{"id":1492,"date":"2018-12-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-06T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/uncategorized\/edge-assists-northern-clients-new-security-division\/"},"modified":"2025-02-28T14:38:22","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T14:38:22","slug":"edge-assists-northern-clients-new-security-division","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/edge-assists-northern-clients-new-security-division\/","title":{"rendered":"Edge assists Northern clients with new Security Division"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-11576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/cybersec-300x231.png\" alt=\"cybersec\" width=\"300\" height=\"231\" \/>Edge Testing Solutions\u00a0is offering its Northern\u00a0<span class=\"il\">client base,\u00a0from Liverpoool<\/span>, Manchester and Lancashire to Leeds, York and Newcastle, access to a new Security Division \u2013 Eurofins Cyber Security &#8211; which\u00a0boasts around 100 security experts worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>Providing its <span class=\"il\">Northern-based<\/span> <span class=\"il\">clients<\/span> with a range of services including risk and vulnerability assessments, testing and compliance, advisory and training services, the\u00a0Eurofins Cyber Security service complements Edge Testing\u2019s existing testing provision, and <span class=\"il\">clients<\/span> will be encouraged to establish a baseline security position through a thorough risk assessment.\u00a0Edge Testing will identify vulnerabilities and threats to help its <span class=\"il\">clients<\/span> determine the likelihood of any exploits before they arise and cause negative impact on the business.<\/p>\n<p>The Security Division offers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><u>Security as a Service<\/u>: Providing the key roles to provide a comprehensive security based managed service including Security Officer, Privacy Officer and Security Manager. The service is underpinned by a Security Monitor and Incident Response capability.<\/li>\n<li><u>Security assessments<\/u>: Providing companies with a baseline and identify vulnerabilities, threats, and likelihood of exploits and business impacts, to enable them to manage remediation efforts in a way that aligns with their business priorities.<\/li>\n<li><u>Testing services<\/u>: Reducing vulnerabilities or risks that could negatively affect customers through ethical hacking, automated testing tools, auditing and reporting programs.<\/li>\n<li><u>Compliance services:<\/u> Enabling companies to prepare for, and meet, contractual and regulatory compliance obligations.<\/li>\n<li><u>Advisory services:<\/u> Enabling organisations to develop an effective and relevant security program to minimise risks, manage compliance and align security with business goals and objectives.<\/li>\n<li><u>Security awareness &amp; training services:<\/u> Supporting organisations in raising security awareness. Train employees to proactively recognise threats and protect data, transforming them from a being the greatest security risk to the greatest security asset.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Edge Testing\u2019s road map for 2019 includes a third Digital Test Hub based in the North of England to offer <span class=\"il\">clients<\/span> UK-wide an easily accessible remote testing service for their in-house applications and back office systems.<\/p>\n<p>Sharon Hamilton, Managing Director, Edge Testing, commented: \u201cEvery business, big and small, faces numerous security threats across a number of weakpoints, including internal enterprise software applications and billing systems to mobile devices. We already work with <span class=\"il\">clients<\/span> on ensuring software and systems work as expected, so our new enhanced security provision via Eurofins Cyber Security is a natural extension to our existing testing services.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Edge Testing Solutions\u00a0is offering its Northern\u00a0client base,\u00a0from Liverpoool, Manchester and Lancashire to Leeds, York and Newcastle, access to a new Security Division \u2013 Eurofins Cyber Security &#8211; which\u00a0boasts around 100 security experts worldwide. Providing its Northern-based clients with a range of services including risk and vulnerability assessments, testing and compliance, advisory and training services, the\u00a0Eurofins [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4259,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[257],"tags":[111,113,123,158,202],"class_list":["post-1492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spotlightedge-testing","tag-lancashire","tag-leeds","tag-manchester","tag-security","tag-yorkshire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Edge assists Northern clients with new Security Division - Regional technology news - North - TechSparx - Business technology stories in the North<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/edge-assists-northern-clients-new-security-division\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Edge assists Northern clients with new Security Division - Regional technology news - North - TechSparx - Business technology stories in the North\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Edge Testing Solutions\u00a0is offering its Northern\u00a0client base,\u00a0from Liverpoool, Manchester and Lancashire to Leeds, York and Newcastle, access to a new Security Division \u2013 Eurofins Cyber Security &#8211; which\u00a0boasts around 100 security experts worldwide. 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