Working hard to keep your data safe.
We encrypt your data and then store it on encrypted hard drives within Police audited, accredited UK data centres.
As Empowering Communities applications are used to process Police and Government protectively marked information, our infrastructure has to meet certain security standards and is required to undergo stringent security audits. In relation to the Police Service these are done as part of Police Assured Secure Facility (PASF) audits.
We’ve also deployed an Information Security Management System (ISMS), which includes an accreditation document describing how Empowering Communities has implemented the above measures and other controls, e.g. incident reporting.
The ISMS includes:
- The services of a specialist security advisor with experience of working within the business area of the Home Office, Police, Border Force and Security services.
- A set of security associated documentation and processes to assist and support audits and information security assurance processes:
- Staff vetting to NPPV Level 3
- Penetration tests are undertaken in line with the CESG CHECK Scheme.
- Participation and support of the National E-CINS Security Working Groups (SWG)
