Regional Wealth Management firm delighted to achieve Cyber Essentials Plus

Forrester Boyd Wealth Management are proud to have achieved the Cyber Essentials Plus and IASME Gold accreditations, one of only a handful of regional wealth management firms to achieve this standard.

In such a highly regulated profession and with clients entrusting the Firm to manage their financial assets, Forrester Boyd Wealth Management wanted to ensure that they were doing everything in their power to secure data, client confidentiality and their reputation.

Cyber Essentials Plus is only achieved by having an independent assessment of control procedures in place.  This places a greater emphasis on ensuring that all a company’s systems, processes and procedures meet the assessment criteria. In addition to this the Firm has also been accredited with the IASME Gold standard. This government backed standard is an alternative to the internal ISO27001 standard and again, one that can only be achieved through an external audit.

Emma Davis, Head of Training and Testing from Digital Armour Ltd stated: “As an established IASME Cyber Essentials Certification Body, Digital Armour Ltd is proud to have worked with an organisation who are so proactive in ensuring the security of their data. It is refreshing to work with a team who continuously strive for improvement, and whose cyber security methodology is seen as continued journey, rather than a one-off, tick-box exercise.

“By progressing to the IASME accreditation, not only can they be sure their physical network infrastructure is secure, but that they are taking the proper steps to ensure clients’ information is protected from all possible attack vectors and human error. The IASME Governance includes compliance to GDPR and is verified by an independent auditor, providing external verification that Forrester Boyd Wealth Management really do prioritise information security. Achieving the Gold standard means that their organisation can proudly say they have IASME’s highest level of certification and they can assure both their customers and supply chain that Forrester Boyd Wealth Management are dedicated to protecting their information.”