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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
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