Credit Services Association awarded Cyber Essentials Plus certification

Credit Services Association (CSA), the only UK trade body for the collections and debt purchase sector, is pleased to announce that we are now ‘Cyber Essentials Plus’ certified.

In 2019, CSA gained Cyber Essentials Basic accreditation, a self-assessed information security standard which is a minimum requirement for bidding for some Government contracts and is required by the Education & Skills Funding Agency for acting as an Approved Apprenticeship Training Provider. After passing the Cyber Essentials Basic renewal in December 2020, we underwent the Cyber Essentials Plus assessment in early 2021 and have been awarded a Certificate of Assurance that we comply with the requirements of the scheme.

Cyber Essentials Plus is the audited version of the basic standard and involves a series of tests that provide a further level of assurance that the technical and procedural controls required to mitigate common internet-borne cyber attacks, have been successfully implemented within the organisation.

Cyber Essential Plus Assessor Craig Archdeacon of the Certifying Body Waterstons Ltd who carried out the CSA audit, said: "The assessment of Credit Services Association (CSA) validated that the organisation has excellent technical information security controls in place, which fulfil the requirements of the Cyber Essentials Plus standard. We would like to extend a sincere thanks to CSA for their excellent assistance and preparation in coordinating this audit.”

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