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Expert Comment

The Register - UK.gov's pricey Five Year Plan to see off cyber thugs still in place

By MWR, 2 November 2016

Despite the UK government investing £1.9 billion in the cyber security industry, MWR's Ed Parsons says it's still unclear how far the new strategy will go towards bridging the industry's skills gap.

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Accreditations

MWR is an accredited member of The Cyber Security Incident Response Scheme (CSIR) approved by CREST (Council of Registered Ethical Security Testers).

MWR is certified under the Cyber Incident Response (CIR) scheme to deal with sophisticated targeted attacks against networks of national significance.

We are certified to comply with ISO 14001 in the UK, an internationally accepted standard that outlines how to put an effective environmental management system in place.

MWR is certified to comply with ISO 27001 to help ensure our client information is managed securely.

As an Approved Scanning Vendor MWR is approved by PCI SSC to conduct external vulnerability scanning services to PCI DSS Requirement 11.2.2.

We are members of the Council of Registered Ethical Security Testers (CREST), an organisation serving the needs of the information security sector.

MWR is a supplier to the Crown Commercial Service (CCS), which provides commercial and procurement services to the UK public sector.

MWR is a Qualified Security Assessor, meaning we have been qualified by PCI to validate other organisation's adherence to PCI DSS.

As members of CHECK we are measured against high standards set by CESG for the services we provide to Her Majesty's Government.

MWR’s consultants hold Certified Simulated Attack Manager (CCSAM) and Certified Simulated Attack Specialist (CCSAS) qualifications and are authorized by CREST to perform STAR penetration testing services.