The Department For Culture Media & Sport · Awarded contract

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Development and Maintenance of the TBEST Cybersecurity Accreditation Scheme

Awarded 31 Jul 2016

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Awarded31 Jul 2016

Value£96,000.00

SupplierCREST

AgencyThe Department For Culture Media & Sport

RegionLondon

CategoryIT & Software

Ended 7y 3mo ago2y 12mo term

Awarded 31 July 2016Expired 30 July 2019

About

The Department for Culture Media & Sport awarded a contract to CREST for the development and maintenance of the TBEST accreditation scheme, which supports controlled, bespoke and intelligence-led security testing to improve resilience against cyber-attacks.

The scheme mimics behaviours of threat actors assessed by Government and commercial intelligence providers as posing a threat to Communication Service Providers, focusing on sophisticated and persistent attacks on critical systems and essential services, with priority given to systems identified by DCMS as systematically important.

The contract value is AUD 96,000.

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