AJC can help your business achieve certification, demonstrating that:

You examine the business’s information security risks, taking account of the threats, vulnerabilities, and impacts;
You have designed and implemented a coherent and comprehensive suite of information security controls to address those risks that are deemed unacceptable;
You have adopted an overarching management process to ensure that the information security controls continue to meet the business’s information security needs on an ongoing basis.

Cyber Essentials (PLUS)

AJC can help you achieve Cyber Essential or Cyber Essential Plus certification, providing comfort to your Board and Directors, your suppliers and your clients, that your systems and networks are configured securely to a recognised standard.

We can guide you through the process, step by step, translating complex technical requirements into easily understood actions. We work with you to establish, collate and validate your evidence for the official certification process. We demystify the process and ensure you are ready for certification.

We keep abreast of the now annual standard enhancements and provide guidance accordingly.

Cyber Health Check

Instead of gaining the formal certifications above we can perform a tailored review of your cyber security making recommendations on how they can be improved.

Performing an annual audit
Delivering cyber threat awareness training for staff
Running simulated cyber attack exercises for training and readiness assessment

SWIFT CSP Auditing

AJC are highly experienced SWIFT CSP Auditors, having performed hundreds audits across a broad range of organisations. We undertake audits around the globe, with globally dispersed teams and offering audits in a range of languages. AJC are listed in the SWIFT CSP Certified Assessors Directory, for every region.