NTA's accreditations
PCI
NTA is a PCI Security Standards Council Approved Scanning Vendor (ASV). The PCI security standards use a set of industry measurements and tools to secure payment card transactions and systems. The organisation is self regulating and was founded by American Express, Discover Financial Services, JCB, MasterCard Worldwide and Visa International.
In order to qualify as an ASV, NTA was successfully tested in three main areas:
- Scan administration - how NTA collects and manages scan requests from its customers
- Scan performance - the ability of NTA to identify vulnerabilities and misconfigurations in the network and web application; and
- Scan report - how NTA presents the scan results to its customers
The PCI standards are a combination of industry tools and measurements, which help to ensure that sensitive information is securely stored. NTA's PCI compliance testing and auditing services help to ensure that customers' online payment transaction systems are secured to a very high standard.
CHECK
IT health checks identify vulnerabilities in IT systems and networks which may compromise the confidentiality, integrity or availability of information held on that IT system. CESG has traditionally provided IT health check services for HMG and the wider public sector of systems handling protectively marked information. Demand for these services has grown. Therefore, in line with similar CESG initiatives, a special partnership with industry is the most appropriate way of meeting this demand. The IT Health Check Service, or CHECK, was developed to enhance the availability and quality of the IT health check services that are provided to government in line with HMG policy. Companies belonging to CHECK are measured against high standards set by CESG. Therefore, HMG and CNI customers can be assured that they will receive a high quality service if the work is carried out under the Terms & Conditions of CHECK.
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 infosec 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. The scheme ensures that private sector Information Assurance providers have a good understanding of current government policy and guidance, the risks to official systems and the techniques available to counter them.
CREST
CREST(Council of Registered Ethical Security Testers) was created in response to the need for regulated and professional security testers to serve the global information security marketplace. CREST's main aim is to represent the information security testing industry and offer a demonstrable level of assurance as to the competency of organisations and individuals within those approved companies.
CREST is a standards-based organisation for penetration test suppliers incorporating a best practice technical certification programme for individual consultants. Additionally CREST provides its members with a framework of guidance including standards, methodologies and recommendations aimed at ensuring the very highest standards of leading-edge security testing.