Hytec - News and
Events
Government Connect
An initiative led by local authorities, the ODPM and the
e-Government Unit of the Cabinet Office, Government
Connect is the means of providing a secure and sustainable framework for authorities, and their partners across the
public sector, to deliver personalised joined up services
to the citizens in their community.
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Code
of Practice for Information Security
Management
Department
of Health has recently published the
comprehensive 'Code of Practice for
Information Security Management' - a
document that replaces the guidance
previously issued by the NHS Executive
Information Management Centre and the
NHS Information Authority.
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Penetration
Testing Comes of Age..
Hytec
was one of the first security specialists
to be instrumental in the creation of
TigerScheme. Launched on June 13 th ,
TigerScheme is a new training and certification
scheme for penetration testers, run by
an independent management committee consisting
of representatives from the Private and
Public sector.
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Workshop
Update
Take-up
of Hytec's Government Connect Code of
Connection gap analysis workshop is
increasing rapidly. Local authority
needs to have undergone an audit of
existing capability against the Code
by a suitably qualified body prior to
being granted a connection
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STOP
PRESS - Hytec - one of only a handful
of organisations worldwide to achieve
ISO27001
We are please to announce that, on May
23 rd 2006, Hytec Information Security
achieved ISO 27001 accreditation. This
makes us one of the first organisations
in the UK , and one of only 134 worldwide,
to have been formally accredited with
the new information security standard.
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Hytec
reports on vulnerabilities of local
authority websites
During
December 2005, Hytec assessed the vulnerabilities
of 20 local government websites, chosen
as a representative sample of Borough,
County, District and Metropolitan Councils
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Hytec
assesses vulnerabilities of council
websites
As part of Socitm Insight’s ‘Better
Connected 2006’ survey, Hytec
have been commissioned to assess the
vulnerability of a representative sample
of council websites and their supporting
systems.
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Design
of Extranet for London Boroughs
Hytec
wins contract to scope and design an
Extranet service covering seven London
Boroughs who potentially may wish to
share services and a shared link to
the Governement Gateway and Government
Connect services.
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Hytec achieves BS7799 registration
Hytec achieved BS7799 certification
for the whole company in April 2005
and is on target to be one of the first
organisations to be certified to the
replacement standard ISO27001, recently
launched.
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Connecting
to N3
ADSS
- IMG (The Association of Directors
of Social Services, Information Management
Group) have commissioned Hytec to provide
proposals whereby 33 London Boroughs
may connect to the NHS N3 network via
the LGfL (Londong Grid for Learning).
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Hytec
partners with London Connects on workshops
for London authorities.
Hytec
and London Connects are jointly sponsoring
local authority workshops on information
sharing and information security.
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Hytec
launches SecureAccess
Hytec Information Security, the
Eynsham-based information security and
infrastructures specialist, chooses
Infosecurity exhibition to announce
SecureAccess
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Hyec
report urges London-wide Scocial Care
initiative for inter-agency working
A report on connectivity
between local and health authorities
in London, co-authored by Hytec and
Socitm Consulting, has come out strongly
in favour
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Hytec forges alliance with
Blue Coat and announces Web Traffic
Assessment service
As part of its strategy to work
with 'best-of-breed' security technology
suppliers, Hytec has forged a close
working alliance with Blue Coat Systems.
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Hytec
and MessageLabs host E-Mail Security
Forum
Focused on defining and setting
best practise e-mail security strategies
in line with legislation and corporate
policy, Hytec and MessageLabs hosted
an executive half-day forum at the Cabinet
War Rooms.
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