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CESG has been working hard to build on the good reputation CHECK already
has with government departments and the private sector by actively
promoting the CHECK Scheme on a number of fronts. We have addressed
the Annual Government Accreditors Conference, the IT Security Officers
Forum and the BS7799 Special Interest Group. We are a major contributor
to the Security Accreditation Review Committee (SARC), led jointly
by CESG and Security Service, and to the General IA Products and Services
Initiative (GIPSI), led by the Central Sponsor for IA and CESG. In
addition we have, and continue to do so, promote the Scheme at many
high-profile conferences, and through direct contact with a wide range
of government departments. It is our hope that, by the end of 2004,
the profile of the CHECK Scheme across the whole of the public sector
will have been raised significantly with a consequential increase
in the amount of work requested by government departments under the
terms of CHECK.
We set high standards for CHECK service providers, against which all
new applicants are measured. Government departments employing CHECK
Service Providers can therefore be assured that they are selecting
a highly qualified and suitably experienced team and consequently
will receive a high quality service. The CHECK Service Providers,
meanwhile, can be confident that they are part of a professional service,
which can and will be held in high regard in government and the private
sector.
Membership of CHECK entitles your company to a range of benefits including
the following:
- Promotion of the CHECK Service to a wide customer base;
- Listing of your company on our web site;
- The opportunity to take the highly regarded ‘CHECK Service Assault
Course’, a rigorous test of penetration testing skills in which
experts from CESG assess a candidates ability. Access to this
test is limited to CHECK Service members only;
- Access to a range of support material, including relevant HMG
policy and guidance and UK government CERT (cpni.gov.uk)
reports;
- Specialist briefings on topics of interest to the IT health
check community;
- Advice on respected vulnerabilities sources;
- Access to advice and assistance on the application of CHECK
Service Guidelines;
- Sponsorship and maintenance of security clearances where required;
- and Updates on new developments through newsletters and e-mails
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Why should I become a CHECK Service Provider?