BUSINESS ALLIANCE


BUSINESS ALLIANCE


ACS


MAKING CASE FOR CYBER SECURITY


Technology experts ACS are helping lawyers to protect themselves from cyber attacks. Lawyers list cyber


security as a top challenge – second only to pricing – and as lawyers work in an increasingly mobile environment, the need to protect client information and case data has become even more of a challenge. Cyber Essentials lets


everyone know that a firm takes cyber security seriously and has measures in place to keep information secure. As an IASME Licensed


Certification Body, ACS offers fixed fee packages of consultancy, audit and certification for those practices seeking to secure Cyber Essentials security standards. ACS joint managing director Jon


The Chamber’s BUSINESS ALLIANCE GROUP is an exclusive group of influential companies. It brings together large and well-established businesses from within the county who receive exclusive benefits via their group membership


AGE UK NORTHAMPTONSHIRE


Age UK Northamptonshire chief executive Chris Duff and Northamptonshire Chamber chief executive Paul Griffiths


CHAMBER REVEALS ITS CHOSEN CHARITY


Northamptonshire Chamber has named Age UK Northamptonshire as its Charity of the Year 2019/20. The charity provides a wide range of services to a growing number of


Jon Thorpe of ACS


older people, improving their quality of life, promoting independence and preventing frailty, poverty and isolation. The charity is a Brand Partner of the national Age UK, but is a local independent charity set up for older people throughout Northamptonshire. Business development director Sue Watts said: “We want to raise


Thorpe said: “If your firm has a significant number of clients in the commercial sector, you should consider Cyber Essentials Plus. While essentially the same standard, to obtain the plus certification your firm will need to be independently tested. This is to ensure the technical controls are adequately enforced. “Whatever you choose, Cyber Essentials is a


‘THE SCHEME GUARDS


AGAINST THE MOST COMMON


CYBER SECURITY THREATS’


UK Government backed standard. The scheme guards against the most common Cyber Security threats. These include firewalls and internet gateways, secure configuration, access control such as passwords and access levels, malware and virus protection and patch management which ensures that the latest supported software versions are in use.” Cyber Essentials is now a requirement for Law Society members signed


up to the popular Lexcel Standard. ACS technical experts understand the complexity of these requirements and can meet the assessors’ needs with minimum cost in a timely way.


Call: 01604 704000 Visit: www.acs365.co.uk Email: info@acs365.co.uk


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awareness among Chamber members about older people’s issues and needs – as sadly these can be forgotten – and about what we are doing as a charity to support older people. “We want members to support us and help us to be the best


organisation we can be so we are as effective as possible in our work and we hope to do this by utilising members’ expertise. “For example, we spend money on


trying to get our messages across to the public. It would be great if we could speak to members to find out how well we are doing this and to learn from experts in the field about how we could make better use of things like social media.” As Charity of the Year, Age UK Northamptonshire will receive complimentary membership of the Chamber’s Business Alliance Group to enable it to network with some of the county’s most influential companies and can attend Chamber events for free. The Business Alliance Group membership also means the charity’s logo


‘WE WANT TO RAISE


AWARENESS ABOUT OLDER


PEOPLE’S ISSUES AND NEEDS’


will be featured on the Chamber’s website, company stationery and in various Chamber publications.


Visit: www.ageuk.org.uk/northamptonshire


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