Effective information security plays an integral role in any organisation where the importance of secure communication and data is key. Information is an organisation’s biggest asset and the need to protect that asset with cost-effective information security and IT security is increasingly crucial.

Generic offers its clients access to some of the most highly experienced independent CLAS accredited information security consultants in the UK in the sectors of defence, central government, criminal justice and finance and banking, through its Information Assurance Associate Practice portfolio.

The Information Assurance Practice is a virtual organisation within Generic. The organisation extends Generic’s longstanding reputation in the consulting field to allow it to provide highly skilled information security and information assurance specialists to meet high-level interim and strategic consultancy requirements. Generic’s Information Assurance Practice is committed to offering a quality service that builds on the excellence of its consultants. Working individually or in teams, associates can provide advice on government and private sector security standards BS7799, ISO27001, PCI-DSS, risk analysis and IT health checks, to ensure clients’ information security needs are met. Each consultant is security cleared to either SC or DV level and is a current registered CLAS consultant.

The pool of consultants has hundreds of man year’s experience in the field of information security and has worked with some of the most prestigious companies and government departments in the UK.

• CLAS Consultancy
• CLEF Consultants
• EN45001 & ISO17025
• Testing and Reporting
• SYS level system evaluations
• Fast Track Assessments
• IT Health Check
• Cryptographic evaluations
• TEMPEST
• Checkpoint Firewall -Cyberguard Firewalls.
• Information RiskAnalyst
• Data Protection
• Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS)
• Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS)
• Security Compliance
• Specialist Security and Penetration Testing
• Government Secure Intranet (GSI)
• Guidance on use and deployment
• Comsec Practitioners: For CRYPTO, ACCSEC or CCI Custodians, Comsec Inspectors, Controlling Authority, Crypto network or closed user group controllers, local managers and holders
• British Standard for Information Security Management: BS7799
• Critical National Infrastructure (CNI)
• Security Architects
• ITSOs or more general government practitioners with responsibility for safeguarding protectively marked information Comsec accreditors
• Advice on algorithm use and suitability
• Production of system security documentation (SSP, SyOPs etc)