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20/01/2022 07:05

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RNS Number : 4995Y  Crossword Cybersecurity PLC  20 January 2022

Crossword Cybersecurity supports techUK's SME Membership with Cyber Essentials
certification and access to Rizikon Assurance

 

20 January 2022 - London, UK - Crossword Cybersecurity Plc
(http://www.crosswordcybersecurity.com/) (AIM:CCS, "Crossword", the "Company"
or the "Group"), the technology commercialisation company focused on cyber
security and risk management, is today announcing that its online software
assurance platform, Rizikon Assurance (https://www.rizikon.io/) , is being
made freely available to members of UK technology trade association, techUK
(https://www.techuk.org/) for a single-use cyber security assessment to
support them towards Cyber Essentials certification.

 

techUK SME members will be able to use Rizikon Assurance to self-assess their
cyber security alignment with the UK Government's Cyber Essentials scheme. A
report from the self-assessment will be issued with a high-level overview and
'Scorecard', helping them identify areas of cyber security weakness. The first
40 techUK members to complete the assessment will also be eligible for a
one-hour consultation with a Crossword cyber security specialist to discuss
their report in more detail. Should the member firm want to move towards
formal Cyber Essentials certification, Crossword will for a fixed fee assist
them with achieving certification.

Additionally, Crossword will offer a limited free use of the Rizikon Assurance
platform to techUK members interested in utilising the platform to assess
their supply chain risks in a range of areas. Rizikon Assurance is a secure,
encrypted portal which puts an organisation in control of managing risks in
its supply chain and the financial, regulatory and reputational risks they
indirectly carry.  Rizikon Pro contains standard questionnaires on subjects
such as cyber security, GDPR, supplier on-boarding, modern slavery, and
anti-bribery & corruption.  Customers can also opt to upgrade, which
allows them to create their own question sets and scoring approaches, enabling
a 360-degree view of supply chain risk in a single pane of glass.

 

Ruchika Kulkarni, Manager, Business Development and Customer Relationships at
techUK, said: "Most of our members are SMEs and our new collaboration
with Crossword Cybersecurity will give them the opportunity to
freely self-assess their cyber security alignment with the UK Government's
Cyber Essentials scheme. This is part of our continuous commitment to our
members to support them in their cyber security journey, which has never been
as important as it is now."

 

Sean Arrowsmith, Group Sales Director at Crossword Cybersecurity PLC, said:
"We are very pleased to have been able to collaborate with techUK to create
this offer, which gives SME members the opportunity to experience how Rizikon
Assurance can help them facilitate a self-assessment of their cyber security
and work towards becoming Cyber Essentials certified. Additionally, those that
are looking to undertake assessments of their suppliers can also get access to
a free version of the platform to assist in driving some automation into that
process."

 

 

Contacts

Crossword Cybersecurity plc - Tel: +44 (0) 20 3953 8460

Email: 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 / Daphne Zhang

 

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

Claire Louise Noyce

 

For media enquiries contact:

Duncan Gurney, GingerPR

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

 

About Crossword Cybersecurity plc

Crossword Cybersecurity (https://www.crosswordcybersecurity.com/) plc focuses
on the development and commercialisation of university research-based cyber
security and risk management related software and cyber security consulting.
The Group's specialist cyber security product development and software
engineering teams work with its university partners to develop the research
concept into a fully-fledged commercial product that it will then take to
market. The Group's aim is to build up a portfolio of revenue generating,
intellectual property based, cyber security products. Rizikon Assurance
(https://www.rizikon.io/) , Crossword's leading product, is a SaaS platform
that enables medium to large companies to assess and manage all risks from
their suppliers.  Nixer CyberML, Crossword's most recently launched product,
is a new tool for businesses that want to solve advanced security and
cybercrime problems, such as detecting and dealing with compromised accounts,
fraud, and in-application denial of service attacks. Crossword's team of
expert cyber security consultants leverages years of experience in national
security, defence and commercial cyber intelligence and operations to provide
bespoke advice tailored to its clients' business needs, including threat
monitoring.

 

 

About techUK

techUK (https://www.techuk.org/) is the trade association which brings
together people, companies and organisations to realise the positive outcomes
of what digital technology can achieve. techUK creates a network for
innovation and collaboration across business, government and stakeholders to
provide a better future for people, society, the economy and the planet.

 

 

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