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09:00hrs Tuesday 22nd November     CESG can confirm that the Nokia S60 Smartphone assessment has been completed


16:30hrs Monday 21st November     CESG is pleased to announce the following products have been CAPS Approved: Eclypt Nano 600/Enhanced, Eclypt Nano 400/Baseline Plus and Eclypt Nano 300/Baseline.


13:00hrs Tuesday 4th October     CESG is pleased to announce that L3-TRL Mini Catapan v1.3 and L3-TRL Enterprise Catapan v1.0 have now been CAPS Approved.


09:00hrs 22nd September 2011     CESG is pleased to announce that the Institute for Information Security Professionals (IISP) has joined APM Group Ltd and the BCS in providing the delivery of a CESG designed certification scheme for Information Assurance professionals in both industry and Government.


16:00hrs 16th September 2011     CESG are pleased to announce the expansion of the CPA scheme at Foundation Grade with the publication of five Security Characteristics and the sign up of the first two operational Test Labs. Click here for more information.
Expressions of interest are solicited from industry experts to critically review our developing CPA Security Characteristics. Click here for more information.


10:00hrs 14th September 2011     CESG, the UK National Technical Authority for Information Assurance, and VMware announced that VMware vSphere 4.0 has successfully completed a CESG assessment. See today's joint statement (pdf) for more details.


09:30hrs 1st September 2011     CESG is pleased to announce the launch of a certification scheme for Information Assurance professionals in both industry and Government. The first two certification bodies to be appointed by CESG are the APM Group Ltd and BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT.


14:15hrs 30th June 2011     Certification Bodies for IA Specialist Certification Scheme - CESG has made the provisional decision to select three organisations to be Certification Bodies for its IA Specialist Certification Scheme (‘IAPP’) (pdf)


12:00hrs 28th June 2011     Version 3.5 of the HMG IA Maturity Model is now available - see HMG IA Maturity Model pages for more details.


15:00hrs 10th June 2011     Barron McCannXK Confidential has now been CAPS approved.


08:30hrs 13th May 2011     CAS(T) flyer available now to download.


14:00hrs 1st April 2011     CLAS renewal process now open - see Messages to CLAS.


12:30hrs 22nd March 2011     CESG Certification for IA Specialists v1.0 (pdf) - Updated issue of a new standard supporting CESG's programme of Professionalisation, Education & Training.


14:15hrs 7th March 2011     BlackBerry® Smartphone Software v5.0 has now been CESG approved.


14:30hrs 1st March 2011     CESG Certification for IA Specialists v1.0 (pdf) - Initial release of a new standard supporting CESG's programme of Professionalisation, Education & Training.


09:15hrs 17th February 2011     IA11: Updated information on the Government's flagship IA event, for delegates & sponsors has now been released.


09.15hrs 2nd February 2011     Vacancy for CLAS Forum Chairman - The current CLAS Forum Chairman's contract is due to end on 31 March 2011 and CESG is currently looking to fill this post.


11.00hrs 28th January 2011     Press release - BitLocker Drive Encryption Suitable for the protection of RESTRICTED data on Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 and SP2 and Microsoft Windows 7 (pdf) has been issued.


10.00hrs 14th January 2011     CESG would like to announce that it will be bringing the CCTM Secretariat function in house from Quadrant on the 17th January 2011. For details see the IACS Breaking News.


10.30hrs 11th January 2011     Important dates for your diary... The Government's flagship IA event, IA11, will be held from the 28-29 June 2011 at the Park Plaza Westminster Bridge. More details available in the coming weeks.


14.45hrs 15th December 2010     As part of CESG's website rationalisation programme the IAUK and IA10 websites are being decommissioned at the end of 2010. An archive of the two sites can now be accessed here.


14.30hrs 15th December 2010     CESG IA Top Tips 2010/02 - Importing Data from External Networks - Issued 15 December 2010


15.30hrs 9th December 2010     CESG IA Top Tips 2010/01 - DDoS – Distributed Denial of Service - Issued 9 December 2010


08.45hrs 15th November 2010     Get Safe Online Week is 15th – 19th November 2010 (pdf)


09.30hrs 10th November 2010     CESG is trialling a new approach to Commercial Product Assurance and potential participants are welcome for the pilot phase.


09.45hrs 18th October 2010     IA10 Presentation now available in here .Also see the latest IA10 Newsletter (A Perfect Storm?)(pdf) to bring yourself up to speed with what happened at IA10.


10.00hrs 14th October 2010     Iain Lobban, Director GCHQ, urged greater awareness of the threats posed by Cyber Attacks in a speech at the International Institude for Strategic Studies on 12 October.


15.45hrs 12th October 2010     IA10 Presentation now available in here . Also see the IA10 Newsletter (pdf) to bring yourself up to speed with what happened on day One of IA10.


14.00hrs 24th August 2010     Pakistan Floods Appeal - how you can help
Find out what the British government is doing to help and how you can donate to the DEC Pakistan Floods Appeal.


16.00hrs 12th August 2010     CESG adopts the IISP skills framework to help establish a common set of IA skills across both public and private sectors.


15.00hrs 10th August 2010     CESG is trialing a new approach to Commercial Product Assurance and potential participants are welcome for the pilot phase.


09.00hrs 23rd July 2010     A new blended learning package aimed at new SIROs, IAOs and NEDs is now available.


11.30hrs 5th July 2010     Press release - BitLocker To Go suitable for the protection of RESTRICTED data on Microsoft Windows 7 and additional version of BitLocker Configuration Tool (pdf) has been issued


11.30hrs 12th May 2010     CESG have produced two posters for the Palace of Westminster to help raise IA awareness, details how we can customise these to meet your requirements available here.


09.00hrs 10th May 2010     The upgrade to v1.8 version of the Cabinet Office Information
Risk Reporting Tool is now at v1.8.3, and is now available.


09.00hrs 23rd April 2010     The latest version of the Cabinet Office Information Risk Reporting Tool is now at v1.8, and is now available.


11.00hrs 10th February 2010     Foreign Secretary and Prime Minister approve new Director-General Information Security and Assurance Appointment.
At the end of the month, Nick Hopkinson will be succeeded by Jonathan Hoyle as CESG's Director-General Information Security and Assurance.


16.30hrs 29th January 2010     Accreditors' News Letter (pdf) - An update for accreditors on items of interest since the last forum in Nov 09.


10.30hrs 29th January 2010     Press release - BitLocker suitable for the protection of RESTRICTED data on Vista Service Pack 2 (pdf) has been issued.


14.45hrs 13th January 2010     Customer Satisfaction Survey for 2009-10 will take place between 21 January and 19 February. Our research agency, ORC International, may contact you by telephone to complete a short questionnaire; we hope that you are able to participate. If you have any questions, or wish to participate in the survey, see the CSS FAQ.


       
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