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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.


9.00hrs 7th December 2009     Press Release - CESG and Infineon in Partnership Deliver Assured Trusted Platform Module (pdf) has been issued.


14.00hrs 30th November 2009     A revised version of the Cabinet Office Information Risk Report Tool has been prepared for 2010 and is available for download. This is the version that will be used for CESG Supported Self-Assessments in support of the FY09/10 reporting round - see HMG IA Maturity Model pages for more details


15.00hrs 27th November 2009     A revised guidance document is now available entitled 2010 Cabinet Office Information Risk Report: HMG IA Maturity Model Supported Self Assessment v1.0 dated 26 November 2009 - see HMG IA Maturity Model pages for more details


12.00hrs 25th November 2009     A clarification and summary of Product Assurance at IL3 and Below (pdf) has been issued.


14.00hrs 15th October 2009     Version 3.0 of the HMG IA Maturity Model is now available - see HMG IA Maturity Model pages for more details


14:00hrs 2nd October 2009     Update to CLAS Web pages - see Messages to CLAS.


10:00hrs 21st July 2009     Update to CLAS Web pages - see Messages to CLAS.


14:00hrs 25th June 2009     The UK's Cyber Security Strategy 2009 has just been published - see Cyber Security Strategy.


16:00hrs 31st March 2009     The annual intake for CLAS membership is now closed.


10:30hrs 27th March 2009     The uprated version of the CO Information Risk Reporting Tool available through the IAUK website has been delayed, full details here.


11:00hrs 4th March 2009     A list of CLAS consultants that successfully attended a pilot CESG training course on auditing compliance with IA Standard No 6 - Protecting Personal Data and Managing Information Risk.


12:00hrs 2nd March 2009     The annual intake for CLAS membership is now open. See the Applying for CLAS Membership web page for details, closing date for applications is 31st March 2009.


14:00hrs 23rd February 2009     The Supported Self Assessment plus a Request Form and the new Version 2.0 of the HMG IA Maturity Model is now available, see the HMG IA Maturity Model pages for details.


15:30hrs 15th January 2009     Information Assurance Technical Programme (IATP) and Intelligent Customer Mechanism (ICM) web pages added to site.


09:30hrs 2nd December 2008     CESG Tailored Assurance Service (CTAS) to continue unchanged following the acquisition of NGS Software Ltd. by NCC Group Plc.


09:00hrs 20th November 2008     Draft standard level (2-2-4) NGN good practice guidance is now available


12:00hrs 2nd October 2008     HMG Information Assurance Maturity Model and Assessment Model v1.0 now available


08:00hrs 16th September 2008     The CESG CHECK Scheme is currently open for new applications


16:00hrs 26th August 2008     IS1 Risk Tool Worksheet (updated)


15:00hrs 27th June 2008     Next Generation Networks (NGN) Telecoms Services Assurance


12:00hrs 12th June 2008     IS1 Risk Tool Worksheet


12:00hrs 1st April 2008     CCT Mark Scheme joins CESG's Portfolio of IA Services (pdf)


13:30hrs 28th March 2008     Business Impact Levels - Issue 2.0 March 2008 (Extract from Infosec Standard No. 1) (pdf)


10:30hrs 27th February 2008     CSIA hands over ownership of CCT Mark Scheme to CESG (pdf)


12:30hrs 13th February 2008     Important information regarding CHECK


16:30hrs 22nd January 2008     Following the recent instructions from Cabinet Office on laptops, guidance for Government Departments can be found on the Government Secure Intranet, or by telephoning or emailing CESG at:
Tel: +44 (0) 1242 709141
email: enquiries@cesg.gsi.gov.uk


HMRC Data Loss     View latest update (pdf)


Annual customer satisfaction survey     The CESG Customer satisfaction survey has now completed, results will be reported in the new year. For more details click here (pdf)


       
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