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Crossword CybersecurityAnnouncement

19/01/2023 07:00

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RNS Number : 1887N  Crossword Cybersecurity PLC  19 January 2023

Crossword Cybersecurity partners with BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT

 

Partnership to support BCS members with cybersecurity and cyber supply chain
resilience

 

19 January 2023 - London, UK - Crossword Cybersecurity Plc
(http://www.crosswordcybersecurity.com/) (AIM:CCS, "Crossword", the "Company"
or the "Group"), the cybersecurity solutions company focused on cyber strategy
and risk, today announces it has partnered with  BCS, The Chartered Institute
for IT ("BCS"). BCS has over 60,000 members in 150 countries with a mission to
ensure everyone's experience with technology is positive.

The partnership will support BCS members with cybersecurity awareness training
along with providing freemium access to Rizikon Assurance
(https://www.crosswordcybersecurity.com/rizikon-assurance) . Rizikon is
Crossword's secure, encrypted portal which puts an organisation in control of
managing its supply chain risks. Crossword will also be providing BCS members
with additional support through masterclass webinars, content and exclusive
member-only offers and assistance.

 

Third-party cyberattack incidents in the supply chain were the most costly
enterprise data breaches to remedy in 2021. Rizikon automates the laborious
supplier risk assessment and management process, providing instant status
reporting and 360 degree visibility of cyber risks.

 

Ben Turner, Head of Membership, BCS said: "BCS is delighted to form this new
partnership with Crossword Cybersecurity. BCS supports our Organisational
Members to attract, develop and retain IT professionals, ensuring they achieve
the ethical, competent, accountable and inclusive benchmarks. We are also keen
to add value to our customers, giving them access and insight into key
technologies that assist their workforce. Businesses face significant threat
from data breaches, so the inclusion of Rizikon Assurance as part of our
offering will enable our customers to assess supply chain cybersecurity risks,
alongside other support, practical tools and access to a wealth of resources
through their organisational membership."

 

Alice Carney, Associate Director of Partnerships at Crossword Cybersecurity
Plc, said: "Cybersecurity incidents initiated through a third party represent
approximately 60% of data breaches, so it is more important than ever for
businesses to ensure they have a strong third party assessment framework in
place. We are delighted to be partnering with BCS and support its members to
manage cyber risks, build resilient supply chains and have a better overall
cybersecurity framework through access to Rizikon and Crossword's
cybersecurity experts. Rizikon makes the building of resilient supply chain
partnerships more streamlined, as well as more cost and time efficient."

BCS members will be able to register for Rizikon access through the members'
area on the BCS website and through the access link provided by Crossword.

 

 

Contacts

Crossword Cybersecurity plc - Tel: +44 (0) 333 090 2587

Email: info@crosswordcybersecurity.com
(mailto:info@crosswordcybersecurity.com)

Tom Ilube, Chief Executive Officer

Mary Dowd, Chief Financial Officer

 

Grant Thornton (Nominated Adviser) - Tel: +44 (0) 20 7383 5100

Colin Aaronson / Jamie Barklem / Ciara Donnelly

 

Hybridan LLP (Broker) - Tel: +44 (0)203 764 2341

Claire Louise Noyce

 

For media enquiries contact:

General:

Duncan Gurney, GingerPR

duncan@gingerpr.co.uk (mailto:duncan@gingerpr.co.uk) - Tel: +44 (0)1932 485
300

 

Financial PR:

David Hothersall, Kinlan Communications

davidh@kinlan.net (mailto:davidh@kinlan.net) - Tel: +44 (0) 207 638 3435

 

About Crossword Cybersecurity plc

Crossword offers a range of cyber security solutions to help companies
understand and reduce cyber security risk. We do this through a combination of
people and technology, in the form of SaaS and software products, consulting,
and managed services. Crossword's areas of emphasis are cyber security
strategy and risk, supply chain cyber, threat detection and response, and
digital identity and the aim is to build up a portfolio of cyber security
products and services with recurring revenue models in these four areas. We
work closely with UK universities and our products and services are often
powered by academic research-driven insights. In the area of cybersecurity
strategy and risk our consulting services include cyber maturity assessments,
industry certifications, and virtual chief information security officer
(vCISO) managed services.

 

Crossword's end-to-end supply chain cyber standard operating model (SCC SOM)
is supported by our best-selling SaaS platform, Rizikon Assurance, along with
cost-effective cyber audits, security testing services and complete managed
services for supply chain cyber risk management. Threat detection and response
services include our Nightingale AI-based network monitoring, our Trillion and
Arc breached credentials tracking platforms, and incident response.
Crossword's work in digital identity is based on the World Wide Web Consortium
W3C verifiable credentials standard and our current solution, Identiproof,
enables secure digital verification of individuals to prevent fraud.

 

Crossword serves medium and large clients including FTSE 100, FTSE 250 and
S&P listed companies in various sectors, such as defence, insurance,
investment and retail banks, private equity, education, technology and
manufacturing and has offices in the UK, Poland and Oman. Crossword is traded
on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange.

 

Visit Crossword at https://www.crosswordcybersecurity.com/
(https://www.crosswordcybersecurity.com/)

 

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