CLAS
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What is CLAS?
CLAS is the CESG Listed Adviser Scheme - a partnership linking
the unique Information Assurance knowledge of CESG with the
expertise and resources of the private sector.
CESG recognises that there is an increasing demand for authoritative
Information Assurance advice and guidance. This demand has come
as a result of an increasing awareness of the threats and vulnerabilities
that information systems are likely to face in an ever-changing
world. In addition specific demand will come from:
- departments seeking to bring their networks
into line with the Government Secure Intranet (GSI) requirements
- departments addressing emerging security
requirements associated with the e-Government (Information
Age Government) initiative
- the need to safeguard the Critical National
Infrastructure (CNI)
- the Cabinet Office requirement for departments
to implement the British Standard for Information Security
Management: BS7799
- making 'government standard' Information
Assurance advice more readily available to the broader public
sector (local government, the Health sector, Police Forces
etc).
The Scheme aims to satisfy this demand by creating a pool of
high quality consultants approved by CESG to provide Information
Assurance advice to government departments and other organisations
who provide vital services for the United Kingdom.
CLAS consultants are approved to provide Information Assurance
advice on systems processing protectively marked information
up to, and including, SECRET. Potential customers of the CLAS
Scheme should also note that if the information is not protectively
marked then they do not need to specify membership of CLAS in
their invitations to tender, and may be challenged if equally
competent non-scheme members are prevented from bidding.
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